3. Pablo wants to know the stage of the democratic transition model that his grandparents’ home country is currently at. The mortality rate has been slowly declining for a couple of decades. The fertility rate is still higher than in the most developed countries, but it is beginning to decline as well. What stage would this represent?

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Pablo's grandparents' home country is in Stage 3 of the demographic transition model.

Explanation:

Stage 1; is not correct because in this stage the mortality rates are very high, and the fertility rates are also very high.

Stage 2: is not correct because in this stage the mortality rates are still relatively high, while the fertility rate is the highest.

Stage 3: is correct because in this stage the mortality rate is at a medium level, thus declining, while the fertility rates have declined but are still on a good level.

Stage 4: is not correct because in this stage the mortality rate and the fertility rate are both relatively low, they equalize at the end of this stage, and the population stagnates or has just a very small growth.

the correct answer is c