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Differential Undercounts in the U.S. Census
Who is Missed?
Häftad, 2019
225 kr
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This open access book describes the differences in US census coverage, also referred to as “differential undercount”, by showing which groups have the highest net undercounts and which groups have the greatest undercount differentials, and discusses why such undercounts occur. In addition to …
Sexuality-Reproduction Nexus and the Three Demographic Transitions
An Integrative Framework
Häftad, 2020
551 kr
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This monograph outlines an integrative framework that conceptualizes the role of relations of control in human reproduction and long-term population dynamics. It thereby draws on the demographic transition theory, sexuality studies, Foucault’s concept of bio-power and sexuality as key to social …
Microsimulation Population Projections with SAS
A Reference Guide
Häftad, 2021
333 kr
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This open access book provides a step-by-step overview on how to build a microsimulation model with SAS. It shows how to convert an already existing multistate projection by age, sex, education and region into a microsimulation model. Two new dimensions are then added, either the labor force …
Changing Migrant Composition of Australia’s Population
Past, Present and Future
Av Tom Wilson, Jeromey Temple m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
660 kr
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This book looks at how Australia's migrant population composition is likely to change over coming decades. The book divides Australia's population into 48 countries of birth groupings and projects the birthplace populations out to 2066 according to the range of scenarios. These projections indicate …
Fertility Transition in the Developing World
Av John Bongaarts, Dennis Hodgson
Häftad, 2022
343 kr
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This open access book provides an overview and analysis of the causes and consequences of the massive and highly consequential transition in reproductive behaviour that occurred in Asia, Latin America, and Africa since the mid-20th century. In the 1950s contraceptive use was rare and women …
Population Dynamics in the Mediterranean
A Demographic Convergence?
Av Yoann Doignon, Isabelle Blöss-Widmer m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
333 kr
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This open access book makes a comparative overview of the demographic evolution of the Mediterranean populations. It addresses all the demographic issues since 1950 such as fertility, mortality, growth, demographic aging, and the age structure of the population. The book discusses the major …
Human Migration and Complex Systems Science
Conceptual and Methodological Foundations
Häftad, 2024
607 kr
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This book provides a novel perspective on human migration dynamics by examining it through the lenses of complex systems science and philosophy of science. It posits that human migration is not a simple linear process but rather a dynamic phenomenon driven by a multitude of causal factors evolving …
Women’s Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and Development
Changing Interactions and Policy Responses in Developing Countries, 1950–2022
Häftad, 2025
551 kr
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This book assumes that “women’s empowerment” is a social movement aimed at producing political, economic and social change. It traces the changing relationship among three unprecedented trends experienced in the “developing world” since 1950: declining levels of mortality and fertility, …
Managing Population Decline in Europe's Urban and Rural Areas
Av Gert-Jan Hospers, Nol Reverda
Häftad, 2014
551 kr
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This book explores the challenges population decline presents for Europe’s urban and rural areas. It features recent demographic data and trends not only for Europe as a whole, but also for selected countries, and compares growth and shrinkage from a historical as well as a theoretical perspective. …
Undercount of Young Children in the U.S. Decennial Census
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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This book covers several dimensions of the undercount of young children in the U.S. Decennial Census, examines the data from the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census in detail and looks at trends in the undercount of children over time. Other aspects included are the geographic distribution of the net …
Applied Multiregional Demography: Migration and Population Redistribution
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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This book shows the effectiveness of multiregional demography for studying the spatial dynamics of migration and population redistribution. It examines important questions in demographic analysis and shows how the techniques of multiregional analysis can lead to answers that sometimes contradict …
Washington State Census Board and Its Demographic Legacy
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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This book tells the story of how a group of far-sighted, academic researchers came to the aid of an overwhelmed local government. It details the history of the Washington State Census Board, which began in 1943 as part of an emergency measure during a massive wartime in-migration. The narrative …
Urbanisation and Inequalities in a Post-Malthusian Context
Challenges for the Sustainable Development Agenda
Av Sylvia Szabo
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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The book examines contemporary urban challenges andopportunities within the context of the traditional Malthusian theory. The bookreorients the classic Malthusian debate on population and food by focusing onglobal urbanisation and its consequences for peoples’ access to basic means ofsubsistence. …
Boomerang Kids: The Demography of Previously Launched Adults
Häftad, 2016
660 kr
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Combining statistical analyses and personal interviews, this book examines the phenomenon of adult children in the United States who have returned to living with their parents in the family home. It uses both data and narrative to fully detail how such co-residency has shaped this ever-increasing …
Economic Lifecycle, Gender and Intergenerational Support
National Transfer Accounts for Italy
Häftad, 2017
551 kr
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This book examines economic transfers across generations and genders from a European perspective. It addresses key challenges that contemporary societies face in regards to ageing, welfare sustainability, and intergenerational and gender equity. Coverage also offers important insights into an often …
