Methods and Models in Demography - Hardcover

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9781852930165: Methods and Models in Demography

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ISBN 10: 1852930160 ISBN 13: 9781852930165

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Textbook/manual outlines the methods used to study population structure and change developed by demographers to investigate the interrelationships between mortality, fertility and age structure. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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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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"This volume has a breadth of coverage not found in any similar text while providing sufficient depth into each topic to provide a basic understanding and training in practical applications." - Douglas Anderton, University of Massachusetts, USA

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