MIND’S ON – WORK PATTERNS How many people are in this room? How many in this room have a paid job? Of that number, how many work ‘under the table?’ If you have a ‘real’ job, how old were you when you got your first job? How many hours do you work on average on a school day? How many hours on average do you work on a weekend day? How many like their current jobs? Of the first number (how many people) how many are planning on going to college/university next year? How many of you hope to return to this area after college/university? What are some factors that would pull you back to Lindsay? What are some factors that will keep you away from Lindsay? (Be serious!)

DEBRIEF OF QUESTIONS With your partner analyze these numbers to determine: 1.What assumptions can we make based on these numbers? 2.What might this tell us about our local area/economy? 3.Why would a researcher be interested?

USING DEMOGRAPHICS IN CANADIAN SOCIETY

WHAT IS DEMOGRAPHY? Demography is the scientific study of the characteristic s and dynamics (change) of human populations including their size, growth, movement, density, and composition. Another way to define demography is as the study of statistics about people, how these statistics reveal patterns of change

Specific statistics that demographics covers are: Birth Rates Death Rates Age Immigration and Emigration Education Ethnicity Religion Economic Status Marital Status

DEMOGRAPHY EXPLAINED IN THE BIG PICTURE – VIDEO CLIPS

Social Scientists study demographics with three major questions in mind: 1.What are the agents (causes) of change? 2.What are the impediments to change? 3.What are the effects of change? Social Scientists study demographics using a variety of research methods, including interviews, statistics, surveys, observations, and reviews of existing literature.

DEMOGRAPHICS AND ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropologists use demographics to help explain and understand why a culture behaves the way it does. For example, can anthropologists make any connections to change in North American culture using immigration statistics?

DEMOGRAPHICS AND PSYCHOLOGY Psychologists use demographics to understand the people they are treating and to help them focus psychological research, education, and treatment. For example, if Canada’s population is growing older should psychologists be researching the correlation between aging and depression?

DEMOGRAPHICS AND SOCIOLOGY Sociologists might use demography to help explain certain stresses on a society, to explain why a society has changed or to assist in social planning. For example, should a new high school be planned for an urban area currently experiencing high birth rates?

TEXTBOOKS! Pre-Reading: Brainstorm a list of local issues that would be worth exploring through demographics Read pg and do Question 2 Read pg and do all Questions