Author: G. Wunsch Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1468423738 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 282
Book Description
This book is the result of several years of experience in teaching principles and methods of demographic analysis at the Department of Demography of the University of Louvain. Chapters 1 and 2 deal with the basic principles and methods involved in the two approaches demographers usually take, i.e., cohort and period analysis. Chapters 3-6 are devoted to applying these principles and methods to the particular phenomena with which the demog rapher is especially concerned: mortality, nuptiality, natality, and spatial mobility. In order to maintain coherence, examples have been placed at the end of each major section instead of being dispersed throughout the text. This should enable the reader to grasp both the theory and the example as a whole, rather than envisaging the theory as a particular reply to a specific problem. Finally, each chapter ends with a list of references, to which is added a selection of major books and articles in population analysis drawn mainly from the American, British, and French demographic literature.
Author: Gordon A. Carmichael Publisher: Springer ISBN: 331923255X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 405
Book Description
This book offers an ideal introduction to the analysis of demographic data. Inside, readers of all quantitative skill levels will find the information they need to develop a solid understanding of the methods used to study human populations and how they change over time due to such factors as birth, death, and migration. The comprehensive, systematic coverage defines basic concepts and introduces data sources; champions the use of Lexis diagrams as a device for visualizing demographic measures; highlights the importance of making comparisons (whether over time or between populations at a point in time) that control for differences in population composition; describes approaches to analyzing mortality, fertility, and migration; and details approaches to the important field of population projection. Throughout, the author makes the material accessible for readers through careful exposition, the use of examples, and other helpful features. This book's thorough coverage of basic concepts and principles lays a firm foundation for anyone contemplating undertaking demographic research, whether in a university setting or in a professional employment that takes on a demographic dimension requiring in-house training.
Author: Andrei Rogers Publisher: ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
The SPACE computer program included in the disk provides the opportunity to test multiregional demographic analysis by carrying out calculations with empirical data.
Author: Andrew Hinde Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134662483 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 394
Book Description
Demography is the study of population structure and change. As modern society becomes ever more complex, it becomes increasingly important to be able to measure accurately all aspects of change in the population, and estimate what its future size and composition might be. This book describes and explains the methods demographers use to analyse population data. Looking at mortality and fertility, population dynamics and population projection, nuptiality and migration, Hinde demonstrates that most demographic methods are applications of certain fundamental principles. This book covers material taught in introductory courses in population analysis, while also including more advanced topics such as parity progression ratios, survival analysis and birth interval analysis. Most chapters are followed by a range of exercises, and a comprehensive set of solutions to these exercises is provided at the end of the book. Quattro and Excel spreadsheet files containing data for all the numerical exercises, plus some additional files of data from recent census and surveys, are available via the Internet.
Author: Samuel Preston Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 9781557864512 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 308
Book Description
This book presents and develops the basic methods and models that are used by demographers to study the behaviour of human populations. The procedures are clearly and concisely developed from first principles and extensive applications are presented.
Author: Andrew Hinde Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1444165666 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
Demography is the study of population structure and change. As modern society becomes ever more complex, it becomes increasingly important to be able to measure accurately all aspects of change in the population, and estimate what its future size and composition might be. This book describes and explains the methods demographers use to analyse population data. Looking at mortality and fertility, population dynamics and population projection, nuptiality and migration, Hinde demonstrates that most demographic methods are applications of certain fundamental principles. This book covers material taught in introductory courses in population analysis, while also including more advanced topics such as parity progression ratios, survival analysis and birth interval analysis. Most chapters are followed by a range of exercises, and a comprehensive set of solutions to these exercises is provided at the end of the book. Quattro and Excel spreadsheet files containing data for all the numerical exercises, plus some additional files of data from recent census and surveys, are available via the Internet.
Author: Henry S. Shryock Publisher: Academic Press ISBN: 1483289109 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 588
Book Description
Like the original two-volume work, this work attempts to present a systematic and comprehensive exposition, with illustrations, of the methods used by technicians and research workers in dealing with demographic data. The book is concerned with how data on population are gathered, classified, and treated to produce tabulations and various summarizing measures that reveal the significant aspects of the composition and dynamics of populations. It sets forth the sources, limitations, underlying definitions, and bases of classification, as well as the techniques and methods that have been developed for summarizing and analyzing the data.
Author: Donald J. Bogue Publisher: New York : Wiley ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 954
Book Description
Textbook on the theoretics of demographic study - covers historical aspects of demography as a social sciences discipline, research methods, the principles of analysing and forecasting in respect of human populations, etc. Bibliography at the end of each chapter, and references.
Author: G. Wunsch
Author: Thomas Lynn Smith
Author: Gordon A. Carmichael
Author: Andrei Rogers
Author: Andrew Hinde
Author: Samuel Preston
Author: Andrew Hinde
Author: Guillaume J. Wunsch
Author: Henry S. Shryock
Author: Donald J. Bogue