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| Among the most famous theories of demography is the one associated with the English political economist Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834). Malthus’s theory of population growth – outlined in his Essay on Population (1798) – was rather pessimistic. |
| Choose a statement which can be a valid critique of Malthusian Theory. |
Malthus got confused with arithmetic and geometric progression. Malthus was more focused on agricultural societies and failed to foresee the role of modern science and industrialization. Malthus failed to see the role of religion and its principles in population control. Malthus had a very quantitative approach which failed to understand human reproductive Behaviour |
| Malthus was more focused on agricultural societies and failed to foresee the role of modern science and industrialization. |
| The pattern of population growth began to change in the the latter half of the nineteenth century, and by the end of the first a quarter of the twentieth century, these changes were quite dramatic. Birth rates had declined, and outbreaks of epidemic diseases were being controlled. Malthus’s predictions were proved false because both food production and standards of living continued to rise despite the rapid growth of population. |
