Sociology for nurses, 2nd Edition

7

Population

Learning Objectives

• Introduction
• Society and population
• Population factors and social structure
• History and theory of population growth
• Demography
• Population control
• Causes of population growth
• Population explosion
• Population distribution in India
• Population health
• Family welfare programme

1. INTRODUCTION

Demography is the science of population. It studies the total number of people in a given area, growth, decline, age composition, sex ratio, and demographic processes, such as fertility, mortality, and migration. The population of India is increasing rapidly. In spite of economic development, the standard of living is low. The increase in population has created a number of problems, such as poverty; unemployment, lack of food ...