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"Childlessness affects millions of women and couples around the world. Infertility in the man or woman is sometimes the cause, as can be the presence of a medical condition or untreated illness. Women across Africa report that not having a child is often frowned upon, and sometimes carries a stigma. Market-goers in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, share their views with BBC Africa's Bola Mosuro." 
Kelsey McIntosh's curator insight,
March 31, 2018 5:08 PM
This recording from BBC describes the negative attitude that comes from being childless. She explains that it is frowned upon to not have kids. Women will be rejected and questioned even though it may not be her choice to be childless. The woman being interviewed explains that in the eyes of the in laws, a woman is not a real woman until she has had a child. She goes on to explain the significance of having a child in African culture. She says that it is important to have someone, specifically a son, to carry out the legacy of the family name and inheritance.
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In the early nineteenth-century, Mexico had a problem with American immigrants.
Alex Smiga's curator insight,
August 10, 2017 7:02 AM
Seth Dixon's insight: A century and a half ago, the immigration debate and geopolitical shifts in power on the United States-Mexico border reflected a profoundly different dynamic than it does today. This history has enduring cultural impacts on southwestern states that had the international border jump them.
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Watch human population grow from 1 CE to present and see projected growth in under six minutes. One dot = 1 million people. © Population Connection, 2015. Via mrhill
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An aging population, a scarcity of jobs and a liberal abortion policy add to a demographic crisis in Cuba, where many say they cannot afford to have a child. Via Mr. David Burton
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With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life.
Deanna Metz's curator insight,
March 1, 2016 8:04 PM
It is never a bad time to hear from Hans Rosling. In this TED talk he shares data that shows how popular myths about the less developed world (especially fertility rates and life expectancy) have radically changed in the last 40 years. Tags: gapminder, development, TED.
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In several previous posts we have looked at specific migration channels connecting Mexico to the USA: From Morelos to Minnesota; case study of a migrant...
This is an excellent way to show examples of chain migration and the gravity model...students will understand the concepts with concretes examples. These interactive maps have crisp geo-visualizations of the migratory flows. Via Matthew Wahl, GTANSW & ACT
Jason Schneider's curator insight,
February 3, 2015 4:09 PM
When it comes to ethnic groups in the United States, many of the hispanic/mexican ancestors occur in the southwestern area of the United States. That's obviously because Mexico is southwest of the United States. When it comes to emigrating from Mexico, individuals immigrate to the United States (mostly southwest of the United States) so they can live a different, hopefully better economy. Plus, they try to escape the gang violence and drug violence in Mexico. 
Alexa Earl's curator insight,
March 14, 2015 1:05 PM
This is a good representation of chain migration. 
Lindsay Hoyt's curator insight,
June 26, 2017 11:32 PM
Gives a visual of migration trends and can connect to current events or historical events.
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In the small town of Nagoro, population 35, one woman is trying to save her village from extinction by creating life-sized dolls for every inhabitant who either dies or moves away. Via Ben Salve
Lora Tortolani's curator insight,
April 20, 2015 1:43 PM
Due to urban migration, this village of Nagoro is said to be one of 10,000 small towns that will disappear in Japan. I've been to some small towns in Japan and can say there is so much more culture in these villages than there is in the big cities. I got a totally different feeling in my sole than when I ended my trip in Tokyo. While both parts of the country have its pros and cons, it is terrible to think that these villages will be defeated to the rise of urbanism. 
Tanya Townsend's curator insight,
November 16, 2015 9:01 PM
It has been estimated that in the coming years 80% of people will live within mega cities. This is that statistic unraveling before our eyes. It is really sad to me because these within these small villages is a culture that is almost like an art in its own right. It is clear to see the impacts it has on the remaining villagers.
Nicholas A. Whitmore's curator insight,
December 16, 2015 4:38 PM
A depressing but also fascinating situation in Japan. Their Urban migration coupled by an aging population is wiping out their villages around the country. One women has even apparently been filling the village with dolls to make it seem more populated. How she got her neighbors to approve and where all the resources and money came from to pull that off who knows. However what is being witness now is a change in demographic but also one in geography since the village in 30 or so years could be reclaimed by the wilderness while the cities expand and have to cope with the influx taking away more wild land. Hopefully Japan gets this straightened out for they currently seem to be having the exact opposite demographic problem of China and India.
