Population

This is the highest number of immigrant population in 94 years of the American history. Also, between 2000 and 2014, it is estimated that 18.7 million immigrants settled in the United States. The data further indicate that new immigration, both legal and illegal, plus births of their children increased the U.S population by 8.3 million in 2014, amounting to 87 percent of the total population growth in the United States (Center for Immigration Studies). Most immigrants…

Do state control immigration outcomes? To understand the complex process of immigration a basic knowledge of the concept is needed. The process of immigration is regarded as the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take-up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker. It is very…

include more people of color in their shows. Throughout the years shows featuring people of color were slow growing (Fig. 1 & 2). The 70s was the self-love for all and Networks were paying attention, especially when it came to the African American population. In the 70s brought us shows like Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Different Strokes, and Good Times. This was a special time for African Americans in televisions. There was a wider range of African American life depicted. Latino…

What is Australia’s Refugee intake compared to others and how do the refugees benefit our country? In the media it is commonly said that Refugees are bad for Australia and really shouldn’t be accepted in (or in very small numbers) into Australia, but one thing which is almost never highlighted is some of the good which can happen when they are accepted and how they can truly help our country excel compared to others. Hopefully this information provided below will be able to teach you some of the…

Everyday I experience the impact that immigration has had on my life and the entire west Michigan community. Whether it be through seeing my fellow classmates in school that are children of immigrants; or, by driving by the restaurants and stores owned by immigrants, I am able to see, firsthand, the tremendous influence immigration has had on the west Michigan community. Two of my best friends happen to be either an immigrant or their parent was an immigrant. My friend Nathan’s family immigrated…

article, Baby Bust, outlines the problems of the aging populations around the world, what the causes of the aging populations are, and how some countries are trying to fix the problem. Canada, which is only one of 60 countries that are experiencing the same problem, has a declining population where fertility rates are below the number needed to keep a stable population. This story is happening in most of the industrialized nations. Aging populations cause many problems, in Germany pensions eat…

According to Ellner et al., this joined approach allows for “better forecast [accuracy], better characterizations of the dynamics, and a better understanding of the factors causing complex population dynamics” (425). One intention behind the creation of this method was to generate an improved understanding behind seasonal and irregular outbreak patterns among the measles disease, and other diseases as well…

When anyone hears the topic of immigration in our present lives we almost immediately know that an argument is going to break out because of something relating to it. This topic is argued over every single week if not day within the media, the government and between people. The government spends billions upon billions trying to create a border and get rid of the “illegals” and spread this mantra of how bad they are to our country and how everything will be ruined. The thing is I think we spend…

are more likely to die during either the colder months of January, February, October, and November or the warmer months of March and July. This occurs because infants and the elderly are more susceptible to weather extremes than the rest of the population, so they most likely die in greater numbers around this time. Though the data this presented comes from incomplete records, the Schwartz family seems to have several demographical similarities with the rest of Germany. For instance, the…

industrialization. The Demographic Transition has four stages. Rapid stage shows high birth and death rate. Because developing countries like China and India population rates increased. On the other hand, inadequate medical advances caused high death rates. In the subsequent stage, development of the industrial revolution and the medicine spiked the population growth. At the last stage, South Asian realm will gradually change to low birthrate and aging society. This week’s reading says that the…