Demography: the science of population
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Preface
ix
PART ONE An Overview of Population Science
1
A The Nature of Populations
5
The Focus on Aggregates
5
Populations and Other Aggregates
5 /
Naturally Occurring Populations:
Human and Nonhuman
8
Aggregates and Individuals
11
Ecological Fallacy
11 /
Structural Effects: An Introduction
13
Demographic Determinism and Laws of Population
17
Summary
19
Key Terms
20
Doing Demography
20
Web Sites to Bookmark
21
For Further Reading
22
The Study of Populations
23
The History of Demography: An Overview
23
The First Demographers
23 /
The Study of Population in the
Premodern
Era
25
Contemporary Sources of Demographic Information
27
Traditional and Nongovernmental Sources
27 /
Census and
Registration Data
29 /
Samples and Complete Enumerations
36
Demographic Variables: Size, Structure, and Vital Events
39
Population Size
40 /
Variations in Population Size
42
Measuring Structural Characteristics
46 /
Rates of Vital Events
48
Summary
52
Key Terms
53
Doing Demography
53
Web Sites to Bookmark
54
For Further Reading
55
How Populations Are Structured
56
Biological Structure: Age and Sex
56
Sex Structure: Some Comparisons
56 /
Age Structure and
Population Pyramids
58 /
Proportional and Average Ages
60
Ш
ÍV
CONTENTS
Sociocultural
Structure: Subpopulations
and Strata
63
The Constituents of
Population:
Marriage and
Family,
Ethnicity and Race
64
Ethnicity
66 /
Class and Income Differentials
81
Summary
92
Key Terms
93
Doing Demography
93
Web Sites to Bookmark
94
For Further Reading
94
4
Geographic Distribution: Population and Territory
95
How Territory Is Divided: Administrative and Statistical Areas
95
Population Density: Concepts and Consequences
100
Measuring Density
101 /
Density and Behavior
108
The Urbanization of the Human Population
112
An Historical Overview of Urban Growth
113 /
Urban Growth in the
United States
121
Geographic Information Systems
122
Summary
124
Key Terms
125
Doing Demography
126
Web Sites to Bookmark
126
For Further Reading
127
PART TWO Population Dynamics: Vital Events and Growth
129
5
Birth and Fertility: Measures, Theories, and Trends
131
Measuring Fertility
132
Common Period Measures
134 /
Other Period Measures
141
Cohort Measures
143
Theories of Fertility
144
The Theory of Multiphasic Demographic Response
145 /
The Theory of
Intermediate Variables
147 /
Economic, Structural, and Cultural Theories
148
World Fertility: Levels and Trends
150
Fertility Decline in Asia
152 /
Delayed Transition in Africa
153
Latin America: Low Fertility, High Variability
154 /
Toward Negative
Growth in the Industrialized Nations
154
Fertility in the United States
154
Postwar Trends and the Baby Boom
155 /
Contemporary Fertility
Differentials
158
Summary
161
Key Terms
162
Doing Demography
162
CONTENTS
V
Web
Sites to Bookmark
163
For Further Reading
164
0
Mortality: Causes and Consequences
165
Measuring Morbidity and Mortality
166
Morbidity Rates
167 /
Crude Death Rates
168 /
Specific Death Rates
171
Social and Environmental Factors
181
Mortality in the United States
185
The Effects of Inequality
186 /
Cause-Specific Death in the
United States
186 /
Mortality Decline: An Overview
190
Global Mortality Patterns: Past and Present
191
Epidemiological Transition in Europe and America
192 /
Transition in the
Third World
194
Summary
195
Key Terms
198
Doing Demography
199
Web Sites to Bookmark
200
For Further Reading
200
1 Migration: Geographic and Social Psychological Components
202
Measuring Migration
203
Some Operational Definitions
204 /
Measurement Problems and
Estimation Methods
206
Internal Population Shifts in the United States
207
The Great Migration
208 /
A Reversal of Trends in the Late
Twentieth Century
209
Theories of Migration
212
Ravenstein s Laws
212 /
The Economic Opportunity Model
213
Lee s Theory of Push and Pull Factors
213 /
Social Network Theory
214
Todaro s Migration Model
215 /
The Value Expectancy Model
216
International Migration
216
A Nation of Immigrants
216 /
Refugees: The Issue of Forced
International Migration
219 /
Explaining Forced Migration
221
Summary
223
Key Terms
223
Doing Demography
224
Web Sites to Bookmark
224
For Further Reading
225
О
Population Dynamics in Historical and Comparative Perspective
226
Measures and Models of Growth
227
Measuring Growth by Difference
227 /
Growth by Components
230
VÍ
CONTENTS
Demographic Transition
and Social Change
231
Early World Population Growth
232 /
The Three-Stage Process
233
Demographic Transition in the Third World
237
The Prospects of Future Population Growth
241
The Redistribution of the World s Population
242 /
The Third Stage in the
Third World?