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UN predicts that Africa – and Nigeria in particular – will be at forefront of huge global population rise over next century
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The shape of the world's demography is changingTHE pyramid is a traditional way of visualising and explaining the age structure of a society. If you draw a chart... Via mrhill
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"There are 1.2 billion people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the world today — and that means that many countries have populations younger than ever before. Some believe that this 'youth bulge' helps fuel social unrest — particularly when combined with high levels of youth unemployment. Youth unemployment is a 'global time bomb,' as long as today’s millennials remain 'hampered by weak economies, discrimination, and inequality of opportunity.' The world’s 15 youngest countries are all in Africa. Of the continent’s 200 million young people, about 75 million are unemployed. On the flip side, an aging population presents a different set of problems: Japan and Germany are tied for the world’s oldest countries, with median ages of 46.1. Germany’s declining birth rate might mean that its population will decrease by 19 percent, shrinking to 66 million by 2060. An aging population has a huge economic impact: in Germany, it has meant a labor shortage, leaving jobs unfilled."
Brian Wilk's curator insight,
March 23, 2015 7:08 PM
Demographics seemingly started with age as a metric many years ago and have evolved into marketing tools, political footballs, and ways to combat everything from obesity to social security. Africa is clearly the youngest and probably for a very morbid reason; AIDS and Ebola among other diseases have taken their toll on the sexually active and thus have reduced the average age of their population. Germany seems to be the place to go for a job as the labor shortage will mean higher wages for the folks who are left. Japan has another issue; a healthy aging population that will strain the government's ability to financially take care of them. I wonder if the unevenness of Europe is an indication of the two World wars that were fought mostly on the turf. Did some countries lose more than others? If more soldiers, presumably of baby making age, perished did this affect the countries ability to keep pace with the Germany's and Spain's of Europe? Diet seems to play a large part as well as the Mediterranean is well represented in terms of age. Does their healthy diet of fish, nuts, legumes and olive oil make a difference? I could spend all day postulating, but I'll leave some of the findings for you to discover...
Deanna Metz's curator insight,
March 1, 2016 8:05 PM
The median age of a population call be a quite telling statistic--almost a surrogate for a population pyramid. I post this with a special attention to Sub-Saharan Africa; the youngest 15 countries in the world are all in Africa, one of the major demographic realities confronting African economies and politics. Here is a map with the median age of U.S. counties. Tag: population, demographic transition model, population pyramids. 
Olivia Campanella's curator insight,
October 31, 2018 11:55 AM
In the article there are 1.2 billion people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the world today. Meaning that, countries around the world have populations younger than ever! 15 of the youngest countries are in Africa. And of the 200 million young people of Africa, about 75 million are unemployed. The worlds youngest country is Niger with a population and median age of 15.1 and coming in a close second is Uganda with 15.5, but Japan and Germany are some of the Worlds oldest countries ranging in a median age of 46.1!
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Demographic transformations are dramas in slow motion. America is in the midst of two right now. Our population is becoming majority non-white at the same time a record share is going gray.
CB New Hire Onboarding's curator insight,
April 25, 2014 9:35 AM
"The demographic shifts in the United States are transforming the cultural fabric of the country and this interactive feature from the Pew Research Center explores some of these changes. Interracial marriage, declining fertility rates, migration, economic opportunities and politics are just some of the issues that can be seen in these excellent populations pyramids, charts, videos and graphs." - Seth Dixon 
Amanda Morgan's curator insight,
September 18, 2014 10:48 AM
The demographic shifts will most definitely have an impact on politics and economic opportunities. With as many 85 year olds as 5 year olds, we will see an increase in the need for health care and general overall care for the elderly. There will be more need for social security and retirement plans. While it is a good thing overall that life expectancy is increasing, it may create other issues. |
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"Although we seldom think about them this way, most American communities as they exist today were built for the spry and mobile. We've constructed millions of multi-story, single-family homes where the master bedroom is on the second floor, where the lawn outside requires weekly upkeep, where the mailbox is a stroll away. We've designed neighborhoods where everyday errands require a driver's license. We've planned whole cities where, if you don't have a car, it's not particularly easy to walk anywhere — especially not if you move gingerly. This reality has been a fine one for a younger country. Those multi-story, single-family homes with broad lawns were great for Baby Boomers when they had young families. And car-dependent suburbs have been fine for residents with the means and mobility to drive everywhere. But as the Baby Boomers whose preferences drove a lot of these trends continue to age, it's becoming increasingly clear that the housing and communities we've built won't work very well for the old." Via Lindley Amarantos
Alexandra Piggott's curator insight,
October 18, 2014 6:48 PM
This is also an issue in Australia where the overwhelming majority of people live in single story dwellings and are very car reliant. 
Joshua Mason's curator insight,
January 28, 2015 8:59 PM
I can definitely see this as a real problem. Both my Uncle and my Great Uncle moved their condos from ones that had numerous steps to climb to the second floor to more elder-friendly options. My Great Uncle even went a step further to move him and his wife to a senior living community, where there food, entertainment, etc. is all provided within an enclosed neighbourhood with other people of their age group. More of these communities that act like oversized retirement homes could be the answer. They give the illusion of suburban living, something the baby boomers liked, while providing the accessibility they need.
