In the beginning of class we got our tests back which was about maps and then we went over it to better understand what we got wrong.
Today in class we talked about migration. We talked about the push factors and pull factors. Some notes that we took today were...
More Measurement of Population
- Net Migration Rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year
- an excess of persons entering the country is net immigration
- written as a positive number
- example: Canada has 5.65 migrants per 1000 population
- U.S. 2.45 (it was 3.62 in 2015)
- an excess of person leaving the country is net emigration
- written as a negative number
- example: Mexico has- 1.68 migrants per 100 population, -3.61 two years ago, -3.11 last year
Why do people migrant?
Push forces
- civil war
- environmental degradation
- unemployment or underemployment
- religious or ethnic persecution
Pull forces
- better economic opportunity
- better health services
- religious freedom
- political freedom
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