DEMOGRAPHIC BEHAVIOR (CHARACTERISTICS) OF THE DEVELOPED

COUNTRIES AND
UNDERDEVELOPED/ DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED C. UNDERDEVELOPED/DEVELOPING
C.
BIRTH RATE LOW OR VERY
LOW
HIGH OR MEDIUM. THE MORE
UNDERDEVELOPED IS THE
COUNTRY THE HIGHER IS THE
BIRTH RATE.
MORTALITY
RATE
LOW IT DEPENDS ON THE COUNTRIES:
HIGH (e. g. BURUNDI); LOW
(BRAZIL).
CHILD
MORTALITY
RATE
LOW (MOTHERS
ARE ASSISTED IN
THE CHILDBIRTH
AND CHILDREN
ARE PROPERLY
FED)
IT IS LIKE IN THE UPPER CASE.
POPULATION
GROWTH
LOW OR VERY
LOW
HIGH OR MEDIUM. THE MORE
UNDERDEVELOPED IS THE
COUNTRY THE HIGHER IS THE
GROWTH. THE AFRICAN
COUNTRIES HAVE THE HIGHEST
GROWTH.
ROLE OF THE
WOMEN
WOMEN AND
MEN HAVE THE
SAME RIGHTS.
WOMEN STUDY
AND WORK
OUTSIDE THE
HOME.
UNFORTUNATELY,
MANY WORKING
WOMEN DO THE
HOUSEWORK
WITHOUT HELP
OF THEIR
PARTNER.
WOMEN SUFFER WORSE SOCIAL
CONDITIONS THAN MEN.
IN MANY COUNTRIES THEY
CANNOT STUDY OR WORK
OUTSIDE. THEY LOOK AFTER
THEIR CHILDREN AND
HUSBANDS.
MIGRATORY
MOVEMENTS
FEW PEOPLE
MIGRATE
ABROAD. MOST
OF THE
MIGRATORY
MOVEMENTS ARE
INTERNAL.
MOST OF THE MIGRATORY
MOVEMENTS ARE ABROAD.
WELFARE IT EXISTS A
NATIONAL FREE
HEALTH SYSTEM,
A COMPULSORY
EDUCATION,
RETIREMENTS,
ETC.
IN MANY COUNTRIES DO NOT
EXIST WELFARE, AND CHILDREN
HAVE TO WORK TO SURVIVE.
MAIN
ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY
THE MOST
IMPORTANT
ACTIVITY IS
TERTIARY
(TOURISM,
FINANCES,
BUSSINESS)
THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY
IS PRIMARY (AGRICULTURE,
LIVESTOCK AND FISHING)
LIFE
EXPECTANCY
VERY HIGH. IN
SPAIN IS ABOUT
80 YEARS.
AFRICA HAS THE LOWEST LIFE
EXPECTANCY IN THE WORLD.
POPULATION
PYRAMID
THE PYRAMID IS
URN SHAPED: THE
BASE IS
NARROWER
THAN THE
CENTER OF THE
PYRAMID. THE
PEAK OF THE
PYRAMID IS
INCREASINGLY
WIDER.
UNDERDEVELOPED: PYRAMIDAL
SHAPED. THE BASE IS VERY WIDE.
DEVELOPING: BELL SHAPED.