composition of population

Scope Note

Information on the distribution of population by age, sex, locality, marital status, mode of life (e.g., rural and urban, nomadic and sedentary), and by social groupings (e.g., occupation, religion, class, ethnic group); size of families; etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 160 demography

Related Terms

• 212 writing
• 361 settlement patterns
• 369 urban and rural life
• 463 occupational specialization
• 561 age stratification
• 563 ethnic stratification
• 582 regulation of marriage
• 595 polygamy
• 621 community structure
• 674 crime
• 730 social problems
• 871 education system