ABSTRACT

First published in 1968, Demographic Analysis was written to provide a comprehensive account of demographic methods for those with a need to understand population movements.

The book provides an introduction to some of the key tools used by demographers and the principal sources of population data. Beginning with an overview of the scope, content and use of the population census, it then examines methods for measuring births, deaths, and migration before setting out the methodology for determining the contributions of these elements to population change and estimating past or future changes. The book also explores sickness as a population characteristic and a way of better understanding mortality variations.

chapter 1|8 pages

The use of demographic statistics

chapter 2|7 pages

The tools of demography

chapter 3|5 pages

Source materials

chapter 4|32 pages

The population census

chapter 5|14 pages

Fertility measurement

chapter 6|7 pages

Marriage rates

chapter 7|33 pages

Mortality measurement

chapter 8|5 pages

Migration

chapter 9|11 pages

Population estimation and projection

chapter 10|19 pages

Sickness measurement

chapter 11|17 pages

Manpower statistics