As per the theory of demographic transition, the post-transitional stage of demographic transition is characterised by ______.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. low and nearly equal birth and death rates.
- . Post-transitional societies are characterised by low birth and low death rates. Population growth is negligible, or even enters a decline.
- he demographic transition theory is a generalised description of the changing pattern of mortality, fertility and growth rates as societies move from one demographic regime to another.
- The term was first coined by the American demographer Frank W. Notestein in the mid-twentieth century.