Essential Demographic Methods

__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. "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."--Résumé de l'éditeur 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. ... The Presentation Is Carefully Paced And Accessible To Readers With Knowledge Of High-school Algebra-- Introduction : Why Study Demography? -- Exponential Growth -- Periods And Cohorts -- Cohort Mortality -- Cohort Fertility -- Population Projection -- Period Fertility -- Period Mortality -- Heterogeneous Risks -- Marriage And Family -- Stable Age Structures -- Migration And Location -- Conclusion. Kenneth W. Wachter. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [280]-283) And Index. Classroom-tested over many years and filled with fresh examples, Essential Demographic Methods is tailored to beginners, advanced students, and researchers. Award-winning teacher and eminent demographer Kenneth Wachter draws on themes from the individual lifecourse, history, and global change to bring out the wider appeal of demography.