A similarity between the preindustrial stage and the postindustrial stage of demographic transition is that ________

a. the availability of better and more food helped people resist infectious diseases and reduced infant mortality
b. people were encouraged to have large families so the birthrate stayed high
c. the improvement in lifestyle resulted in falling death rates
d. it resulted in a roughly stable population that grew slowly


Answer: d

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