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The Components of Demographic Change: When Does Each Matter Most?
The Components of Demographic Change: When Does Each Matter Most?
Introduction
Shifts in population size and structure are driven by three components of change: births, deaths, and migration. The dynamics among these components interact through a basic accounting system called the demographic balancing equation. Although these basic features of population change are readily understood, one of the most basic questions one might ask—which of the three demographic components most affects population change for a given area?
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