INTRODUCTION
TO DEMOGRAPHY
, INTRODUCTION
Course Name INTRODUCTION TO DEMOGRAPHY
Course Code DEM 1110
AIM To give you skills and knowledge to understand
and make sense of population issues; to do
some simple demographic calculations; to
appreciate the relevance and importance of
demography in society and the economy; to
know where to get demographic data; and to
appreciate how demographic data is used in
planning.
, INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES By the end of the course, we expect that:
You will know what demography is and how it is related to population
studies, and other disciplines;
- You will learn and understand some important ideas about
population;
- You will appreciate why population affects your entire life and
everything in the world;
- You will know where and how planners in government or outside get
the data used in planning.
- You will learn how perform simple demographic calculations that
planners within and outside government require.
, WHAT DEMOGRAPHY IS
• Scientific study of the size, composition (or structure)
of and distribution of the human population through
the interaction of fertility, mortality and migration.
• Because it involves the analysis and manipulation of
numbers, demography makes considerable use of
mathematical and statistical tools.
•
TO DEMOGRAPHY
, INTRODUCTION
Course Name INTRODUCTION TO DEMOGRAPHY
Course Code DEM 1110
AIM To give you skills and knowledge to understand
and make sense of population issues; to do
some simple demographic calculations; to
appreciate the relevance and importance of
demography in society and the economy; to
know where to get demographic data; and to
appreciate how demographic data is used in
planning.
, INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES By the end of the course, we expect that:
You will know what demography is and how it is related to population
studies, and other disciplines;
- You will learn and understand some important ideas about
population;
- You will appreciate why population affects your entire life and
everything in the world;
- You will know where and how planners in government or outside get
the data used in planning.
- You will learn how perform simple demographic calculations that
planners within and outside government require.
, WHAT DEMOGRAPHY IS
• Scientific study of the size, composition (or structure)
of and distribution of the human population through
the interaction of fertility, mortality and migration.
• Because it involves the analysis and manipulation of
numbers, demography makes considerable use of
mathematical and statistical tools.
•
