The Methods and Materials of Demography

This title is a thorough update of Methods and Materials of Demography (1976). Like the original, this text presents a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the methods used by technicians and research workers in dealing with demographic data. It is concerned with the ways data on population are gathered, classified, and treated to produce tabulations and various summarizing measures that reveal the significant aspects of the composition and dynamics of populations. and bases of classification, as well as the techniques and methods that have been developed for summarizing and analyzing the data.