Principles of demography 6
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[by] Donald J. Bogue.
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- xiii, 917 p. illus., maps. 26 cm.
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Includes bibliographies.
Introduction to the study of demography -- Population change and its components -- The growth of the world's population and the theory of demographic regulation -- The raw materials of demographics research -- Basic demographic methodology -- Population growth in the United States -- Population composition: The demographic variable -- Population composition: Ethnic and social characteristics -- Economic characteristics: The economically active population -- Occupational and industrial compostition of the work force -- Marital status -- Families, households, and housing conditions -- Economic status and income -- Socioeconomic achievement: A system for measuring social status and social mobility -- Population distribution and the urban-rural residence -- Demographic aspects of mortality -- Marriage and marital dissolution -- Human natality --Migration: Internal and international -- The world movement toward fertility control -- Reproduction and forecasts of future population growth.