Methods of Demographic Analysis
This book provides an up-to-date overview of demographic analysis and methods, including recent developments in demography. Concepts and methods, from the nature of demographic information through data collection and the basics of statistical measures and
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Methods of Demographic Analysis
Methods of Demographic Analysis
Farhat Yusuf • Jo. M. Martins • David A. Swanson
Methods of Demographic Analysis
Farhat Yusuf Menzies Centre for Health Policy Sydney School of Public Health The University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia and Department of Marketing and Management Faculty of Business and Economics Macquarie University NSW 2109, Australia
Jo. M. Martins Department of Marketing and Management Faculty of Business and Economics Macquarie University NSW 2109, Australia
David A. Swanson Department of Sociology College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences University of California Riverside 92521 Riverside California, USA
ISBN 978-94-007-6783-6 ISBN 978-94-007-6784-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6784-3 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013951278 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
There have been many demography textbooks published over the past 50 years and we might ask: why is there a need for another? The answer is that, ideally, textbooks are tailored to the needs and capacities of the students that will be making use of the book. In my experience, this is particularly the case in the field
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