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A researcher calculates birth rates, death rates, fertility rates, and migration rates for all Indian states. Another researcher studies how caste, education, and gender influence fertility behaviour. Which of the following correctly identifies their approaches? |
Both researchers are engaged in formal demography. The first researcher is engaged in formal demography, while the second is engaged in social demography. The first researcher is engaged in social demography, while the second is engaged in formal demography. Both researchers are engaged in social demography. |
The first researcher is engaged in formal demography, while the second is engaged in social demography. |
The correct answer is Option 2: The first researcher is engaged in formal demography, while the second is engaged in social demography. Formal demography focuses on measurement and statistical analysis of population processes. Social demography seeks to explain demographic behaviour using social, economic, and cultural factors.
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