Demography : the science of population
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Needham Heights, MA :
Ally and Bacon,
©2001
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Table of Contents:
- The nature of population.
- The study of population.
- How populations are structured.
- Geographic distribution: population and territory.
- Birth and fertility: measures, theories, and trends.
- Mortality: causes and consequences.
- Migration: geographic and social psychological components.
- Population dynamics in historical and comparative perspective.
- The life table: and introduction.
- Population estimates, projections, and forecasts.
- Population policy: controlling demographic processes.
- Population and environment.
- Accessing and using information about population science.