underserved, demographic, properties, demographics, demography

In Poorest States, Political Stigma Is Depressing Participation in Health Law

By JACKIE CALMES

Officials say the health care law has been stigmatized for many it could help, especially in states that are medically underserved but hostile to President Obama.

 ISER enjoys an international profile for its cutting-edge socio-economic research. Its prestigious team of researchers has a wide range of expertise in social science disciplines, including economics, sociology, demography, geography and statistics.


At the World Economic Forum’s summer meeting in Dalian, China, four experts on the impact of demographics on the workforce considered the opportunities that aging populations present to business. Their answers include creative new services, a more diverse workforce, and investing differently in talent development.

Jodi Hilton for The New York Times

Recession Takes Toll on Flower Shows

By ABBY GOODNOUGH

The New England Flower Show and others are gone this year, victims of the economy and shifting demographics.

New York City Growing More Diverse, Census Finds
By SAM ROBERTS
New figures provide hard evidence of trends involving shifts in housing patterns, education and demographics.




Yahoo to Launch Site for Women
Yahoo is launching a new site for women between ages 25 and 54, calling it a key demographic underserved by current Yahoo properties.

underserved

Line breaks: under|served

Entry from British & World English dictionary

adjective

Inadequately provided with a service or facility: a medically underserved community

demography

Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒgrəfi/

Translate demography | into Spanish

noun

[mass noun]

• the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.
• the composition of a particular human population:Europe’s demography is changing

Derivatives

demographer

noun

Origin:

late 19th century: from Greek dēmos 'the people' + -graphy

demography 
noun [U]
1 the study of changes in the number of births, marriages, deaths, etc. in a particular area during a period of time:
historical demography

2 The demography of an area is the number and characteristics of the people who live in an area, in relation to their age, sex, whether they are married or not, etc:
The increase in the number of young people leaving to work in the cities has had a dramatic impact on the demography of the villages.

demographer 
noun [C]
a person who studies changes in numbers of births, marriages, deaths, etc. in an area over a period of time

demographic 
adjective
There have been monumental social and demographic changes in the country.
Current demographic trends suggest that there will be fewer school leavers coming into the workforce in ten years' time.

demographics 
plural noun
the quantity and characteristics of the people who live in a particular area, especially in relation to their age, how much money they have and what they spend it on:
The demographics of the country have changed dramatically in recent years.
No one has exact demographics on (= information about the quantity and characteristics of the people who live in) the area.

• under (LOWER POSITION)
• under (LESS THAN)
• under (EXPERIENCING)
• under (CONTROL)
• under (NAME)

properties was found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary at the entries listed below.

• property (THINGS OWNED)
• property (QUALITY)

━━ n. ((集合的)) 財産, 不動産（物件）; 所有物; 所有地; 所有（権）, 著作権; 特性; 【劇】小道具.
man of property　資産家.
prop・er・tied　━━ a. 財産のある.
property dividend　【金融】現物配当, 物品配当.
property insurance　【保険】財産保険, 財物保険, 損害保険.
property man　【劇】小道具方.
property tax　財産税.
real [personal] property　不動産［動産］.

de・mog・ra・phy

━━ n. 人口統計学.
de・mog・ra・pher　━━ n. 人口統計学者.
dem・og・raph・ic
　━━ a.
de・mo・graph・ics　━━ n.pl. （ある地域の）人口動勢.