Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes

This book presents and develops the basic methods and models that are used by demographers to study the behaviour of human populations. The procedures are clearly and concisely developed from first principles and extensive applications are presented.

Author: Samuel Preston, Patrick Heuveline, Michel Guillot
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 10/03/2000
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.69h x 6.77w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9781557864512
ISBN10: 1557864519
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Demography
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)
- History | General

About the Author
Samuel H. Preston is Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written monographs on mortality patterns, world urbanization, the history of child health, and other subjects. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.

Patrick Heuveline is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Research Associate of the Population Research Center at the University of Chicago. His recent work applies demographic analysis to such diverse topics as the Cambodian genocide and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Michel Guillot is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, where his research focuses on formal demography and mortality in developing countries. He has a Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.