Formal demography
Material type: TextSeries: The plenum series on demographic methods and population analysisPublication details: New York Plenum Press 1992Description: xiv, 329pISBN:- 0-306-43869-0
- HB 849.4 .S63 1992
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Book | AMREF INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (AMIU) LIBRARY | HB 849.4 .S63 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 08586 |
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.
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