SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Malthusian Trap, Demographic Transition, Population Pyramid
14 Nov 2016
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The study of human population: their characteristics, trends, and transformations. Demographers interested in the 5 main aspects of population: Definition: the study of death makes demography inherently interested in health. Focused on health of populations, not individuals: hiv, aids -- look at different survey issues. Dominated by statistical methods, largely counts people to give numerical evidence about how populations are changing. Data on deaths, births, movements, families and aging. Thomas malthus: english, 1766-1834, considered a founding figure of demography, analyzed data on how the population of north america was growing dramatically, recognized that the food supply only increases arithmetically, whereas populations increase exponentially. Demographers still use census data for information into populations: prof. Most also complete large surveys with more specific questions to get relevant info: prof. clark -- went out to get her own data. To analyze populations, demographers use a variety of statistics. Mortality rate: number of deaths per 1000 people in a given year, e. g.
