Demography Book

List of illustrations;

Part I. Fundamentals;

1. Introduction;
2. Demographic analysis: some basic concepts;
3. The nature of demographic data;
4. Demographic statistics in practice;

Part II. Population movements:
5. Marriage;
6. The statistical study of fertility;
7. Mortality characteristics;
8. Migrations and other socio-economic data
9. Population projection: general considerations;

Part III. General Influences on population:
10. Population in history;
11. Populations today;
12. Resources and population;
13. Population policies;
14. General prospects for the future;

Part IIII.
15. Life tables;
16. Methods of summary and comparison;
17. Techniques of population mathematics;
18. Introduction to population mathematics;
19. The handling of suspect or scanty data;

Part V. Conclusion:
20. History and prospects of demography; Index to tables; Index.