Question

Which of the following refers to the situation where a large cohort of women of reproductive age will fuel population growth over the next generation, even if each woman has fewer children than previous generations did?

• A. Demographic Transition
• B. Population Momentum
• C. Crude Death Rate
• D. Crude Birth Rate

Hint:

Growth continues even with fewer children per woman because many women enter the childbearing age. Which term names this?

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Look at what is being asked.
Growth continues even with fewer children per woman because many women enter the childbearing age. Which term names this? We will work it out by sorting the choices one at a time.

Step 2: Working through the choices, part 1.
The key phrases are a large cohort of women and growth even with fewer children each. Growth is carried forward by the size of the cohort, like a moving object that keeps going after the push stops.

Step 3: Working through the choices, part 2.
Demographic transition describes the passage between stages of birth and death rates over a long time. It does not focus on a young cohort, so choice 1 is out.

Step 4: Working through the choices, part 3.
Population momentum is the name for this carry forward growth, so choice 2 is in.

Step 5: Working through the choices, part 4.
Crude death rate and crude birth rate are simple counts per thousand people. They are measures, not explanations of this effect, so choices 3 and 4 are out.

Final Answer:
The idea of growth carried by a big cohort is population momentum, so option 2 is the answer. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 2}} \]