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This is a practical manual which describes the methods used to study population structure and change and which examines the interpretative models applied to the results.
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1. Introduction for Formal Demography. I. DEMOGRAPHIC METHODS 2. Age and Sex Composition. 3. Period Fertility. 4. Cohort Fertility. 5. Mortality and Life Tables. 6. Migration. 7. Marriage and Divorce. 8. Reproductivity. II. DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS 9. Introduction. 10. Models of Age Structure. 11. Empirical Model Life Tables. 12. Rational Model Life Tables. 13. Models of Nuptiality and Fertility. 14. Population Projections and Forecasts.
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