youth bulge

(noun)

Age structure typical of fast-growing populations in which a majority of the population are relatively young.

Related Terms

  • age structure
  • population dynamics

Examples of youth bulge in the following topics:

  • Age Structure, Population Growth, and Economic Development

    • Countries with declining populations, such as Japan, have a bulge in the middle of their age structure diagram.
    • The bulge indicates relatively-few young individuals, and a higher proportion of middle-aged and older individuals.
    • These high growth rates lead to the so-called "youth bulge," which some experts believe is a cause of social unrest and economic problems such as high unemployment.
  • Student Subcultures

    • Youth music genres are associated with many youth subcultures; among them are punks, emos, ravers, Juggalos, metalheads and goths.
    • A youth subculture is group of young people defined by distinct styles, behaviors and interests.
    • Youth music genres are associated with many youth subcultures, and include punks, emos, ravers, Juggalos, metalheads and goths .
    • Early studies in youth culture were mainly produced by those interested in functional sociology and focus on youth as a single form of culture.
    • Discuss the definition and purpose of a subculture, especially for youth in society
  • Herniated (Slipped) Disc

    • A disc herniation is a common injury caused by a tear in the fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc, allowing the central portion to bulge.
    • A spinal disc herniation is a medical condition affecting the spine in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion to bulge out beyond the damaged outer rings .
  • Fifth Through Eighth Weeks of Development

    • The fetal heart bulges, develops further, and begins to beat in a regular rhythm.
    • The heart is the dark spot at the center of the image, bulging out of the embryo.
  • Inguinal Hernia

    • Hernias present as bulges in the groin area that can become more prominent when coughing, straining, or standing up.
    • They are rarely painful, and the bulge commonly disappears on lying down.
    • The inability to "reduce," or place the bulge back into the abdomen usually means the hernia is 'incarcerated' which requires emergency surgery.
  • Illegitimate Opportunity Structures: Social Class and Crime

    • In a conflict subculture, youth learn to form gangs as a way to express frustration about the lack of normative opportunity structures in their neighborhood.
    • Thus, gangs become a subculture of their own, in contradistinction to the normative, peaceful model of youth behavior
    • In a criminal subculture, youth learn to use crime for material gain.
    • Thus, gangs become a subculture of their own, in contradistinction to the normative, peaceful model of youth behavior.
    • Finally, in a retreatist subculture youth learn to reject both legitimate and illegitimate opportunity structures.
  • Organized Crime

    • A distinctive gang culture underpins many, but not all, organized groups; this may develop through recruiting strategies, social learning processes in the corrective system experienced by youth, family, or peer involvement in crime, and the coercive actions of criminal authority figures.
    • The term "street gang" is commonly used interchangeably with "youth gang", referring to neighborhood or street-based youth groups that meet "gang" criteria.
  • Socially Constructed Interpretations of Aging

    • In Western societies, where youth is highly valued, people are considered "old" at much younger ages than in Eastern societies where age is often seen to beget wisdom.
    • This emphasis on youth translates into considerable expenditures on makeup, cosmetics, and surgeries to hide signs of aging, particularly among women, but also among men.
    • While age will eventually take its toll on everyone, the association of vigor with youth is a cultural construct and does not necessarily reflect the reality of biological aging.
  • Age and Participation

    • While younger people turn out in elections less often than older people, youth voting has been on the rise in presidential elections since 2004.
    • The youth vote contributed to the success of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, as young volunteers provided countless hours of campaign support.
    • Barack Obama's presidential campaigns were successful partly as a result of youth participation.
  • Ascending Aorta

    • At the junction of the ascending aorta with the aortic arch, the caliber of the vessel increases with a bulging of its right wall.
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