Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data
Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data

Author: Naciones Unidas. División de Estadística

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 9789211614626

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Socio-economic policy planning and monitoring requires accurate data on births, deaths and population, in order to plan effectively for provision of health, education, employment and social security services. This publication contains detailed information on the compilation of demographic data using a range of complementary methods which can be combined to suit national conditions. Topics covered include: planning collection of fertility and mortality data; fieldwork, data processing and archiving; evaluation, estimation and dissemination; civil registration records, censuses and surveys as data sources.

Demographic Methods
Demographic Methods

Author: Andrew Hinde

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-05-12

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1444165666

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Demography is the study of population structure and change. As modern society becomes ever more complex, it becomes increasingly important to be able to measure accurately all aspects of change in the population, and estimate what its future size and composition might be. This book describes and explains the methods demographers use to analyse population data. Looking at mortality and fertility, population dynamics and population projection, nuptiality and migration, Hinde demonstrates that most demographic methods are applications of certain fundamental principles. This book covers material taught in introductory courses in population analysis, while also including more advanced topics such as parity progression ratios, survival analysis and birth interval analysis. Most chapters are followed by a range of exercises, and a comprehensive set of solutions to these exercises is provided at the end of the book. Quattro and Excel spreadsheet files containing data for all the numerical exercises, plus some additional files of data from recent census and surveys, are available via the Internet.

Techniques of Population Analysis
Techniques of Population Analysis

Author: George W. Barclay

Publisher: New York : Wiley, l958.

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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The nature of demography; Rates and rations; Accuracy and error; The life table; The study of mortality; Measurement of fertility; Growth of population; Migration and the distribution of population; Manpower and working activities.

The Use of Historical Census Data for Mortality and Fertility Research
The Use of Historical Census Data for Mortality and Fertility Research

Author: Michael R. Haines

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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This paper illustrates the application of indirect techniques of fertility and mortality estimation to historical census data, both in published form and as micro census samples derived from the original enumerators' manuscripts. There are many instances in which census data exist but adequate vital registration data do not, such as in the United States prior to 1933, when the Birth and Death Registration Areas finally covered the entire nation. Since the United States has taken decennial censuses since 1790, and since all the original population schedules except those for 1890 have been preserved, it is possible to apply these indirect methods. For example, the censuses of 1900 and 1910 asked questions on children ever born, children surviving, and duration of current marriage, but this information was never tabulated or used for 1900 and only partly tabulated for 1910. The Public Use Samples of the 1900 and 1910 censuses make possible the utilization of those data to estimate levels, differentials, and even recent trends in childhood mortality. Application of own-children methods to samples of the censuses since 1850 permits estimation of age-specific overall and marital fertility rates. Finally, the use of the 1900 Public Use Sample in conjunction with published data on parity from the 1910 census (or tabulations from the 1910 Public Use Sample) allows application of the two-census, parity increment method of birth rate estimation.

Methods and Models in Demography
Methods and Models in Demography

Author: Colin Newell

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 1990-06-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780898624519

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This volume clearly outlines the methods used to study population structure and change by presenting the major descriptive and analytical models developed by demographers to investigate the interrelationships between fertility, age, structure, and mortality. With illustrations, tables, and data drawn from a wide range of countries in both the developed and developing world, Methods and Models in Demography explicates the potential uses and limitations of the current models for population analysis, estimation, and forecasting. Its broad yet in-depth approach to this field of wide-spread concern makes Methods and Models in Demography an invaluable resource for researchers and social planners. The book's clear writing, step-by-step format, numerous case examples, and exercises (complete with answers), make it an exemplary classroom text for any population-related course.