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xiii, 917 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 26 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343) and index |
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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 composition 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 |
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Demography
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Population
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