What Characterizes the Population in a Country in the Post-Transition

question 2

Multiple Choice

What characterizes the population in a country in the post-transition stage of a demographic transition?

• A) High birth and death rates, so limited growth with the population close to carrying capacity
• B) High birth rates and low death rates so the population is growing rapidly toward carrying capacity
• C) High birth rates but lower death rates as sanitation, technology, and medicine advances; exponential growth rate
• D) Low birth rates and low death rates as sanitation, technology, and medicine advances; slowing growth rate and population near carrying capacity
• E) Low birth and death rates, women's status improves, population growth levels off and stops

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