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| Population dynamics and ageing in Iran | | Author(s) | Mohammed Taghi Sheykhi |
| Journal title | Bold, vol 24, no 4, August 2014 |
| Publisher | International Institute on Ageing (United Nations - Malta), Valletta, Malta, August 2014 |
| Pages | pp 14-24 |
| Source | http://www.inia.org.mt |
| Keywords | Population ; Demography ; Ageing process ; Iran. |
| Annotation | Sociology of population tries to address and explore population issues as perceived by a country's people. The main assumption of the present research is that 'the health of a population is not independent of broader demographic trends'. People do not always perceive population size or a rapid population growth rate as a pressing problem in the country in which they live. Nevertheless, population dynamics in any country are often designed to reduce the high rate of population growth, and the whole process is influenced by the paradigm based on demographic and economic modelling in a top-down manner, leading to population ageing. Sociology of population now plays a determining part in providing a better discipline with special reference to developing countries with high population growth rates and pro-natalist behaviour. It is concerned with the ways in which an individual's thought, feeling and behaviour are affected by the existence of others, by social interactions by groups, etc, involving determined change in fertility behaviour, i.e. leading to a balanced population and development paradigm. As far as Iran's population structure is concerned, the country faced a 'demographic trap' in which during the 1980s mortality rates rapidly declined while fertility trends did not _ a phenomenon which placed Iranian society in a critical situation. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150710218 A |
| Classmark | S3: S8: BG: 7FL |
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