Demographic Methods and Concepts

by Don Rowland

Overview

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 texts in the field, this book uses clear non-technical language throughout to make demographic techniques accessible to a diverse array of students, regardless of their 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 included. The book is ideal for undergraduate courses in sociology, geography, economics, and statistics.

Features
BLProvides techniques for analysis of population at regional, local, and national scales
BLIncludes chapters on migration and applied demography
BLIntegrates computer-based learning modules—the nature of demographic concepts and visual comparisons of demographic data—throughout the text
BLEmploys spreadsheet exercises using demographic statistics at the end of every chapter to help students develop relevant skills

Student CD-ROM—Packaged With Every Book
BLFully integrated with the text, this CD-ROM contains Excel spreadsheet modules and applications facilitating demographic studies.

Companion Website
http://www.oup.co.uk/best.textbooks/geography/rowland

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198752639
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/29/2003
Edition description:	BK&CD-ROM
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 6.76(h) x 1.15(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Each chapter contains study resources including glossary of key terms, further reading, internet resources, exercises, and spreadsheet exercisesPrefaceSection 1. Population Dynamics1. Population Change2. Population Growth and Decline3. Age-Sex CompositionSection 2. Analytical Approaches4. Comparing Populations5. Demographic WritingSection 3. Vital Processes6. Mortality and Health7. Fertility and the FamilySection 4. Demographic Models8. Life Tables9. Stable and Stationary ModelsSection 5. Spatial Patterns and Processes10. Population Distribution11. MigrationSection 6. Applied Demography12. Population Projections and Estimates13. Population CompositionAppendices:A: Basic mathsB: Using the Excel modulesC: Introduction to ExcelD: Answers to exercises

Editorial Reviews

"Are you looking for a demography text that is amusing, literate, and comprehensive? Do you want a CD with wonderfully constructed graphs that run the demographic transition through before your very eyes for the country of your choice; that let you build population pyramids; that project populations with different mortality, fertility, and migration assumptions; that illustrate the stages of epidemiologic transition and much more? If yes, your wishes can now be fulfilled."—Katherine Bates, People and Place, vol. 11, no. 3, 2003

"So self-contained, so thorough, and so elementary (in the best sense of the term!) is the book that it induces a guilty pleasure on the part of this reader."—Herbert L. Smith, University of Pennsylvania

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