This authoritative text introduces the subject of demography, presents the theories behind it, and develops the basic methods and models that are used by demographers to study the behaviour of human populations. It sets out the principles and practice of demography clearly and concisely, providing extensive applications.
The second edition will include important material omitted from the original volume, especially new insights and techniques that have recently been developed. It will also improve areas of weakness, including the treatment of migration, life expectancy, and associated uncertainties. Examples will be extended and updated, including boxes to reflect the changing dimensions of world population patterns. In addition, the new edition will offer improved graphics and visual representations, along with a more systematic approach to notation and cross-referencing throughout the volume.
There will be a new chapter on multistate demography, which will form the basis of a much more complete treatment of migration, now a central element of demographic study. In addition there will be new approaches to population projection, procedures for estimating migration from intercensal data, new measures of population reproduction and intrinsic growth rates, and spatial distribution indexes. New material on fertility measures and marriage will improve the coverage, as well as new ways of estimating demographic parameters in the absence of complete information, and measures of uncertainty for major demographic indexes like life expectancy.
This completely revised and updated text offers students and instructors an accessible guide to demography and the essential ways it is carried out. It will also provide an indispensable reference for practitioners in the field.
