Course Contents

The significance of population study, Scope of Population studies, Sources of population, data, Theories of Population,, Population growth in Pakistan, Historical trends, Present population situation, Future prospects. Demographic processes, Nuptiality, Fertility: socio-economic variables affecting fertility, Migration, Social Mobility: Mortality: Socio-economic variables affecting mortality, The structure of Pakistan's population, Geographic distribution, Age and Sex structure, Education, Dependency burdens. Birth rates: their relationships to GNP growth rates and income distribution. Family Planning, Mortality especially maternal and infant mortality, Social Acceptance, Status of Family Planning in Rural and Urban Areas, Strategies by Government and NGOs to create awareness, Population related problems of Pakistan, Economic factors behind high fertility rate, Social, cultural and, ethnic factors behind high fertility rates, The population debates, Ibn-e-Khaldun theory. Malthusian population trap and its criticism, Theory of demographic transition,The micro-economic theory of fertility, The demand for children in developing countries

Course Synopsis

This course aims to study relevant concepts of population dynamics shall be explored. The theories in relation to population growth will be shared. The concept of culture and social values regarding population growth will be emphasized. The variables including fertility, mortality, and migration shall be studied with reference to change in population in a given area. Population policies about growth and control will be learnt.

Course Learning Outcomes

• A student must be able to explain different population debates and concepts with a global and national perspective • The course will enhance the analytical approach of student towards population growth • Understand and grip the classical approaches of population and explore future prospects of society’s demography and its transition.