Population group
Population group is a demographic term that summarizes people according to individual statistical characteristics (e.g. age, gender, marital status, education, position in employment, religious affiliation, nationality).
The following population groups can be included :
Language group
- Language family , genealogical
- Sprachbund , genealogical
Gender or age group
- generation
- Adult
- woman
- man
- child
- girl
- Boy
- youth
- teenager
- Twen
- pensioner
- Old human
- Very old person
- Senior
- widower
- War widow
Social class
- Workers
- Workers
- employee
- Liberal professions
- Low wage earners
- NEET
- Precariat
- Self-employed
- Entrepreneur
Territorial determined
- minority
- ethnic minority
- religious minority
- national minority
- Local communities
- Foreigners
- refugee
- Rhinelander (population group)
According to activity
Ethnic
Socio-psychological
Since common interests and values as well as a feeling of togetherness among the characteristic bearers are possible, but not generally present, one speaks more precisely of population parts in sociology .
See also
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