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|902_2_1_en_II Underpopulation.ogg|'''underpopulation'''  
|902_3_1_en_I Level of development.ogg|'''level of development'''  
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|902_3_1_en_II Level of development.ogg|'''level of development'''  
|902_4_1_en_I Optimum population.ogg|'''optimum population'''  
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|902_4_1_en_II Optimum population.ogg|'''optimum population'''  
|902_4_2_en_I Optimum.ogg|'''optimum'''  
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|902_4_2_en_II Optimum.ogg|'''optimum'''  
|902_5_1_en_I Economic optimum.ogg|'''economic optimum'''  
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|902_5_1_en_II Economic optimum.ogg|'''economic optimum'''  
|902_6_1_en_I Level of living.ogg|'''level of living'''  
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|902_6_1_en_II Level of living.ogg|'''level of living'''  
|902_6_2_en_I Standard of living.ogg|'''standard of living'''  
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|902_6_2_en_II Standard of living.ogg|'''standard of living'''  
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Latest revision as of 08:30, 5 February 2010

Level of living  (LEVEL of living)


Consideration of the relations between population size and resources leads to the concepts of overpopulation 1 and underpopulation 2. These terms are defined only at a given fixed level of development 3. When neither a larger nor a smaller population would yield advantages, there is said to be an optimum population 4, sometimes briefly called an optimum 4. The advantages yielded may be economic in character and in that case it is an economic optimum 5. The discussion of economic optima generally proceeds in terms of economic welfare but, as this is difficult to ascertain empirically, the level of living 6 or standard of living 6 is sometimes substituted. This is approximated by the real national income per capita 7 i.e., the total amount of goods and services produced in a particular period (or its equivalent in money income adjusted for variation in purchasing power) divided by the total population during the period.

  • 1. Overpopulation, n. - overpopulated, adj.
  • 2. Underpopulation, n. - underpopulated, adj.
  • 5. Some writers have used the concept of a power optimum and a social optimum as well as of an economic optimum.
  • 6. The expression "standard of living" is restricted by some economists to mean an accepted goal or recognized set of needs, as constrasted with the level of living actually attained. Others use these terms interchangeably.
  • 7. Other measures such as the gross national product per capita, are also used.

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