1st Edition
Demographic Analysis Projections on Natality, Fertility and Replacement
By Roland Pressat
Copyright 2008
520 Pages
by
Routledge
520 Pages
by
Routledge
520 Pages
by
Routledge
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Population control requires that the birth rate equal to the death rate. If it is too low population will decline; if it is too high, population will increase. If either condition persists long enough the population will diminish towards zero or increase towards infinity. Fortunately, the birth trajectory does not have to be set once and for all, but can be adjusted within limits. Since birth and... Read more
Part I Preliminary Considerations, 1 Subject Matter and Sources of Data, 2 Location in Time, 3 Rates in Demography, Part II Vital Events, 4 Analysis of Vital events, 5 Moratlity, 6 Life tables, 7 Marriage, 8 Natality-Fertility, Part III Population Sie and Structure, 9 Population Composition, 10 Population Models, 11 Replacements, Part IV Population Projections, 12 Introduction to Projections, 13 Computation of Survivors, 14 Projections of Births, 15 The Use of Demographic Projections, Part V Mathemathics and Demographic Analysis, 16 Decription of Demographic Events, 17 Populations.
Biography
Roland Pressat is noted for his extensive work in the field of demography. He is affiliated with the Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, in Paris, France. Some of his books include Statistical Demography, Population, Statistical Demography and The Dictionary of Demography.
