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Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies
Concepts, Methods, and Applications
Inbunden, 2016
1752 kr
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This book examines the use of agent-based modelling (ABM) in population studies, from concepts to applications, best practices to future developments. It features papers written by leading experts in the field that will help readers to better understand the usefulness of ABM for population …
Modeling Multigroup Populations
Inbunden, 1987
1643 kr
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This book deals with models that can capture the behavior of individuals and groups over time. Organizationally, it is divided into three parts. Part I discusses the basic, decrement-only, life table and its associated stable population. Part II examines multistate (or increment-decrement) models …
Formal Demography
Inbunden, 1992
1692 kr
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This book is intended as a relatively nontechnica1 introduction to eurrent demographie methods. It has been several years in preparation, beginning from occasional class handouts I wrote to elaborate on essential points of demographie methodology. Its growth from scattered notes to an integrated …
Advanced Techniques of Population Analysis
Av S.S. Halli, K.V. Rao
Häftad, 1992
1098 kr
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Although I feel honored to write a foreword for this important book, it is a task that I approach with some trepidation. The topics covered in the book summarize the current state of the art in technical demography. However, my knowledge and expertise with respect to technical demography are …
Population of Modern China
Av Dudley L. Poston Jr., David Yaukey
Häftad, 1992
1098 kr
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Student~ interested in world populations and demography inevitably need to know China. As the most populous country of the world, China occupies a unique position in the world population system. How its population is shaped by the intricate interplays among factors such as its political ideology …
Population of Modern China
Av Dudley L. Poston Jr., David Yaukey
Inbunden, 1992
1098 kr
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Student~ interested in world populations and demography inevitably need to know China. As the most populous country of the world, China occupies a unique position in the world population system. How its population is shaped by the intricate interplays among factors such as its political ideology …
Household Composition in Latin America
Inbunden, 1995
1130 kr
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Susan M. De Vos uses comparative and life course perspectives to provide an in-depth demographic study of the household. Based on data gathered by the World Fertility Survey, this illuminating reference explores household composition in six Latin American countries and compares the situation with …
Curbing Population Growth
An Insider’s Perspective on the Population Movement
Inbunden, 1995
569 kr
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Oscar Harkavy offers a unique insider's view of the fascinating world of population politics. Chapters trace the growth of the movement as well as the various foundations, governments, and intergovernmental organizations which were an integral part of it from its beginning in the 1950s, through its …
Household Demography and Household Modeling
Av E. Van Imhoff, Evert van Imhoff m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1970 kr
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In 1992, a summer course 'Demographic Perspectives on Living Arrangements' as well as a one-day workshop 'Recent Issues in Household Modelling' were held in Wassenaar, The Netherlands. This volume is based on the lectures delivered during the summer course, as well as on the presentations made in …
Primer of Population Dynamics
Inbunden, 1996
1692 kr
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A Primer of Population Dynamics introduces to the basics of population studies. Author Krishnan Namboodiri utilizes a question-and-answer format that explores topics such as population theories and conceptual schemes, demographic data, mortality, fertility, migration, family and household, food …
Continuities in Sociological Human Ecology
Av Michael Micklin, Dudley L. Poston
Inbunden, 1998
552 kr
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The completion of this volume would not have been possible without the generous and dedicated help of numerous people. The book had its genesis in a conference held at Cornell University in the fall of 1990 that was organized by Dudley Poston, Paul Eberts, and Michael Hannan, all professors at the …
Analytical Theory of Biological Populations
Inbunden, 1998
1098 kr
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In the 50 years that have passed since Alfred Latka's death in 1949 his position as the father of mathematical demography has been secure. With his first demographic papers in 1907 and 1911 (the latter co authored with F. R. Sharpe) he laid the foundations for stable population theory, and over …
Population Issues
An Interdisciplinary Focus
Av Leo J.G. van Wissen, Pearl A. Dykstra
Inbunden, 1999
1643 kr
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This volume marks the culmination of the NOW Priority Programme on Population Issues, an eight-year research programme sponsored by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. The contributors evaluate the Priority Programme's research results from an international perspective by …
State and Local Population Projections
Methodology and Analysis
Av Stanley K. Smith, Jeff Tayman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1643 kr
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The initial plans for this book sprang from a late-afternoon conversation in a hotel bar. All three authors were attending the 1996 meeting of the Population As- ciation of America in New Orleans. While nursing drinks and expounding on a variety of topics, we began talking about our current …
State and Local Population Projections
Methodology and Analysis
Av Stanley K. Smith, Jeff Tayman m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
1643 kr
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The initial plans for this book sprang from a late-afternoon conversation in a hotel bar. All three authors were attending the 1996 meeting of the Population As- ciation of America in New Orleans. While nursing drinks and expounding on a variety of topics, we began talking about our current …
Demography of African Americans 1930–1990
Av S.H. Preston, I.T. Elo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1098 kr
