Demographic Methods - Tapa dura

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.