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Demographic Analysis: A Stochastic Approach

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International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science

Introduction

Demographers study population dynamics: changes in population size and structure resulting from fertility (childbearing performance), mortality (deaths), and spatial and social mobility. The focus may be the world population or a part of it, such as the residents of a country or the patients of a hospital. Giving birth, dying, shifting usual place of residence, and trait changes (e.g., getting married) are called events. Each event involves transition from one “state” to another (e.g., from never-married state to married state). A person is said to be “at risk” or “exposed to the risk” of experiencing an event, if for that person the probability of that experience is greater than zero. The traits influencing the probability of experiencing an event are called the risk factors of that event (e.g., high blood pressure, in the case of ischemic heart disease).

Demographic data are based on censuses (see Census), sample surveys, and information reported to offices set up for...

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  1. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Krishnan Namboodiri (Professor Emeritus)

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  1. Department of Statistics and Informatics, Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac, City of Kragujevac, Serbia

    Miodrag Lovric

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Namboodiri, K. (2011). Demographic Analysis: A Stochastic Approach. In: Lovric, M. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04898-2_617

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