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A Practitioner's Guide to State and Local Population ProjectionsFundamentals of Population Analysis

A Practitioner's Guide to State and Local Population Projections: Fundamentals of Population... [Demography is defined as the scientific study of population. It covers five basic topics: the size of the population; its distribution across geographic areas; its composition (e.g., age, sex, race, and other characteristics); changes in population size, distribution, and composition over time; and the determinants and consequences of population growth. In this chapter, we focus on the first four of these topics. We describe a number of basic demographic concepts, define some commonly used terms, describe a number of statistical measures, and discuss several sources of demographic data. This chapter will give readers with little training or experience in demography a brief introduction to the field and sets the stage for the topics covered in the remainder of the book.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Practitioner's Guide to State and Local Population ProjectionsFundamentals of Population Analysis

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
ISBN
978-94-007-7550-3
Pages
19 –43
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-7551-0_2
Publisher site
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Abstract

[Demography is defined as the scientific study of population. It covers five basic topics: the size of the population; its distribution across geographic areas; its composition (e.g., age, sex, race, and other characteristics); changes in population size, distribution, and composition over time; and the determinants and consequences of population growth. In this chapter, we focus on the first four of these topics. We describe a number of basic demographic concepts, define some commonly used terms, describe a number of statistical measures, and discuss several sources of demographic data. This chapter will give readers with little training or experience in demography a brief introduction to the field and sets the stage for the topics covered in the remainder of the book.]

Published: Oct 26, 2013

Keywords: Census Tract; Census Bureau; Population Change; American Community Survey; Crude Birth Rate

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