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Demography and Vital Statistics
This paper aims at teaching the students to develop their knowledge to make comparisons between countries demography .Vital Statistic deals with laws of human mortality, morbidity and fertility
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STT324(A) |
Demography and Vital Statistics (Theory)
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The students will be able to –
CO63: Utilizing information sources and indicators on the population, including censuses, vital statistics and surveys, and understanding how to access and use such data. CO64: Analyze the basic concepts used in the description and study of a population with a particular focus on three fundamental demographic processes in the dynamics and composition of a population: mortality, fertility and migration. CO65: Analyze the results and research in Demography. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, Classroom Assignment Problem Solving Sessions
Learning activities for the students: Assignments Seminar Presentation Subject based Activities |
Classroom Quiz Assignments Class Test Individual Presentation |
Vital Statistics: Meaning, definition and utility. Sources of demographic data- census, registration, ad-hoc surveys, hospital records. Demographic profile of Indian census. Rates and ratio of vital statistics. Fertility: Measurement of fertility – crude birth rate, general fertility rate, Age- specific fertility rate, total fertility rate. Gross and Net Reproduction Rates.
Mortality: Measurement of mortality, crude death rate, standardization death rates, age specific death rate, infant mortality rate and cause of death rate with their merits and limitations. Decennial population census in india.
Life table and its uses, assumptions, Construction of complete life table from graduated rates of mortality and evaluation of probabilities of survival and death from a life table. Makhemams and Gompertz curves.
National life tables, UN model life tables, Abridged life table. Stationary and stable population, concept and determination of the rate of increase in a stable population.
Internal migration and its measurement, migration models, concept of international migration. Net migration. International and postcensal estimates. Projection method including logistic curve fitting.
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