Transcribing Notes . . . Again

Why Do People Migrate?

Push Forces

- Civil War

- Environmental Degradation

- Unemployment Or Underemployment

Religious Or Ethnic Persecution

Pull Forces

- Better Economic Opportunity 

- Better Health Services

- Religious Freedom

- Political Freedom

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

- Total Fertility Rate is the average number of children born per woman

- For a population to remain the same the total fertility rate must be 2.1

- Higher than 2.1 then the population rises

- Lower than 2.1 then the population falls

- The World Total Fertility Rate is 2.42 whereas last year it was 2.54

- The United States Total Fertility Rate is 2.01 whereas last year it was 2.06 since it is a developed nation

- The Total Fertility Rate of Nigeria is 6.89 since it's a developing nation unlike The United States because The United States is already a developed nation

- The Total Fertility Rate of Japan is 1.40 because they are a developed nation, but also have an older age in their people