The popular media has pointed a finger at the recession of 2007–2009; however, demographers note that annualized marriage rates began declining long before the recession due to rising ages at marriage (Grusky et al., 2011; Cohn, 2010).
This book presents and develops the basic methods and models that are used by demographers to study the behaviour of human populations.
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Stable-population models have also powerfully contributed to the analysis of the demographic past and future. The theory of demographic transition ... Regional model life tables and stable populations. Princeton (New Jersey), Princeton ...
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This book begins by defining a number of concepts which are useful for demographic analysis, including the significant events in life and types of statistical data which are collected, published and used.
This book presents and develops the basic methods and models that are used by demographers to study the behaviour of human populations.
Covers subjects that range from the core building blocks of population change to the consequences of demographic changes in the biological and health fields, population theories and doctrines, observation systems, and the teaching of ...
Written by a sociologist and a demographer, the book's principal aim is to improve students' skills primarily as consumers and secondarily as producers of demographic information.
... Levels and trends of mortality since 1950. New York : United Nations . United Nations . 1982b . Model life tables for developing countries . New York : United Nations . United Nations . 1984. Recent levels and trends of contraceptive use as ...