Geography and language
Migration stock, arrivals and net migration answer different questions
A report about migrants living in a country is different from a report about people moving there during one year.
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Choose a practical article about geography and language. These topic indexes complement the six-article journal pages.
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Population pyramids: read the age bands and horizontal unit
A population pyramid can show numbers of people or shares of a population in age groups.
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Life expectancy in a news report is not a personal prediction
A country’s life expectancy at birth is a population statistic built from mortality patterns.
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Unemployment rate uses the labour force as its denominator
A news report’s unemployment rate is not the share of every resident without a job.
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A literacy rate needs its age group and skills definition
An adult literacy rate and a youth literacy rate can both be correct while giving different values.
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Tourism arrivals do not necessarily count unique people
A destination programme can report millions of arrivals without meaning millions of different individuals.
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