Demography: Principles and Methods
INDEXCONTENTS List of Figures List of Tables 1 THE NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF POPULATION STUDY 1 The Scope and Method of Population Study 2 Important Landmarks in the Development of Population Study 2 NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INHABITANTS 3 The Number and Geographic Distribution of the Population 3 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION 4 Rural or Urban Residence 5 Race, Color, Ethnic Stock, and Nativity 6 Age Composition 7 Sex Composition 8 Marital Condition 9 Occupational Status 10 Educational Status 4 THE VITAL PROCESSES 11 Measuring the Rate of Reproduction 12 Fertility Levels 13 Differential Fertility 14 Fertility Trends 15 The Measurement of Mortality 16 Mortality Levels, Differentials, and Causes 17 Mortality Trends 5 MIGRATION 18 Emigration and Immigration 19 Internal Migration 20 Internal Migration (Continued) 6 GROWTH OF POPULATION 21 The Growth of Population Conclusion Exercises Author and Source Index Subject Index
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