A Demographer Posits That Although Birth Rates in Developing Countries

question 112

Multiple Choice

A demographer posits that although birth rates in developing countries are alarmingly high,there will be a dramatic shift to lower birth and death rates in the coming decades as these countries modernize.What concept describes his predictions?

• A) fertility conversion
• B) demographic transition
• C) declining demographics
• D) population inversion

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