Population: A Lively Introduction. Joseph A. McFalls Jr..
by McFalls, Joseph A. Jr; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 102Environment. Publisher: Population Bulletin, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Age groups | Childbirth -- Statistics | Demography | Emigration and immigration | Fertility -- Human -- Statistics | Life expectancy | Life spans (Biology) | Migration -- Internal | Mortality -- Statistics | Population -- Statistics | Population forecasting | Population geography | Race -- StatisticsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Most people think demography is just math in disguise--a sort of dry social accounting. Once exposed to the subject, many change their minds. They come to appreciate the profound impact demographic forces have on societies. This has never been more true than during the past half-century, a period in which the United States and other societies have experienced unprecedented social and demographic change." (POPULATION BULLETIN) This article presents "the basic what, why, and how of the study of demography."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Population: A Lively Introduction, Dec. 2003; pp. 3-40.
"Most people think demography is just math in disguise--a sort of dry social accounting. Once exposed to the subject, many change their minds. They come to appreciate the profound impact demographic forces have on societies. This has never been more true than during the past half-century, a period in which the United States and other societies have experienced unprecedented social and demographic change." (POPULATION BULLETIN) This article presents "the basic what, why, and how of the study of demography."
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