Lexis in Demography
Av Klára Hulíková Tesárková, Olga Kurtinová
Häftad, 2017
551 kr
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This book explores the life of economist and social scientist Wilhelm Lexis and the key demographic instrument named after him: the Lexis diagram. It describes this vital tool, which helps demographers visualize data, and examines its various forms through a specially designed example. As a result, …
Population Aging and International Health-Caregiver Migration to Japan
Häftad, 2017
736 kr
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This book introduces Japan’s current policy initiatives directed at eldercare and international labor migration, and, wherever appropriate,it adds a comparative perspective from Germany. The book shows how eldercare is currently being organized and discusses integration policies for foreigners. It …
Limits to the European Union’s Normative Power in a Post-conflict Society
EULEX and Peacebuilding in Kosovo
Häftad, 2018
221 kr
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By shedding light on EULEX - the EU mission to Kosovo – this open access book investigates the EU’s peacebuilding activities in that country, in the light of the normative power theory in the post-conflict setting and peacebuilding theory. Ten years after the massive engagement of the EU in the …
Sociodemographic Questionnaire Modules for Comparative Social Surveys
Av Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Uwe Warner
Häftad, 2018
551 kr
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Above all, this book focuses on the application of sociodemographic survey questions. Based on theoretical foundations, it addresses the operationalization of variables and presents socio-demographic questionnaire modules for within- and across-country comparative survey research. The book pursues …
Low Fertility and Population Aging in Japan and Eastern Asia
Av Toru Suzuki
Häftad, 2014
660 kr
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This book provides a unique comparative view of the extremely low fertility and drastic population aging in Eastern Asian countries. After discussing demographic and political developments of Japan in detail as a reference case, accelerated changes in Korea, Taiwan and China are interpreted with a …
Shrinking Society
Post-Demographic Transition in Japan
Häftad, 2014
660 kr
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This is the book to focus on a new phenomenon emerging in the twenty-first century: the rapidly aging and decreasing population of a well-developed country, namely, Japan. The meaning of this phenomenon has been successfully clarified as the possible historical consequence of the demographic …
Empirical Analysis of Population and Technological Progress
Häftad, 2016
551 kr
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Analyzing the relation between population factors and technological progress is the main purpose of this book. With its declining population, Japan faces the simple but difficult problem of whether sustained economic growth can be maintained. Although there are many studies to investigate future …
Childbearing and Careers of Japanese Women Born in the 1960s
A Life Course That Brought Unintended Low Fertility
Av Yukiko Senda
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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This book provides the keys to understanding the trajectory that Japanese society has followed toward its lowest-low fertility since the 1980s. The characteristics of the life course of women born in the 1960s, who were the first cohort to enter that trajectory, are explored by using both …
Fertility Decline and Background Independence
Applying a Reaction-Diffusion System as a Stochastic Process
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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In this book the author maintains that fertility declines independently of its “background”. Normally, fertility decline is thought to occur as a result of alteration in the socioeconomic background such as the decline of the infant mortality rate, urbanization, the level of literacy, and so on. …
Convergence to Very Low Fertility in East Asia: Processes, Causes, and Implications
Av Noriko O. Tsuya, Minja Kim Choe m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
716 kr
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This book examines the trends, underlying factors, and policy implications of fertility declines in three East Asian countries: Japan, South Korea, and China. In contrast to Western countries that have also experienced fertility declines to below-replacement levels, fertility decline in these East …
Parent-Child Co-residence
A Focus on the Family Demography of Japan
Häftad, 2027
962 kr
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This book describes the development of studies of the family system in Japan and the West, introducing the evolution of the key concept of kin availability. It points out that the concept was first formulated by the Japanese sociologist Teizo Toda in the 1930s to analyze the unexpectedly low …
Fertility Control in a Risk Society
Analysing Contraception Choice of Urban Elites in India
Av Zakir Husain, Mousumi Dutta
Häftad, 2016
569 kr
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This book analyses the reasons for relying on behavioural contraception methods among urban ‘elites’ in India and examines their efficacy in controlling fertility. It also traces variations in contraception choice over the reproductive cycle of women. Although researchers and policy makers …
CEMAF as a Census Method
A Proposal for a Re-Designed Census and An Independent U.S. Census Bureau
Av David A. Swanson, Paula J. Walashek
Häftad, 2011
504 kr
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In provocative terms that push the envelope of technical, administrative, and legal capabilities, Swanson and Walashek propose a re-vamped US census based neither on the current system, self-enumeration, nor its predecessor, door-to-door canvassing. Instead, they propose that it be built on a …
Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status
An Evaluation of Data and Methods
Av Dean H. Judson, David A. Swanson m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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This brief represents a comprehensive review of methods for estimating characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States, specifically oriented toward characteristics by legal status. A variety of methods have been proffered over the past many decades, in a large variety of …
Responding to Immigrants' Settlement Needs: The Canadian Experience
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
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While much has been written about Canada’s modern settlement program and there is a growing body of research and analysis of the settlement and integration successes and challenges of recent years, there is virtually no literature that has addressed the history of settlement services since the …
