This book presents and develops the basic methods and models that are used by demographers to study the behavior of human populations. The procedures are clearly and concisely developed from first principles, and extensive applications are presented.The authors focus on quantitative procedures for studying the growth and structure of populations, including measurement of fertility and mortality, population projection, and equilibrium models. The book also covers procedures for evaluating data quality and estimating demographic parameters when conventional data are deficient. It will provide a comprehensive introduction to demographic methods for all students and researchers in this subject.

Table of Contents

1. Basic Concepts and Measures. 2. Age-Specific Rates and Probabilities. 3. The Life Table and Single Decrement Processes. 4. Multiple Decrement Processes. 5. Fertility and Reproduction. 6. Population Projection. 7. The Stable Population Model. 8. Demographic Relations in Non-stable Populations. 9. Modelling Age Patterns of Vital Events. 10. Methods for Evaluating Data Quality. 11. Indirect Estimation Methods References. List of Boxes. List of Tables. List of Figures.