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The following fourth year social studies assignment discusses demographics in Greater Toronto Area (GTA) settlements. The writer obtained data from five settlements, and used this data for the thesis.

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There are essentially three types of human settlements. They are urban, suburban and rural areas (Ponting). Although the demographics vary within each of these settlement types, a number of patterns do emerge. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is an excellent place to study urban, suburban and rural settlements. For this paper the demographic patterns in five different settlements will be examined. These are Toronto, Aurora, Richmond Hill, Newmarket and Bradford. Each of these settlements has differences and similarities with surrounding settlements. However, there are greater similarities between suburban settlements then between urban and suburban settlements.

Tags:demographics, in, gta

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This paper consists of brief answers to complex issues. The first issue is that of the disparity in the public and private sector pension programs and the average age of retirement. The issue of the increasingly younger age retirement of public sector employees is addressed. The second issue is that of the changing demographics of Canada and the effect upon the health care system.

Tags:pensions, demographics, issues

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This paper explains that regional differences between populations are being diminished rapidly by virtue of worldwide internet access to both information and goods, thus creating demographics in global parameters called geo-demographics. The author points out that geo-demographics can help in planning profitable marketing strategies for anything from ideas to soft drinks, but geo-demographics also can be used to control social life through the ideological conception of a global identity and social space. This paper relates that one of the unique findings concerning international consumer behavior, supporting Hofstede's work in the 1990s concerning national characteristics, is that consumers in different countries may have more in common with one another than consumers in the same country.

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"Few would deny that the diffusion of ideas and technology has impacted global commerce. Just recalling the fall of the Soviet Union, based on the dissemination of ideas and arguably enhanced by the rising use of technology from broadcast to (at the time) limited use of the Internet among research facilities, makes clear the extent of the diffusion of ideas on global commerce. Before the fall of the Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, the independence of the Baltic States and other geopolitical upheavals (probably fostered by technologically superior communications), those vast populations were not markets for the commercial goods and services of the rest of the nations of the world."

Tags:homogenizing, marketing, identity, privacy, country

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This paper will examine Foot's notion that demographics is virtually everything (2/3rds of everything, anyway). While it would probably be impossible to actually determine what percentage of "everything" demographics would be able to analyze and explain, it is possible to determine how significant it is. Furthermore, while mere demographic figures may not explain everything, the changing demographics may indeed, explain a great deal. The focus in this paper will be on health care.

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This paper focuses on two current fields of demographics and health care. The first is the rising frequency of obesity within the population and how increasing frequency of obesity is likely to affect the statistics pertaining to diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. The second area of demographics research is that of smoking, where a strictly environmental activity is likely to replace heart disease as the primary cause of death within the next two decades.

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This paper is an attempt to explore how marketers can break down and assess various demographic segments and, more broadly speaking, consumer markets as a whole. The paper looks at some of the interesting features of Canadian demographics and also looks at the organizational buying behavior of an organization (this buying behavior is correlated to the purchasing decisions consumers enter into). Finally, a SWOT analysis on a specific company is attempted, but the profile information about the company is not available.

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"Study of a Canadian City (Thunder Bay): The population of Thunder Bay, Ontario, is 109,140 (as of 2006). The median age of the city is 41.7 and 7,575 of the city's 91,350 residents over the age of 15 are in common-law relationships. Furthermore, 30,215 adults over the age of 15 are unmarried, 42,710 are legally married, 3,870 are separated, 6,945 are divorced, and 7,610 are widowed; it is worth noting that women outstrip men in all of these statistics (Statistics Canada, "Thunder Bay, Ontario" [All Data], tables-1-4). With regards to other items. similarly interesting statistics reveal..."

Tags:company, profiles, marketing

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This paper explains how demographics for family units have been changing over the past decades in the United States. It shows that there are more single teenage mothers, more single-parent families due to divorce or illegitimacy, and lower-income family units. It explains that these changes are due to a more liberal society and welfare laws.

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"Move over Cleaver and Ozzie and Harriet families. It is a whole new world out there. In the 1950s, there may have been the typical family with mother, father and two children, but that is no longer the norm in 2003. In fact, according to a New York Times article, "for the first time, the number of nuclear families has dropped below 25 percent of American households." This is the result of a variety of factors: men and women delaying marriage and having children later in life or no children at all; more couples living alone after their children have left; an increase in the number of aging adults living at home; and especially the increase in the number of single-parent families, mostly headed by women."

Tags:single, parent, teenage, mother, aging, adults

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The paper provides a history of Thailand as well as statistics of its demographic make-up. It shows that, while Thailand's economy is one of the fastest growing in the world, 12% of the population live below the poverty line and over 50% are involved in agriculture. The paper examines the challenges of economic advancement with its demographic make-up faced by Thailand, such as alleviating disparity between regions, investing in skilled and creative workers and on the other hand protecting the culture of the people and the natural environment.

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"But is Sciolino right her assumption, at least what is expressed in her article that most of the effects of demographics are negative? Its true that Thailand has experienced many social, political and economic changes due to changes in its demographics. For example, Thailand's reproductive revolution has been the catalyst for economic changes. This and other trends of globalization and modernization have transformed Thai society. Women are shying away from having several children to having fewer or none. This is a critical period for Thailand and a culture shift that could have positive effects on the population and the economy."

Tags:Buddhism, population, growth, Bangkok, Golden, Triangle

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The paper examines how religion and ethnicity, personality traits, age and gender influence individual behavior. The paper believes that once an employer can look beyond age, gender, religion and other false senses of diversity behaviors, they will begin to uncover and establish a workplace based on skills, abilities and performance.

Outline:
Statistics of Diversity and Demographic Research
Religion and Ethnicity
Personality Traits
Age
Gender

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"How does diversity and demographical characteristics affect individual behavior within the workplace? Keep in mind that there are various forms of diversity and demographical characteristics to consider, such as age, ethnicity, religion, personality traits, occupation and even gender just to name a few. Diversity can be defined as the condition of being different or composed of distinct elements or qualities. In a business perspective, organizations in today's society realize that incorporating diversity into the workplace truly enhances the organization as well as its employees. Demographical characteristics, on the other hand, are defined as the statistical characteristics of human population, for instance, age and income, to identify markets."

Tags:religion, ethnicity, personality, traits, age, gender, discrimination

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This paper explains that, with the changing of the population make-up in the United States, policy makers need to focus on better nursing care for its citizens. The writer provides demographic data to explain the case and examines nursing care options.

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"United States demographics are rapidly changing and will steadily have a greater effect on healthcare needs. New health occupations will be established and other ones strengthened. One of the latter will be family health nursing. For the first time since the beginning of the census, less than a quarter of American households consist of married couples with children. According to the 2000 Census, families headed by women with children grew nearly five times faster in the 1990s than married couples with children. Households of married couples with children under 18 declined from 45 percent in 1960 to 23.5 percent. Also, Americans living alone increased to 26 percent, surpassing homes with families for the first time."

Tags:demography, census, household