Population : Analysis and Models

Population: Analysis and Models presents a discussion of demographic analysis and models. This book has been translated from French to provide access to an integrated textbook aimed at the French equivalent of undergraduates. The book is organized into two parts. Part I is devoted to analysis and is subdivided into two sections. The first section deals with elementary analysis or the steps that must precede an analysis of any complexity. It comprises three chapters: after an introduction, it presents the analysis of the results of one census followed by a summary of the analysis of population change during a year. The second section focuses on the analysis of demographic phenomena—nuptiality, fertility, mortality, mobility (migration) and on the population change that is their result. Part II deals with models, namely models of population dynamics, models of family formation following marriage, and nuptiality models. This book has been written for students with very diverse backgrounds, some of whom may have scarcely more than an elementary knowledge of algebra. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Page ix Foreword , Pages xi-xiii 1 - Introduction , Pages 3-6 2 - Analysis of census data , Pages 7-29 3 - Summary analysis of population change during one year , Pages 30-42 4 - General overview of the analysis of demographic phenomena , Pages 43-46 5 - Nuptiality , Pages 47-63 6 - Fertility , Pages 64-89 7 - Other aspects of fertility, the family , Pages 90-121 8 - Comparisons: Cross-sectional analysis and synthesis , Pages 122-134 9 - Mortality , Pages 135-158 10 - Moves and migrations , Pages 159-196 11 - Natural Increase of a population , Pages 197-210 12 - Introduction , Pages 213-215 13 - Models of population dynamics , Pages 216-228 14 - Models of family building starting with marriage—general comments, fecundability , Pages 229-247 15 - Models of family building starting with marriage – intra-uterine mortality and fecundability , Pages 248-259 16 - Models of family building starting with marriage—all births and relevant factors together , Pages 260-272 17 - Nuptiality models , Pages 273-284 Appendix I - Matrices and vectors , Pages 285-286 Appendix II - Expanding in a series , Pages 287-290 Further reading , Page 291 Index , Pages 293-301