European University Institute Library

Essential demographic methods, Kenneth W. Wachter

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index

index present

non fiction

Essential demographic methods

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Kenneth W. Wachter

"Essential Demographic Methods brings to readers the full range of ideas and skills of demographic analysis that lie at the core of social sciences and public health. Classroom tested over many years, filled with fresh data and examples, this approachable text is tailored to the needs of beginners, advanced students, and researchers alike. An award-winning teacher and eminent demographer, Kenneth Wachter uses themes from the individual lifecourse, history, and global change to convey the meaning of concepts such as exponential growth, cohorts and periods, lifetables, population projection, proportional hazards, parity, marity, migration flows, and stable populations. The presentation is carefully paced and accessible to readers with knowledge of high-school algebra. Each chapter contains original problem sets and worked examples. From the most basic concepts and measures to developments in spatial demography and hazard modeling at the research frontier, Essential Demographic Methods brings out the wider appeal of demography in its connections across the sciences and humanities. It is a lively, compact guide for understanding quantitative population analysis in the social and biological world."--, Provided by publisher

Introduction: Why Study Demography? -- 1. Exponential Growth -- 2. Periods and Cohorts -- 3. Cohort Mortality -- 4. Cohort Fertility -- 5. Population Projection -- 6. Period Fertility -- 7. Period Mortaly -- 8. Heterogeneous Risks -- 9. Marriage and Family -- 10. Stable Age Structures -- 11. Migration and Location -- Conclusion