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Autocorrelation
Birth order
Calculation
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Censoring (statistics)
Chi-squared test
Circular reasoning
Coefficient
Cohort (statistics)
Cohort analysis
Compound interest
Contemporary society
Correlation and dependence
Counting
Cross-sectional data
Demography
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Ergodicity
Estimation
Estimator
Ethology
Event study
Expected value
Exponentiation
Extrapolation
Fertility
Force of mortality
Forecasting
Geometric distribution
Gompertz function
Histogram
Historical demography
Hypotenuse
Inference
Internal migration
Law of Population
Lexis diagram
Life expectancy
Life table
Logarithm
Longitudinal study
Lump sum
Malthusian trap
Maxima and minima
Maximum likelihood estimation
Microsimulation
Miscegenation
Mortality rate
Multinomial distribution
Net reproduction rate
Parametric statistics
Pension
Percentage point
Population and Development Review
Population process
Population projection
Population pyramid
Population size
Principal component analysis
Probability
Probability distribution
Recurrence relation
Renewal theory
Sampling (statistics)
Scale invariance
Standard deviation
Statistics
Stochastic process
Sub-replacement fertility
Theory of intervening opportunities
Trade-off
Weibull distribution
Product details
- ISBN 9780691128238
- Weight: 539g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 19 Oct 2008
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Rapid changes over the last twenty years have impacted every branch of demographic analysis, from birth rates and immigration, to marriage rates and aging. The Nature of Demography is a response to these enormous changes. Written by one of the world's leading demographers, this authoritative text offers a systematic and coherent overview of the fundamental ideas governing the study of present and future populations. The book covers formal models as well as the underlying logic and context of demographic reasoning. The text also illustrates recent data and new methodological developments. The first section of the book discusses measurements that involve a single individual, such as mortality and fertility; the second section moves from individual behaviors to population-level phenomena; and the third section looks at models involving individuals and social structures within the population, such as marriage and migration rates--topics not addressed in such detail in any other demography text. Written for advanced undergraduates and experienced researchers, The Nature of Demography contains a wealth of material that will inspire innovative applications in the field.
* An up-to-date and authoritative textbook by one of the world's leading demographers * Creative use and critique of demography methods * Comprehensive and innovative coverage of marriage, migration, and economic demography * Explanations that reach beyond mathematical formulas to underlying theories of behavior
Herve Le Bras is director of studies at the School of Higher Education in the Social Sciences and director of research at the National Institute of Demographic Studies in Paris.