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"An important aspect about country level data of fertility to keep in mind is that there can be considerable heterogeneity within countries, which are hidden in the mean fertility which were discussed in this entry. The mean Total Fertility Rate for India in 2010 was 2.8 (UN Data): But this average hides the fact that the fertility in many Southern Indian regions was below 1.5 (which is similar to the mean fertility in many European countries), while the fertility in Northern India was still higher than 5 children per woman (which is as high as the mean of the African countries with the highest fertility)."
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On February 2nd 1848, following a short and one-sided war, Mexico agreed to cede more than half its territory to the United States. An area covering most of present-day Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, plus parts of several other states, was handed over to gringolandia. The rebellious state of Tejas, which had declared its independence from Mexico in 1836, was recognised as American soil too. But a century and a half later, communities have proved more durable than borders. The counties with the highest concentration of Mexicans (as defined by ethnicity, rather than citizenship) overlap closely with the area that belonged to Mexico before the great gringo land-grab of 1848. Some are recent arrivals; others trace their roots to long before the map was redrawn. They didn’t jump the border—it jumped them.
Tags: culture, demographics, North America, historical, colonialism, borders, political. Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
Alex Smiga's curator insight,
August 10, 2017 6:51 AM
I say it all the time, culture does not respect boarders.
Nicole Canova's curator insight,
February 9, 2018 8:15 PM
Up until 170 years ago, a large portion of what is now the United States was actually controlled by Mexico. Remarkably, this is still reflected in the ethnic makeup of the population of that area, which covers all or part of 8 states (all of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, and part of Colorado and Wyoming). Political borders may determine citizenship, but they are by no means a hard division of ethnicity or culture.
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Is it possible to shrink the carbon footprint of the dead? An organization wants to persuade Indians to adopt "green" cremations and make an important Hindu death rite more environmentally friendly. Via Dustin Fowler
Dustin Fowler's curator insight,
May 10, 2016 8:22 PM
Religion is hard to change- even when its practice can result in environmental harm. This article gets into several cool things- first, the Hindu Religion, and the importance of cremation to its adherents. Second, it looks at India's development approach, and discusses the emphasis that India places on developing in the cleanest way possible, which goes against the traditional mode (just look at Europe's industrial revolution). Third, it demonstrates the need for education, in order to debunk some of the myths that prevent people from changing, even when that change can bring about so much for so many. I encourage you all to give this one a read, or a listen.
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As the mortality rate in Australia continues to decline, here we’ve visualised the leading causes of death, for each gender, by age group Via mrhill
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Despite economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe, the continent is still migrating to the Northwest. Via Suvi Salo, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
Sally Egan's curator insight,
November 23, 2015 6:42 PM
These contemporary maps help undetrstand the changing global population distribution. 
Adam Deneault's curator insight,
December 7, 2015 4:53 PM
The two maps that received my attention the most was 'No Work for the Young' and "Big City Drain.' It bothers me to read that the young population of European citizens is out of work, even the cities that do well. Stockholm, a well off country has a you unemployment rate of 30 percent, and Sheffield is 35 percent, that is huge! As for Big City Drain, although Europe's cities are growing, it is because of immigrants from other countries and migrants from that country moving to another part, just to find better work. Having immigrants does not help a particular countries population. Also the fact that since big cities are more expensive, people will leave the big cities such as London and Paris to find cheaper means of living. 
Raymond Dolloff's curator insight,
December 15, 2015 1:01 AM
Population shifts are an important part of determining migrating trends of a population. Are they going to more urban areas? Are they going to suburban areas? These maps can help understand the questions regarding where the higher population trends are and what countries are seeing a drop in their population to people moving to new places and creating new lives.
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"All over the continent, potential parents have shown reluctance to have more babies. Hence, governments and advocacy groups are becoming increasingly creative about getting their citizens to make babies."
Tag: Europe, declining populations, population, demographic transition model.
Adam Deneault's curator insight,
December 7, 2015 4:32 PM
After reading such an article, I could not understand why someone would not want to have children, especially with the incentives offered by the governments. Clearly it seems as if Denmark is the most concerned because they take up three out of five of the slots for how Europe is trying to convince its citizens to make more babies. In general, the incentives seem to be very good, good enough for someone to want to have children. In Sweden you get 480 days out of work plus 80% of your previous salary, Denmark says if Danes were successful in conceiving a child while being on a vacation organized by the company, they were eligible to win three years of free diapers and a trip abroad and France pays families monthly allowances to their children who are younger than 20, plus discounts. 
Benjamin Jackson's curator insight,
December 13, 2015 3:01 PM
the fact that these campaigns are necessary in this age where migrants are flooding Europe and the birth rate is declining. its amazing that this is necessary, but with the birthrate declining the only other home to insure their economic system continues to function is to get the migrants working. 
