The agrarian system of Moslem India

Origin, birthplace, nationality and language of the Canadian people

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Identifikator:: 866449027

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-93831

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Cost of living in German towns

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1908

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (LXI, 548 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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CHAPTER XII RELATION OF ORIGINS TO FERTILITY, INFANT MORTALITY, BLINDNESS AND DEAF MUTISM FERTILITY OF THE PEOPLES OF CANADA Natural increase is a subject of first importance in any study of population. This is aspecially true in Canada, where the population is composed of many diverse elements. [mmigration brings new stocks into the country. These stocks reproduce. At first the yearly influx of immigrants may keep pace with or exceed the additions by natural increase. [t is only a matter of time, however, before the annual number of births becomes greater than the annual increase due to immigration. If émmigrant stocks reproduce more rapidly shan the basic stocks of the country, they must eventually outnumber them. How soon hat condition will come about depends on (1) the number of immigrants in the first instance, (2) the numbers immigrating each year, and (3) the difference in the fertility rates. It is immaterial whether the general level of the rates of reproduction be high or low. So long as differences in the rates exist, the population structure changes. Such changes are much more rapid than is commonly supposed. . The 1921 census furnished data from which important inferences may be drawn in respect to the rates of natural increase. The 1926 census makes possible a more definite :ompanison of birth rates, Statistics of 1921 will be examined first, and then those of 1926. Proportions of Children in the Several Origin Groups—Table 131 shows the percentage of each stock in Canada below 10 years of age as on June 1, 1921. Approximately one quarter of the total population of Canada was under 10 years of age on that date. The existence of such variation as appears in the table is remarkable. The seven origin groups with the highest and the seven with the lowest percentages are as follows: The Upper Group | Percentage under Origin 10 years of age Jkrainian. ..... TT \ustrian........ J ——— BOI. conv visinn cnininn wuwsmpn prowess aren ADI voces vine sronpny srennry srvrmEnaTEs 2oHEN. cove corms Liban Stet Baa JUNGATIAN Lovee iii een Russian......... fe rraerenn. 36-60 35-31 35-31 34-64 33-70 33-67 12.91 The Lower Group + Percentage- under 10 years of age shinese........... —. Bulgaria. ....oeveeens FEAST JOObON.cumiunins vavumnn pusmons CEERI Baa: PIL pu anvipnnnn avi ssinss PRRINRAS SAEED SRS dnglish. ooo ieee, NOEIO. «titre esavarnaseeaeensaessasnniananss VOI oe aa 5-18 14-27 20-70 20-00 21-61 21-96 22.33 It is significant that all the stocks in the group showing the highest percentages under 10 years of age are from Eastern and Central Europe. Included among them are the four principal Slavic peoples in Canada. On the other hand, among the seven origin groups showing the lowest percentages are found all four British stocks and the Negroes. : What is the meaning of a high or low percentage under 10 years of age? The following ‘actors would seem to be among the chief influences determining the size of the figures: first, birth rate; second, infant mortality rate; third, extent, date, age and sex distribution of immigration; fourth, emigration; fifth, death rate. A high birth rate makes for a high percentage of children in the population; a high infant mortality rate works in the opposite direction. If ithmigration has been great compared with the numbers of a given stock already in Canada, and if it has been heavy in very recent years, one would expect a smaller percentage of children, because an immigrant population normally shows a higher proportion at adult ages. On the other hand, if immigration is of comparatively large 911 74499—1

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