Formal demography
Smith, D.P.
Formal demography - New York Plenum Press 1992 - xiv, 329p. - The plenum series on demographic methods and population analysis .
The book is an intermediate-level exposition of demographic models and methods. Presents an overview of demographic concepts and measures, including population pyramids and the Lexis diagram. Also covers: data adjustment (interpolation, smoothing, etc.); standardized rates; single-decrement life tables; multiple decrement and multistate life tables; logit fitting to reference life tables; measures of fertility; population projection and projection matrices; and migration in population analysis.
0-306-43869-0
Demography|Fertility|Emigration and Immigration
HB 849.4 .S63 1992
Formal demography - New York Plenum Press 1992 - xiv, 329p. - The plenum series on demographic methods and population analysis .
The book is an intermediate-level exposition of demographic models and methods. Presents an overview of demographic concepts and measures, including population pyramids and the Lexis diagram. Also covers: data adjustment (interpolation, smoothing, etc.); standardized rates; single-decrement life tables; multiple decrement and multistate life tables; logit fitting to reference life tables; measures of fertility; population projection and projection matrices; and migration in population analysis.
0-306-43869-0
Demography|Fertility|Emigration and Immigration
HB 849.4 .S63 1992