Methods and Models in Demography

Colin Newell

ISBN 10: 0898624517 / ISBN 13: 9780898624519

Published by Guilford Publications, US, 1993

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This volume clearly outlines the methods used to study population structure and change by presenting the major descriptive and analytical models developed by demographers to investigate the interrelationships between fertility, age, structure, and mortality. With illustrations, tables, and data drawn from a wide range of countries in both the developed and developing world, METHODS AND MODELS IN DEMOGRAPHY explicates the potential uses and limitations of the current models for population analysis, estimation, and forecasting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Methods and Models in Demography
• Publisher: Guilford Publications, US
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898624517
• ISBN 13: 9780898624519
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 520 grams

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This volume clearly outlines the methods used to study population structure and change by presenting the major descriptive and analytical models developed by demographers to investigate the interrelationships between fertility, age, structure, and mortality. With illustrations, tables, and data drawn from a wide range of countries in both the developed and developing world, METHODS AND MODELS IN DEMOGRAPHY explicates the potential uses and limitations of the current models for population analysis, estimation, and forecasting.

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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.