244 /
Europe s Second Transition
246
The Aging of the World s Population
248
The United States Population: Growth and Change
250
Summary
254
Key Terms
255
Doing Demography
256
Web Sites to Bookmark
256
For Further Reading
257
PART THREE Population Models
259
9
The Life Table: An Introduction
261
Measuring Mortality
262
Definitions and Illustrations
263
Observed Data
263 /
The Life Table Proper
265
Data Sources and Functions
267
Age:
χ
268 /
The Observed Cohort Sizes, Deaths, and Probabilities of
Dying: JCX, px, and nqx
268 /
The Surviving Population: „lx
269
Deaths in the Life Table: ndx
272 /
The Person Years Lived by the
Life-Table Population: „Lx
273 /
Total Person Years Remaining: J%
275
Average Life Expectancy:
êx
275
Abridged and Unabridged Tables
276
Survival Rates
280
Interpretations
280 /
Reverse Survival
282 /
Applications
282
Cohort Tables and the Lexis Diagram
283
The Cohort or Generation Table
285 /
The Lexis Diagram
287
Life-Table Applications
287
Life Insurance and Related Uses
288 /
The Class of
61 289
Summary
291
Key Terms
292
Doing Demography
292
Web Sites to Bookmark
293
For Further Reading
293
JLU Population Estimates, Projections, and Forecasts
294
Approaches to Anticipating Population Characteristics
295
Population Estimation
299
Simple Growth Models
299 /
Components Methods
308
CONTENTS
VÌI
Methods of Projection
312
Extrapolation from Simple Growth Models
314 /
Projecting with the
Components Method
319 /
Matrix-Based Approaches to
Population Projection
323
Forecasts and Forecasting
323
Summary
325
Key Terms
326
Doing Demography
327
Web Sites to Bookmark
327
For Further Reading
328
PART FOUR Demography in Application
329
1
J. Population Policy: Controlling Demographic Processes
331
The Nature of Population Policy: Definition and Case Studies
331
Why Are Population Policies Necessary?
335
Children, Families, and Communities
335 /
The Legal Dimension:
Policy Implementation and Fertility Determinants
338
Immigration Policy
346
How Population Policies Are Made
347
Stages of the Policy Process
348 /
Creating a Population
Policy: The Case of Zambia
349 /
International Organizations and
Population Policy
352
Evaluating Population Policies
353
The Role of Values in Population Policy
356
Summary
359
Key Terms
361
Doing Demography
362
Web Sites to Bookmark
362
For Further Reading
363
Y L
Population and Environment
364
The Tea-Seller s Dilemma
364
The Household of Nature: The Plight of Natural Resources
366
FreshWater
368 /
Depletion of Forests
369 /
Energy
372
Theories of Population and Environment
373
Direct Effect Theories
374 /
Indirect Effect Theories
377
Measuring Environmental Conditions and Impacts
378
The Geophysical Environment
379 /
Individual-Level Measures
380
Environmental Policies and Politics
380
The Political Context
381 /
Programs and Strategies: The Rise of
Environmentalism
383 /
Embracing the Lessons of Chipko
389
Sustainable Development
390
VIU
CONTENTS
Summary
391
Key Terms
392
Doing Demography
393
Web Sites to Bookmark
393
For Further Reading
394
L J
Accessing and Using Information about Population Science
395
Demography-Oriented Software
396
Data Sets, Educational Packages, and Applications
396 /
GIS
Software
and Sites
399
Demography and the Internet
400
The Internet: Roots and Branches
401 /
Demography-Oriented Sites
401
Marketing Demographic Skills
409
Demography for Planners
409 /
Demography and Business
410
Demography for the Human Service Professional
412 /
Actuarial Science
413
A Conclusion and an Invitation
414
Of Population
414 /
On Population
416 /
Population and You
417
Summary
418
Doing Demography
419
For Further Reading
419
APPENDIX A International Tourism as a Form of Migration
420
APPENDIX
В
Population Policy in Historical Perspective
425
References
433
Index
447
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