Fundamentals of Population Analysis

Stanley K. Smith, Jeff Tayman and David A. Swanson
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Stanley K. Smith: University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research
Jeff Tayman: University of California-San Diego, Economics Department
David A. Swanson: University of California Riverside, Department of Sociology

Chapter Chapter 2 in A Practitioner's Guide to State and Local Population Projections, 2013, pp 19-43 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Demography is defined as the scientific study of population. It covers five basic topics: the size of the population; its distribution across geographic areas; its composition (e.g., age, sex, race, and other characteristics); changes in population size, distribution, and composition over time; and the determinants and consequences of population growth. In this chapter, we focus on the first four of these topics. We describe a number of basic demographic concepts, define some commonly used terms, describe a number of statistical measures, and discuss several sources of demographic data. This chapter will give readers with little training or experience in demography a brief introduction to the field and sets the stage for the topics covered in the remainder of the book.

Keywords: Census Tract; Census Bureau; Population Change; American Community Survey; Crude Birth Rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7551-0_2

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