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Sociology 674Problem set 8Due 11/18/081) Do question 6 on pp. 378-379. To make things easier, I have provided the table electronically here.Region Pop. 1990 Pop. 2000 Area sq. kmCentral 432861 471950 145.65Northern 172418 169350 88.94Southern 744582 634500 700.56Eastern 191300 233900 4005.92Western 769200 876200 5930.68North-Eastern 765400 667800 900.64South-Western 140300 159750 2551.86Total 3216061 3213450 14324.252) Migration module – pp.395-396. Start the module, click on start, then click on menu. Thepop-up menu will allow you to graph various age-specific measures of migration for different parts of the country, by gender.a. In the United States as a whole, which sex is more likely to migrate? (use rates per 1,000 in the third box and total movers in the last box).b. What do you make of any differences you observe between men and women?c. Are there any gender differences in rates of immigration to the U.S. from another country? (use migration from another country in fourth box)d. Next, let’s look at regional differences. Compare male rates of migration from another region to the Northeast and to the West. How does migration from different regions to these two regions differ? Do differences depend on age?3) Do questions 1 and 2 on pp. 423-424. To make things easier, I have provided the table electronically here.Estimated resident population Intercensal 1996 Census 2000 Census Births DeathsGreen Lane 22400 22100 1872 1018Kensington 44150 48700 4131 1448Newton 4150 4250 359 175Ponsonby 11600 11850 1019 4784) Do question 3 on page 424 (easiest to cut and paste table below).Age National population North region1996 Census 2000 Census 1996 Census 2000 Census0- 419625 17358 4509 40595-920231 18369 4614 408610-1420249 19197 4165 421515-1916472 17910 3990 435320- 2412108 14787 3095 380425- 299744 11034 2474 275130- 347459 8964 1871 221435- 397043 7137 1655 178840- 445639 6513 1265 151545- 494743 5259 911 116450- 543479 4221 718 80755- 592568 3066 450 59460- 641971 2211 381 38765+2927 3321 434 5225) Make sure that you understand questions 4-10 on pp. 424-425. No need to turn these in,


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