Match the demographic terms: (i) Women having the ability to bear children but do not do so. (ii) The number of live births a woman can have in her reproductive life. (iii) Model that shows a populati

Here are the answers to Question 12, matching the definitions with the appropriate demographic terms:

• (i) Women having the ability to bear children but do not do so. This refers to fecundity, which is the biological capacity to reproduce. The phrase "but do not do so" indicates that this capacity is not being fully realized into actual births (fertility).

  • Fecundity

• (ii) The number of life births a woman can have in her reproductive life. This is the definition of the Total Fertility Rate, which is the average number of children a woman is expected to have over her lifetime based on current age-specific fertility rates.

  • Total Fertility Rate

• (iii) Model that shows a population's birth rate, death rate and natural increase. This describes the Demographic Transition Model, which illustrates how populations change over time through stages of varying birth and death rates.

  • Demographic Transition Model

• (iv) People leaving a nation to make permanent settlement in another nation. This process is known as emigration.

  • Emigration