Which is a balanced analysis of processes of population change?

Correct answer: Seeing births, deaths, migration direction, causes, age structure and service capacity together

The direct answer is A. Balanced analysis means examining all major parts of population change rather than relying on one isolated figure. Step 1: study births and deaths to understand natural increase or decrease. Step 2: study migration and its direction to see whether people are entering or leaving and why. Step 3: examine age structure, skills and other population characteristics because two areas with the same population size may have very different needs. Step 4: compare these changes with the capacity of schools, hospitals, housing, water supply and employment. B is too narrow because birth rate alone ignores deaths and migration. C discards an important process without evidence. D wrongly treats death as the only cause. A is balanced because it joins causes, direction, composition and effects. Memory cue: good population analysis asks what changed, why it changed, who changed and what services are needed.