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Alzariah Delouchrey SOCIOL261 Assignment #2 Due: Friday, March 8 at 11:59 pm ET Practice and demonstrate how we measure and interpret measures of population size and growth and try your hand at applying a population perspective in thinking about society. Question 1 (11 points total) For this question, you are demonstrating your ability to use quantitative demographic data to calculate, interpret, and communicate information about population composition. Table. Racial/Ethnic Composition of FamHIS Sample Full Sample (persons) Has Had a Family Member Incarcerated (persons) Race/Ethnicity Black, non-Hispanic 380 336 Hispanic 390 290 Other Race, Non-Hispanic 223 154 White, non-Hispanic 1667 1211 Total 2660 1991 Source: Professor Yi’s analysis of data from the Family History of Incarceration Survey (FamHIS). • What proportion of the sample is not Black, Hispanic, or White? Based on the data, in order to calculate the proportion of the sample that is not Black, Hispanic, or White you have to subtract the total number of Black, Hispanic, and White individuals from the total sample size. 2660 - (380 + 390 + 1667) = 223. There are 223 individuals in the sample who are not Black, Hispanic, or White. (2660 - (380 + 390 + 1667)) / 2660 * 100 = 7.9098% Therefore, approximately 7.91% of the sample is not Black, Hispanic, or White. • What proportion of people who experienced family incarceration are Hispanic? According to the data, the total number of individuals who experienced family incarceration is 1991. The number of Hispanic individuals who experienced family incarceration is 290. To find the proportion, we divide the number of Hispanic individuals by the total number of individuals who experienced family incarceration: 290 / 1991 = 0.1459. Therefore, approximately 14.59% of people who experienced family incarceration in the sample are Hispanic. • What proportion of White respondents have not experienced family incarceration? According to the data, the total number of White respondents is 1667. The number of White respondents who have experienced family incarceration is 1211. To find the proportion of White respondents who have not experienced family incarceration, we subtract the number of White respondents who have experienced family incarceration from the total number of White respondents and calculate the percentage: (1667 - 1211) / 1667 * 100 = 27.35%, approximately 27.35% of White respondents have not experienced family incarceration. • In this sample, which racial/ethnic group—Black or White respondents—is more likely to have experienced family incarceration? Be sure to provide support for your conclusion and show any calculations that you conduct to answer this question, if needed. In this sample, Black respondents are more likely to have experienced family incarceration than White respondents. This can be seen in the graph, where the percentage of Black respondents who reported having a family member who had been incarcerated is higher than the percentage of White respondents who reported the same. Specifically, 88.42% of Black respondents reported having an immediate family member who had been incarcerated, compared to 72.65% of White respondents. Question 2 (7 points total) This question asks you to combine some of your insights from our discussions of population size and growth with newer understandings of population compositions. For each part, describe the shape of the age-sex population

Alzariah Delouchrey pyramid that would match each scenario. Hint: This is a deep-thinking question! Be careful to observe whether the descriptions are talking about past/recent trends or current situations and then think about what the age-sex population pyramid would look like now given that information. Consider working out/articulating your thinking by discussing key population processes. • For the last 50 years, this country has had extremely low fertility rates and high life expectancies, with these trends continuing. It is considered one of the nations that is at the most advanced stages of the Second Demographic Transition. Describe the age-sex population pyramid for the current population of this country. For a country with very low fertility rates and high life expectancies for the past 50 years, it is expected to have an age-sex population pyramid that's pretty inverted. There'd be a narrow base, showing that not many babies have been born recently. As you move up the age groups, the cohorts would get larger because of the low birth rates in the past and the high life expectancy stretching out older age groups. So, the pyramid would be top- heavy, with more older folks than younger ones. Plus, if this trend is ongoing, the base will keep shrinking, and the top will keep getting wider. It's a sign of an aging population where the number of elderly is increasing while the number of young people is decreasing. • This country (Country A) has been involved in regional wars for most of the late 20 th (1950s-1990s) and 21 st centuries (2000 onwards), with most of these wars taking place in other countries. As part of Country A’s military strategy, young men have been subjected to mandatory military service for this entire period. The war and the military service requirement are ongoing; although there have been casualties, the volume of young men lost to the war has been inconsistent over the course of this period. Describe the age-sex population pyramid for the current population of this country. Considering the situation, the age-sex population pyramid for the current population of Country A would likely show a significant decrease in the number of young men due to casualties and mandatory military service. This would result in a narrower base for the male population compared to the female population. It might also show a gap in the age groups where the young men would have been, indicating the impact of the wars on their population. Question 3 (15 points total) Tourism to Croatia and revenue from tourism to Croatia have increased steadily in recent years. This is in part due to growing knowledge of Croatia’s beaches, waterfalls, and beautiful natural landscapes as well as concerted efforts from the country’s Tourism Development Strategy as well as membership in the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization’s Sustainable Tourism Observatories program. This assignment came with an Excel workbook called “SOCIOL261_A2.xlsx.” For Question 2, you will need to use this spreadsheet and the Excel skills that we practiced in class. Review the information presented in the workbook. Add two new columns, “abs_pop_change” and “crude_growth_rate” to your data set. Use formulas to calculate and fill in the appropriate values for these columns. When complete, your data sheet should have data for the entire period observed (1950-2021) and the following columns of data: • year: year of observation • country: the name of the country • abs_pop_change: the magnitude of annual population change in absolute terms. • crude_growth_rate: the crude annual growth rate in percentage points (not as a proportion/decimal) Use formulas to conduct any calculations necessary to fill in the new columns with the appropriate quantities. Your Excel workbook should show the formulas/calculations you used when you click on the new cells and not just the numbers. Your “answer” for this question is the modified workbook, which you should submit with your application. • In what year did Croatia experience the largest increase in population size? In what year did Croatia experience the largest absolute change in population size? Did these occur in the same year? Explain, making sure to use information from your calculations in your response. Based on the data provided, Croatia experienced the largest increase in population size in 1954, with an increase of 38,421 from the previous year (1953). For the largest absolute change in population size, it's important to

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