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Growth and Structure of Human Populations : A Mathematical Investigation /

Although mathematical demography has traditionally studied the so-called stable population (fixed mortality and fertility schedules), Ansley Coale investigates now the dynamics of population growth and structure-the changing age composition of a population as birth and death rates fluctuate. Origina...

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Auteur principal: Coale, Ansley J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1972.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • CHAPTER 1. FERTILITY, MORTALITY, AND AGE DISTRIBUTIONS: INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 2. THE STABLE POPULATION ; CHAPTER 3. CONVERGENCE OF A POPULATION TO THE STABLE FORM ; CHAPTER 4. POPULATION WITH FERTILITY THAT CHANGES AT A CONSTANT RATE ; CHAPTER 5. BIRTH SEQUENCES AND AGE DISTRIBUTION WITH CHANGING MORTALITY ; CHAPTER 6. THE BIRTH SEQUENCE AND THE AGE DISTRIBUTION THAT OCCUR WHEN FERTILITY IS SUBJECT TO REPETITIVE FLUCTUATIONS ; CHAPTER 7. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE BIRTH SEQUENCE AND SEQUENCE OF FERTILITY SCHEDULES IN ANY TIME PATTERN DERIVED BY FOURIER ANALYSIS.
  • CHAPTER 8. CONCLUSION GLOSSARY OF MOST SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS ; INDEX.