Full Description
This text aims to help the novice understand demographic variables and analyze their impact on specific private and public sector interests. Examples are employed to demonstrate a wide range of techniques, and the book discusses software products from the 1990 US census that may revolutionize the use of demographic data by business and government.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Demographic Concepts and Trends: The Conceptual Base and Recent Patterns of Demographic Change -- The Materials of Applied Demographic Analyses: Data Sources and Principles of Data Use -- Basic Methods and Measures of Applied Demography -- Methods for Estimating and Projecting Populations -- Summary and Conclusions: The Future of Population Change and Applied Demography in the United States