Zavier Lineberger's curator insight,
March 13, 2018 11:53 PM
(Europe) Europe, especially in the middle and eastern regions, faces a challenge: population decay. Europeans are having less children so the population rate is decreasing, unlike many parts of the world. In Denmark, instead of focusing only on preventing pregnancy and using contraceptives, educators mention the advantages to having children. Denmark also launched advertisements linking sex to patriotism, gives benefits to couples conceiving during vacations, and created a dating site for citizens who intend to start a family. Nearby Sweden passed a law allowing either the mother or father to be entitled to 80% of their pay for 480 days after their child's birth, eliminating some financial concerns for inability to work during childcare. In France, families with children/young adults under 20 get a monthly federal stipend and heavy discounts.
However, according the accompanying map, the projected annual growth rate of the three countries mentioned are all positive (0.00 to 0.99% growth). This may be because of the mentioned campaigns, but the article does not mention the efforts to remedy this social problem in countries marked in blue. These areas face great population problems in the next decades, and it would be interesting to understand more of their problems.
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The world is poised to change dramatically over the next century, and in ways that you might not expect.
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Are All Mothers Created Equal? From the State of the World's Mothers 2012 report see how mothers locations have an impact on the life and death of their children. Via Michael Miller
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"Although we seldom think about them this way, most American communities as they exist today were built for the spry and mobile. We've constructed millions of multi-story, single-family homes where the master bedroom is on the second floor, where the lawn outside requires weekly upkeep, where the mailbox is a stroll away. We've designed neighborhoods where everyday errands require a driver's license. We've planned whole cities where, if you don't have a car, it's not particularly easy to walk anywhere — especially not if you move gingerly. This reality has been a fine one for a younger country. Those multi-story, single-family homes with broad lawns were great for Baby Boomers when they had young families. And car-dependent suburbs have been fine for residents with the means and mobility to drive everywhere. But as the Baby Boomers whose preferences drove a lot of these trends continue to age, it's becoming increasingly clear that the housing and communities we've built won't work very well for the old."
Alexandra Piggott's curator insight,
October 18, 2014 6:48 PM
This is also an issue in Australia where the overwhelming majority of people live in single story dwellings and are very car reliant.
Joshua Mason's curator insight,
January 28, 2015 8:59 PM
I can definitely see this as a real problem. Both my Uncle and my Great Uncle moved their condos from ones that had numerous steps to climb to the second floor to more elder-friendly options. My Great Uncle even went a step further to move him and his wife to a senior living community, where there food, entertainment, etc. is all provided within an enclosed neighbourhood with other people of their age group. More of these communities that act like oversized retirement homes could be the answer. They give the illusion of suburban living, something the baby boomers liked, while providing the accessibility they need.
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Australia is currently the fastest-growing OECD nation. In 2013, Australia’s population grew by 1.8% compared with the OECD average of 0.7%. This is not as high as the 2.2% in 2008, which was the most rapid rate of growth since 1960. However, among Asian countries, only Singapore and Afghanistan have populations that are growing faster....In the lead-up to the budget, the story of crisis has been hammered home, but there’s more to a country than its structural deficit. So how is Australia doing overall? Via dilaycock
dilaycock's curator insight,
May 12, 2014 1:18 AM
Alarming to see that the OECD has declared Australia as one of the world's most obese nations with more than 50% being overweight or obese. The implications for health care, capacity to work are serious.
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Don’t Panic – is a one-hour long documentary broadcasted on BBC on the 7th of November 2013. The visualizations are based on original graphics and stories by Gapminder and the underlaying data-sources are listed here. Via Michael Miller
Katelyn Sesny's curator insight,
October 31, 2014 12:24 PM
Although this is a very long video, it provides extremely important facts about the explosion of population growth, the history and background behind it all, countries and states at risk, already occurring issues and possible solutions to these rising problems. - UNIT 2 
MissPatel's curator insight,
December 16, 2014 3:21 AM
Most of you have watched this - have a quick recap. Can you use this in any of your answers to exam questions? 
AHS Model UN's curator insight,
November 19, 2015 2:13 PM
Population growth in an important topic that is connected to economic development. If you've seen Hans Roslings TED talks, this is an hour-long version of many of the same concepts and data visualizations. His Gapminder data visualization tool, it is a must see for geography teachers to show the connections between population statistics and developmental patterns--let students see the data. This is an article that looks at a different factor, arguing that overpopulation isn't the real issue. Tags: gapminder, population, demographic transition model, development. |
The World Economic Forum noted that some spatial research that was originally published in Nature, shows how geneticists took DNA samples from people of different cultures in different parts of the world to track their dispersal throughout the globe. The video uses climatic data, combined with the genetic data, to create a model showing how the human race spread across the globe over a 125,000 year period.
Tags: diffusion, demographics, mapping, migration, population, historical, video, visualization.