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Article Evaluation

The articles regarding the US census was very factual and written in a "professional" manner. Everything that was included in the article was somewhat related to the topic of the US Census. When clicking on the citations I was able to be redirected to the original source of information which is very important. Those sources seemed also reliable in the fact that there was no bias that was evident. The article went into the history of the US census and allowed for more background information to be told. With what we have learned in class there wasn't a lot of correlation with what we learned and what was presented in the article. This is due to the fact that we discussed the US Census in more modern terms and its relevance in today society. ''' On the right track with your eval, but a lot of details are missing... Prof Hammad '''

Selected Article: Population Momentum

The article talks about population momentum and how this occurs and some consequences. I would want to contribute specific examples of countries that have gone through this. And add more consequences.

Potential Sources: Lutz, Wolfgang, et al. “Europe's Population at a Turning Point.” Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 28 Mar. 2003, science.sciencemag.org/content/299/5615/1991

Fischer, Günther, and Gerhard K. Heilig. “Population Momentum and the Demand on Land and Water Resources.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, The Royal Society, 29 July 1997, rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/352/1356/869.short.

Population momentum

Population momentum is a typical consequence of the demographic transition. Even if a high-fertility, high-growth population experiences an immediate drop in fertility to replacement rate, that population will continue to grow for several decades. Eventually, because the new fertility rate is replacement, the population achieves equilibrium at some new level. Population momentum is defined as the ratio of the size of the population at that new equilibrium level to the size of the initial population.[1] It is important to note that sometimes population momentum usually occurs in populations that are growing.

Implications of Population Momentum

Population momentum has implications for population policy for a number of reasons.

1. With respect to high-fertility countries (for example in the developing world), a positive population momentum, meaning that the population is increasing, states that these countries will continue to grow despite large and rapid declines in fertility.

2. With respect to lowest-low fertility countries (for example in Europe), a negative population momentum implies that these countries may experience population decline even if they try to increase their rate of fertility to the replacement rate of 2.1. For example, some Eastern European countries show a population shrinkage even if their birth rates recovered to replacement level. Population momentum can become negative if the fertility rate is under replacement level for a long period of time.

3. Population momentum shows that replacement level fertility is a long-term concept rather than an indication of current population growth rates. Depending on the extant age structure, a fertility rate of two children per woman may correspond to short-term growth or decline.[3]

4. Another implication of population momentum is its effect on the labor force; more specifically the distribution of the labor force[1]. We established earlier that population momentum occurs when a population continues to grow despite the replacement fertility level being met. Meaning that there are more children being born. When there are more children being birthed for that time being until the child is able to work they become dependents meaning that they don't do much to "contribute" to their society. Which leads to an unfavorabale dependency ratio. Though it is important to note that when the children reach the age to work that countries dependency ratio will change and become favorable.

How to "stop" it [2]The way that population momentum would decrease is when the bulk of the young people move past the reproductive stages of their life. After this happens the population momentum will start to decrease.

 Make sure to include a few more sources here (or perhaps they need to be referenced properly in the Wiki "style"?) Also, I think there are several opportunities for improvement in this article, including referencing how it relates to the DTM, etc. - Prof H  1. Mason, A., Lee, S. and Russo, G. (2000). Population Momentum and Population Aging in Asia and Near-East Countries. [ebook] Strategic and Economic Analysis Office. Available at: https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pnacn080.pdf [Accessed 28 Mar. 2018].. 2.Wasserman, Pam. “Population Momentum Explained.” Population Education, Population Education, 10 Mar. 2018, populationeducation.org/population-momentum-explained/.