Demographic Methods and Concepts by Rowland, Donald T.;

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Publisher OUP Oxford
Date of Publication 17 April 2003

ISBN 9780198752639
Binding Paperback
No. of pages560 pages
Size 246x172x29 mm
Weight 1011 g
Language English
Illustrations numerous tables and figures

Short description:

Demographic Methods and Concepts makes accessible the most commonly needed techniques for working with population statistics, irrespective of the reader's mathematical background. For the first time in such a text, concepts and practical strategies needed in the interpretation of demographic indices and data are included.
Spreadsheet training exercises enable students to acquire the computer skills needed for demographic work. The accompanying free CD-ROM contains innovative, fully integrated learning modules as well as applications facilitating demographic studies.

Long description:

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.

'A key feature of the text is a diskette that contains Microsoft Excel-based programs for illustrating and doing fundamental demographic calculations (life tables, growth rates, standardization, and so forth)...The book is a very good compendium of basic demography that clearly is based on the author's practical teaching experience. It has re-opened for me the possibility of successfully teaching demographic methods to students not primarily interested in population studies. I look forward to using it'. Population Studies, Vol.58, No.2, 2004, pp255-256.

Each chapter contains study resources including glossary of key terms, further reading, internet resources, exercises, and spreadsheet exercises
Preface
Section 1. Population Dynamics
Population Change
Population Growth and Decline
Age-Sex Composition
Section 2. Analytical Approaches
Comparing Populations
Demographic Writing
Section 3. Vital Processes
Mortality and Health
Fertility and the Family
Section 4. Demographic Models
Life Tables
Stable and Stationary Models
Section 5. Spatial Patterns and Processes
Population Distribution
Migration
Section 6. Applied Demography
Population Projections and Estimates
Population Composition
Appendices:
A: Basic maths
B: Using the Excel modules
C: Introduction to Excel
D: Answers to exercises