ISBN:
0126411506
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (27543 KB, 577 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Series Statement:
Studies in Population
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Methods and Materials of Demography
DDC:
304.6
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Like the original two-volume work, this work attempts to present a systematic and comprehensive exposition, with illustrations, of the methods used by technicians and research workers in dealing with demographic data. The book is concerned with how data on population are gathered, classified, and treated to produce tabulations and various summarizing measures that reveal the significant aspects of the composition and dynamics of populations. It sets forth the sources, limitations, underlying definitions, and bases of classification, as well as the techniques and methods that have been developed for summarizing and analyzing the data.
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; The Methods and Materials of Demography; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; THE FIELD OF DEMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND THEIR USES; COVERAGE OF TOPICS; ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK; DESIDERATA IN DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND STATISTICS; SOME BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC METHODS; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 2. Basic Sources of Statistics; TYPES OF SOURCES; CENSUSES AND SURVEYS; REGISTRATION SYSTEMS; ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS; MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES OF DATA; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 3. Collection and Processing of Demographic Data; POPULATION CENSUSES AND SURVEYS
Description / Table of Contents:
VITAL STATISTICSOTHER DEMOGRAPHIC RECORD SYSTEMS; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 4. Population Size; CONCEPTS OF TOTAL POPULATION; TIME REFERENCE; COMPLETENESS OF COVERAGE; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 5. Population Distribution Geographic Areas; ADMINISTRATIVE OR POLITICAL AREAS; STATISTICAL AREAS; POPULATION DENSITY; METHODS OF ANALYSIS; FACTORS AFFECTING POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 6. Population Distribution-Classification of Residence; THE URBAN-RURAL CLASSIFICATION; SUBURBS; RURAL-URBAN FRINGE; SIZE OF LOCALITY; FARM POPULATION; OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS; MEASURES
Description / Table of Contents:
FACTORS IMPORTANT IN ANALYSISSUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 7. Sex Composition; USES OF DATA; CLASSIFICATION; SOURCES OF DATA; QUALITY OF DATA; TECHNIQUES OF ANALYSIS; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 8. Age Composition; INTRODUCTION; EVALUATION AND ADJUSTMENT OF AGE DATA; ANALYSIS OF AGE COMPOSITION; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 9. Racial and Ethnic Composition; RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND NATIONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR INTERRELATIONS; RACE AND ETHNIC GROUP; COUNTRY OF BIRTH; LANGUAGE; RELIGION; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 10. Marital Characteristics and Family Groups; MARITAL STATUS; FAMILY GROUPS
Description / Table of Contents:
SUGGESTED READINGSCHAPTER 11. Educational Characteristics; INTRODUCTION; EDUCATIONAL INPUT; EDUCATIONAL PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL OUTPUT; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 12. Economic Characteristics; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND THE WORKING FORCE; INCOME; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 13. Population Change; DEFINITION AND TYPES; PITFALLS IN MEASUREMENT; DESCRIPTION OF POPULATION CHANGE; ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENT; COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE; FACTORS IMPORTANT IN ANALYSIS; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 14. Mortality; INTRODUCTION; QUALITY OF DEATH STATISTICS; FACTORS IMPORTANT IN ANALYSIS
Description / Table of Contents:
MEASURES BASED ON DEATH STATISTICSSUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 15. The Life Table; INTRODUCTION; ANATOMY OF THE LIFE TABLE; CONSTRUCTION OF CONVENTIONAL LIFE TABLES; GENERATION LIFE TABLES; INTERRELATIONS, COMBINATION, AND MANIPULATION OF LIFE TABLE FUNCTIONS; APPLICATION OF LIFE TABLES IN POPULATION STUDIES; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 16. Natality: Measures Based on Vital Statistics; INTRODUCTION; QUALITY OF BIRTH STATISTICS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF NATALITY STATISTICS; MEASURES BASED ON BIRTH STATISTICS; SUGGESTED READINGS
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 17. Natality: Measures Based on Censuses and Surveys
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Description based upon print version of record
