Population: 1. Sustained Fertility

Population
-is referred to by sociologists as the number of persons occupying a certain geographic habitat drawing subsistence from that habitat, and interacting with one another.
Demography
-is the science or study of population, concerned particularly with the rate of population change and the causes of such change. It involve the study of moral, intellectual, physical, physiological, and economic factors affecting births, marriages and morality.
Causes of Rapid population Growth

1. Sustained Fertility:
A. Certain Filipino customs, traditions, and beliefs contribute to the high rate. Having a large family is traditional to us. B. Few people are motivated to limit their Family size. C. The known effects of some contraceptives have discouraged many negative couples from using them. D. Early marriage. E. There is lack of control especially on part of the man. F. The permissive atmosphere which is conductive to pre-marital sexual relationship. population growth
2. Decline in Mortality due to the following:

A. Advances in science and technology. B. Intensified nutrition or diet. C. Sanitation. D. Introduction of artesian well and. E. Improved ways of sewage waste.
3. Immigration.
This means the influx of foreigners to our country: In General, the Philippine Population features are so follows: A. More than 50% of our population are children who are sixteen years of age and below so that these portions of our population are all depending upon the support.
adults for
B. More than one-half of our population is engaged in agriculture, which means that most of our people live by tilling the lands. C. Death rate is higher with the males who are always outside the house to earn a living for the family.
Family Planning Through artificial method.

A. Birth regulation and spacing of children by the use of accepted scientific methods. B. Treatment for infertility. C. Family Life and Sex Education. D. Pre-marital guidance and marriage counseling. E. Pre-natal and post-natal care.
1. The Pill This is a combination of synthetic hormones which prevents the ovary from releasing egg cells. 2. The Intra-uterine device or IUD This is a small object made of plastic or stainless steel. It is inserted into the womb by a trained physician and left there indefinitely. 3. The Diaphragm This is a flexible, cup-shaped device made of rubber, inserted before intercourse 4. The Condom It is a thin sheet or cover made of rubber or similar material. 5. Chemical method These are chemical preparations such as the vaginal foam, jelly, cream, suppository or tablet. 6. Sterilization For the Male is called vasectomy while for the Female it is called tubal ligation.
Community
The community is used to describe a neighborhood, a barangay, a town, a city, or even a nation. The rural community urban community dichotomy: Some sociologist have related the rural community to familistic and the urban community to the contractual Gesselschaft. Rural culture and social structure: Although rural communities are not all alike, they have some common features such as small in size and people engage in agriculture, fishing, and food gathering activities supplemented by cottage industries. Spatial patterns of Philippine rural communities
1.Poblacion - with the agglomerated barrios usually a compact community is common in

central Luzon where the people are engaged in a wet rice agricultural activity.
2. Segmented lineal-communities are found along roads and rivers where people are
engaged in wet-rice agriculture.
3. Plantation camps are company sponsored located in strategic spots throughout the
plantation
4. Dato-centered pattern is composed of small groupings centered on a mosque.
The Rural Family

-Strong blood ties hold the family together. This is shown in the choice of marital partners, friends or even godparents. Genealogical ties are looked into for deficiencies such as immorality and other possible defects that run in the family.
Rural education
-Most people in the rural areas wish their children to have a better status in life through education. However, there is great disparity in access to education between the urban and rural areas.
Rural religion
- In the rural areas, religion is a means by which rural folks turn to in times of problems and crisis.
Rural health and Nutrition

- Most health services in the rural areas are limited if not lacking. Add to that, there is also a low ratio of medical and dental services per resident in the rural communities
Gemeinschaft is a community of intimate private and exclusive living and families. Gesselchaft is public life or the world itself. This type of group is characterized by
impersonal, secondary, contractual, and rationalized relationships.
Health
-is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being
Determinant of health
A. Life style the aggregation of personal decisions that can be said to contribute to, or case, illness or death; B. Environmental all matters related to health external to the Human Body and over which the individual hast little or no control C. Biomedical all aspects of health, physical and mental, developed within the human body as influenced by genetic make-up
Mental health
- a state of Well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community

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Causes of Rapid population Growth

2. Decline in Mortality due to the following:

Family Planning Through artificial method.

1.Poblacion - with the agglomerated barrios usually a compact community is common in

4. Dato-centered pattern is composed of small groupings centered on a mosque.

The Rural Family

Rural health and Nutrition

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