 | Essential Demographic Methods Subjects: Demography -- Statistical methods; Demography -- Mathematical models; Population -- Statistical methods; Population -- Mathematical models; Population forecasting -- Statistical methods; Population forecasting -- Mathematical models; Essential Demographic Methods brings to readers the full range of ideas and skills of demographic analysis that lie at the core of social sciences and public health. Classroom tested over many years, filled with fresh data and examples, this approachable text is tailored to the needs of beginners, advanced students, and researchers alike. An award-winning teacher and eminent demographer, Kenneth Wachter uses themes from the individual lifecourse, history, and global change to convey the meaning of concepts such as exponential growth, cohorts and periods, lifetables, population projection, proportional hazards, parity, marity, migration flows, and stable populations. The presentation is carefully paced and accessible to readers with knowledge of high-school algebra. Each chapter contains original problem sets and worked examples. Wachter Kenneth W. : Kenneth W. Wachter is Professor of Demography and Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley. |
