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- Fri May 08, 2009 7:21 pm
- Forum: Learning Chinese
- Topic: Population
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Population
In biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything. Demography is ...
- Fri May 08, 2009 7:20 pm
- Forum: Language exchange
- Topic: Population
- Replies: 5
- Views: 17197
Population
An important example of mandated population control is People's Republic of China's one-child policy, in which having more than one child is made extremely unattractive. This has led to allegations that practices like forced abortions, forced sterilization, and infanticide are used as a result of th...
- Fri May 08, 2009 7:19 pm
- Forum: Translations & Chinese/English names
- Topic: Population
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Population
In contrast to fertility control, which is mainly an individual-level decision, governments may attempt to exercise population control by increasing access to means of contraception or by other population policies and programs.[11] The idea of "population control" as a governmental or soci...