ISBN:
9780340718919
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (320 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Demographic Methods
DDC:
304.6/07/2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Some Demographic Fundamentals; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The basic demographic equation; 1.3 Demographic processes as transitions between states; 1.4 Demographic rates; 1.5 Population structure; 1.6 Data sources; Further reading; Exercises; 2 The Measurement of Mortality; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The crude death rate; 2.3 Age-specific death rates; 2.4 The two types of mortality rate; 2.5 The Lexis chart; 2.6 The relationship between the two types of mortality rate
Description / Table of Contents:
2.7 Advantages and disadvantages of the two types of mortality rateExercises; 3 Comparing Mortality Experiences; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Single-figure indices; 3.3 The standardized death rate; 3.4 The standardized mortality ratio; 3.5 The limits of standardization; 3.6 Other problems commonly encountered when comparing mortality experiences; Further reading; Exercises; 4 The Life Table; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The theory of the life table; 4.3 Abridged life tables; 4.4 The force of mortality; 4.5 The calculation of life tables for specific populations; 4.6 English Life Table 14
Description / Table of Contents:
4.7 Using the life table in practical work4.8 The general shape of life table quantities; Further reading; Exercises; 5 Multiple-Decrement Life Tables; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The idea of the multiple-decrement life table; 5.3 The algebra of the multiple-decrement life table; 5.4 Some examples; 5.5 Dependent and independent death rates; 5.6 The relationship between dependent and independent rates of decrement; 5.7 Censoring; 5.8 Estimating multiple-decrement life tables from data in the form of m-type rates; Exercises; 6 Survival Analysis; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 A model of mortality
Description / Table of Contents:
6.3 The survivor function6.4 The probability density function; 6.5 The hazard function; 6.6 The relationships between the three functions; 6.7 Censoring; 6.8 The estimation of mortality using survival analysis; 6.9 Using survival analysis to estimate a life table; 6.10 Advantages of survival analysis; Further reading; Exercises; 7 The Analysis of Marriage; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The marriage process; 7.3 Marriage rates; 7.4 Period and cohort analysis of marriage; 7.5 Death and marriage combined; 7.6 The average age at marriage; 7.7 The analysis of marriage using current status data
Description / Table of Contents:
7.8 The analysis of other transitions in the marriage process7.9 Cohabitation and separation; Further reading; Exercises; 8 The Measurement of Fertility; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Some simple single-figure indices of fertility; 8.3 Age-specific fertility rates; 8.4 Standardization applied to fertility rates; 8.5 The total fertility rate; 8.6 Period and cohort analysis of fertility; 8.7 Advantages and disadvantages of the period approach; 8.8 Advantages and disadvantages of the cohort approach; Further reading; Exercises; 9 Parity Progression; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Order-specific birth rates
Description / Table of Contents:
9.3 Parity progression ratios
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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