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African Americans constitute one of the most interesting and dynamic components of the population of the United States. Unfortunately, an accurate assessment of their demographic characteristics is beset by inaccuracies in the underlying data. Using a novel strategy that combines record linkage and …
Population Change and Rural Society
Av William A. Kandel, David L. Brown
Häftad, 2006
1643 kr
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CALVIN L. BEALE In considering how to introduce the subject of rural population change in st the 21 Century, I ?nd myself re?ecting on my own experience as a demographer for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. When I arrived at the Department, the post-World War II modernization of farming was …
Population Change and Rural Society
Av William A. Kandel, David L. Brown
Inbunden, 2006
1643 kr
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CALVIN L. BEALE In considering how to introduce the subject of rural population change in st the 21 Century, I ?nd myself re?ecting on my own experience as a demographer for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. When I arrived at the Department, the post-World War II modernization of farming was …
Dynamic Population Models
Inbunden, 2007
1643 kr
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Dynamic Population Models is the first book to comprehensively discuss and synthesize the emerging field of dynamic modeling, i.e. the analysis and application of population models that have changing vital rates. Incorporating the latest research, it includes thorough discussions of population …
Multilevel Synthesis
From the Group to the Individual
Inbunden, 2007
1098 kr
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This book aims to show how the multilevel approach successfully overcomes the divisions that emerged during the rise of the social sciences— specifically, here, demography and statistics—from the seventeenth century to the present. We begin by examining how the approach connects different branches …
Genders in the Life Course
Demographic Issues
Av Antonella Pinnelli, Filomena Racioppi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1643 kr
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Although both demography and gender relations have been the focus of research for quite some time, the intersection of gender studies and demographic analysis is a more recent phenomenon. Fortunately, gender aspects of dem- raphy and demographic aspects of gender are two lines of research that have …
Healthy Longevity in China
Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions
Av Yi Zeng, Dudley L. Poston m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1643 kr
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Key research in the world’s largest aging population – in China – has fed into this important new work, which aims to answer questions critical to older people worldwide.These include: is the period of disability compressing or expanding with increasing life expectancy and what factors are …
Rural Retirement Migration
Av David L. Brown, Nina Glasgow
Inbunden, 2008
1098 kr
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This book examines the migration of older persons to rural retirement destinations in the United States. While the majority of older persons are residentially stable, those who migrate are disproportionately likely to move to a rural community. Moreover, with the aging of the baby boom generation, …
Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age Mortality
Inbunden, 2008
1097 kr
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Social differences in health and mortality constitute a persistent finding in epidemiological, demographic, and sociological research. This topic is increasingly discussed in the political debate and is among the most urgent public health issues. However, it is still unknown if socioeconomic …
Healthy Longevity in China
Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions
Av Yi Zeng, Dudley L. Poston m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
1691 kr
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Key research in the world’s largest aging population – in China – has fed into this important new work, which aims to answer questions critical to older people worldwide.These include: is the period of disability compressing or expanding with increasing life expectancy and what factors are …
Gender Policy and HIV in China
Catalyzing Policy Change
Av Joseph Tucker, Dudley L. Poston, Jr. m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1130 kr
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China’s concentrated HIV epidemic is on the brink of becoming a generalized one and syphilis infection has become a major public health threat. Social factors relating to gender and gender inequality exacerbate the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) in China. A better …
Causal Analysis in Population Studies
Concepts, Methods, Applications
Av Henriette Engelhardt, Hans-Peter Kohler m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1097 kr
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The central aim of many studies in population research and demography is to explain cause-effect relationships among variables or events. For decades, population scientists have concentrated their efforts on estimating the ‘causes of effects’ by applying standard cross-sectional and dynamic …
Household Demography and Household Modeling
Av Evert van Imhoff, Anton Kuijsten m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1970 kr
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In 1992, a summer course 'Demographic Perspectives on Living Arrangements' as well as a one-day workshop 'Recent Issues in Household Modelling' were held in Wassenaar, The Netherlands. This volume is based on the lectures delivered during the summer course, as well as on the presentations made in …
Household Composition in Latin America
Häftad, 2012
1130 kr
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Susan M. De Vos uses comparative and life course perspectives to provide an in-depth demographic study of the household. Based on data gathered by the World Fertility Survey, this illuminating reference explores household composition in six Latin American countries and compares the situation with …
Primer of Population Dynamics
Häftad, 2013
1692 kr
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A Primer of Population Dynamics introduces to the basics of population studies. Author Krishnan Namboodiri utilizes a question-and-answer format that explores topics such as population theories and conceptual schemes, demographic data, mortality, fertility, migration, family and household, food …
