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The methods and materials of demography / M & M M&M edited by Jacob S. Siegel, David Swanson. - 2nd ed. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2004. - xiii, 819 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

A substantially revised, updated, and expanded edition of: The methods and materials of demography / Henry S. Shryock, Jacob S. Siegel, and associates. Condensed ed. / by Edward G. Stockwell. New York : Academic Press, c1976.

Includes bibliographical references and indexrd.

Acknowledgements / David A. Swanson and Jacob S. Siegel --
Preface / Linda Gage and Douglas S. Massey --
1. Introduction / David A. Swanson and Jacob S. Siegel --
2. Basic sources of statistics / Thomas Bryan --
3. Collection and processing of demographic data / Thomas Bryan and Robert Heuser --
4. Population size / Janet Wilmoth --
5. Population distribution --
geographic areas / David A. Plane --
6. Population distribution --
classification of residence / Jerome N. McKibben and Kimberly A. Faust --
7. Age and sex composition / Frank B. Hobbs --
8. Racial and ethnic composition / Jerome N. McKibben --
9. Marriage, divorce, and family groups / Kimberly A. Faust TOC

Summary:
This is a thorough update of 'Methods and Materials of Demography' (1976). Like the original, this text presents a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the methods used by technicians and research workers in dealing with demographic data.



ISBN: 0126419558 9780126419559

LCCN: 2003103000

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Demography--Methodology.
Demography--Research.
Demography--History.
Demography.

LC Class. No.: HB849.4 / .M484 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 304.6 / MET 2008