The activity of measuring and explaining the size of populations is know as_______________?
Correct answer: C. demography
- A. Malthusianism
- B. forecasting
- C. demography
- D. official statistics
Explanation
Demography is the systematic study and measurement of population size, composition, distribution and change. Malthusianism is a theory about population growth, not the general measurement of populations.
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