FAC 023 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTIONS
◉ Sex. Answer: Biological assignment what identifies as a
male/female Sex is an ascribed characteristic and for the most part
is a unchangeable. My baby is born it sex is determined on its genital
tubercle.
◉ Age vs Period vs cohort. Answer: Age strata and the prestige and
power associated with the each, are influenced by the needs of the
society And by characteristics of people of each group.
Period would be such as the baby boomers from 1946- 1964
A cohort is a group of individuals who have something in common,
demography is usually interested in birth or age cohorts.
◉ Lexus diagram. Answer: A graph that shows the relationship
between
age, Period, cohort
◉ Cohort replacement. Answer: When new cohorts replace older
cohorts, baby boomers replaced by generation X.
◉ Biological and social definition of sex. Answer: Biological:
chromosomes males XY females XX,
, gonads males testes females ovaries,
hormones, males androgens females estrogens
internal sexual accessory organs: males prostate, vas difference
females uterus, cervix External organs, males penis scrotum females
clitoris, Vulva
Social definition rearing, males " it's a boy" females" it's a girl"
identity as a person, gender roles males masculine females feminine.
◉ Age structure. Answer: There are two major ways to quantify the
age structure
1) median age of population
2) dependency ratio.
◉ Median age. Answer: Median of the population is the age at which
50% of the population is older/50% of the population is younger.
◉ Dependency ratio. Answer: The dependency ratio is the ratio of
the dependent age population ( both young persons 0-14 years old
and old 65+) to the working age population people 15-64
The higher DR ratio of the more people each worker has to support
the lower DR ratio the fewer the number of dependence.
◉ Sex ratio. Answer: Principal measure of sex composition used in
demography
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTIONS
◉ Sex. Answer: Biological assignment what identifies as a
male/female Sex is an ascribed characteristic and for the most part
is a unchangeable. My baby is born it sex is determined on its genital
tubercle.
◉ Age vs Period vs cohort. Answer: Age strata and the prestige and
power associated with the each, are influenced by the needs of the
society And by characteristics of people of each group.
Period would be such as the baby boomers from 1946- 1964
A cohort is a group of individuals who have something in common,
demography is usually interested in birth or age cohorts.
◉ Lexus diagram. Answer: A graph that shows the relationship
between
age, Period, cohort
◉ Cohort replacement. Answer: When new cohorts replace older
cohorts, baby boomers replaced by generation X.
◉ Biological and social definition of sex. Answer: Biological:
chromosomes males XY females XX,
, gonads males testes females ovaries,
hormones, males androgens females estrogens
internal sexual accessory organs: males prostate, vas difference
females uterus, cervix External organs, males penis scrotum females
clitoris, Vulva
Social definition rearing, males " it's a boy" females" it's a girl"
identity as a person, gender roles males masculine females feminine.
◉ Age structure. Answer: There are two major ways to quantify the
age structure
1) median age of population
2) dependency ratio.
◉ Median age. Answer: Median of the population is the age at which
50% of the population is older/50% of the population is younger.
◉ Dependency ratio. Answer: The dependency ratio is the ratio of
the dependent age population ( both young persons 0-14 years old
and old 65+) to the working age population people 15-64
The higher DR ratio of the more people each worker has to support
the lower DR ratio the fewer the number of dependence.
◉ Sex ratio. Answer: Principal measure of sex composition used in
demography
