which population characteristics do demographics usually measure? number of resources number of schools ethnicity and race height and weight

Demographics usually measure ethnicity and race , not number of resources, number of schools, or height and weight in a basic school-level question like this.

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When we talk about “demographics” in geography or social studies, we mean descriptive characteristics of a population, such as:

• Ethnicity and race

• Age

• Gender

• Income and education

• Where people live (urban/rural, region, country)

Things like number of resources or number of schools are usually classified as information about services or infrastructure, not demographic characteristics.

Height and weight are physical or health metrics and are not standard demographic categories in most school curricula, even though health researchers might sometimes study them.

So, if the question is:

Which population characteristics do demographics usually measure?

• number of resources
• number of schools
• ethnicity and race
• height and weight

The best answer is: ethnicity and race.

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