Demographic Methods - Couverture rigide

Hinde, Andrew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340718919 ISBN 13 : 9780340718919

Editeur : Hodder Arnold, 1998

Synopsis

This is a description of the methods used by demographers to analyze fertility and mortality, looking at such areas as survival analysis, the analysis of birth intervals and period parity progression. It also includes sections on population dynamics and population projections. The author covers material taught in introductory courses on population analysis, and also includes more advanced topics and developed methods of analysis. The underlying philosophy behind the approach adopted is that the fundamental principles behind most demographic methods are relatively few in number, and that most of the methods are applications of these fundamental principles. Parallels are drawn between the methods used to analyze mortality and those used to analyze fertility wherever possible, demonstrating the applicability of a number of similar underlying ideas. A wide range of worked examples are included, many of which use demographic data from both developed and developing countries, and solutions are provided. The book is accompanied by a disk which includes Quattro and Excel spreadsheet files containing the data from many of the exercises, plus additional datasets drawn from censuses and surveys.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Demography is the study of population structure and change. As modern society becomes ever more complex, it becomes increasingly important to be able to measure accurately all aspects of change in the population, and estimate what its future size and composition might be. This book describes and explains the methods demographers use to analyse population data.

Looking at mortality and fertility, population dynamics and population projection, nuptiality and migration, Hinde demonstrates that most demographic methods are applications of certain fundamental principles. This book covers material taught in introductory courses in population analysis, while also including more advanced topics such as parity progression ratios, survival analysis and birth interval analysis. Most chapters are followed by a range of exercises, and a comprehensive set of solutions to these exercises is provided at the end of the book. Quattro and Excel spreadsheet files containing data for all the numerical exercises, plus some additional files of data from recent census and surveys, are available via the Internet.

Revue de presse

"This is the best book on demographic analysis that I have read in the least ten years. It is comprehensive, readable, and jargon-free."--Augustine Kposowa, University of California, Riverside

"There has been a need for a textbook like this on demographic methods for many years." --Thomas W. Pullum, University of Texas, Austin

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder Arnold
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340718919
• ISBN 13: 9780340718919
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible