Demographic Methods and Concepts

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-875263-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 546 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1000 g

Demographic Methods and Concepts presents the methods most commonly needed to work with statistical materials on population at national, regional and local levels.

Unlike other textbooks in the field, clear non-technical language is used throughout to make demographic techniques accessible to a broad readership irrespective of background in mathematics. All the demographic techniques most relevant to the work of demographers, geographers, sociologists and planners are covered. Demographic concepts and practical strategies important in the interpretation of population statistics are also discussed.

The book takes a unique and innovative computer-based approach to the visualisation of demographic concepts and data. The fully integrated accompanying CD-ROM contains spreadsheet modules, with on-screen controls and menus, run in Microsoft Excel. The modules can be used without any knowledge of computing. Further Spreadsheet Exercises in the text enable the acquisition of computing techniques that enhance the breadth and depth of investigations, as well as enjoyment and proficiency in working with population statistics.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate students in social sciences, geography, economics and statistics. Also of use as a reference work for planners and researchers who use population statistics in their employment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rowland, Donald T.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Automatische Datenerfassung, Datenanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftsstatistik, Demographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Each chapter contains study resources including glossary of key terms, further reading, internet resources, exercises, and spreadsheet exercises

- Preface

- Section 1. Population Dynamics

- 1: Population Change

- 2: Population Growth and Decline

- 3: Age-Sex Composition

- Section 2. Analytical Approaches

- 4: Comparing Populations

- 5: Demographic Writing

- Section 3. Vital Processes

- 6: Mortality and Health

- 7: Fertility and the Family

- Section 4. Demographic Models

- 8: Life Tables

- 9: Stable and Stationary Models

- Section 5. Spatial Patterns and Processes

- 10: Population Distribution

- 11: Migration

- Section 6. Applied Demography

- 12: Population Projections and Estimates

- 13: Population Composition

- Appendices:

- A: Basic maths

- B: Using the Excel modules

- C: Introduction to Excel

- D: Answers to exercises

Über Autor(innen)

Don Rowland is a Reader in Population Studies at the Australian National University, where he teaches courses on demographic methods, population trends and social changes. He has published monographs, and numerous papers in academic journals and books, focussing on migration, the family, ageing, and national population changes. His research has included many studies undertaken for Australian and international organisations, including the Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED), the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and the United Nations. Like many demographers, his research and teaching is undertaken in an interdisciplinary setting; interests in family sociology and social gerontology supplement his formal academic qualifications in geography and demography.