Fill in the Blanks What is demography?Online version This fill-in-the-blank activity is adapted from Wikipedia's "Demography" and "Census" pages. by Kimeiko Dover 1 census populations statistics vital divorce deaths enumerate people national measurement Demography is the study of the of human populations . The word demography comes from Ancient Greek in which demos means the and grapho refers to writing , description or . Demography studies the size , structure and distribution of and the changes in these populations due to births , , migration and emigration . Demography can be used to estimate future populations . Sources of demographic data include : 1 . statistics registries track all births and deaths as well as certain changes in legal status such as marriage , , and migration . 2 . a census conducted by the government attempts to every person in a country . In addition , a collects information about families or households in addition to individual characteristics such as age , sex , marital status , literacy / education , employment status , and occupation , and geographical location . They may also collect data on migration , or place of birth or of previous residence , language , religion , nationality , or ethnicity or race , and citizenship .
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