Demography and Vital Statistics

Paper Code: 
STT 324(A)
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 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

 

Students will able to

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STT-324(A)

Demography and Vital Statistics

CO 73: Identify appropriate sources of data, perform basic demographic analyses using various techniques and ensure their comparability across populations.

 

CO 74: 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.

 

CO 75: Utilize information based on the population, including censuses, vital statistics and surveys, and would be able to access and use such data to create a life table.

 

CO 76: Construct and analyze the results of various life tables and research in Demography.

 

CO 77: Deal with the population problems including immigration and emigration.

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures,

Group Discussion,

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Problem Solving Sessions

 

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Unit-I                                                                                                                          

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.

 

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Unit –II                                                                                                                 

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.

 

15.00

Unit-III                                                                                                                 

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.

 

 

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Unit-IV                                                                                                                   

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

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Unit-V                                                                                                                         

Internal migration and its measurement, migration models, concept of international migration. Net migration.  International and postcensal estimates. Projection method including logistic curve fitting.    

 

Essential Readings: 

●      Goon, A.M., Gupta, M.K. and Dasgupta, B. (2008): Fundamentals of Statistics, 

●      Volume II, The World Press Pvt Ltd, Calcutta, ninth edition.

●      Gupta, S.C. and Kapoor, V.K.(2000): Fundamentals of Applied Statistics, S Chand & Company, New Delh

References: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

 

  • Croxton, F.E. and Cowden, D.J. (1973): Applied General Statistics, Prentice Hall Of
  • India, third edition
  • Srivastava, O.S.: A Textbook of Demography, Vikas Publishing.
  • Gupta, O.P.:Mathematical Statistics, Kedarnath Publication, Meerut
  • Shrinivasan, K. and Srinivasan, K.: Basic Demographic Techniques and Applications.

 

e-RESOURCES:

 

 

JOURNALS:

 

  • Sankhya The Indian Journal of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute
  • Aligarh Journal of Statistics, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Aligarh Muslim University
  • Afrika Statistika, Saint-Louis Senega University
  • International Journal of Statistics and Reliability Engineering, Indian Association for Reliability and Statistic
  • Journal of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, Indian Society for Probability and Statistics
  • Journal of the Indian Statistical Association, Indian Statistical Association
  • Statistica, Department of Statistical Sciences Paolo Fortunato, University of Bologna
  • Statistics and Applications, Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications
  • Stochastic Modeling and Applications, MUK Publications and Distributions

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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