GEOG 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spatial Epidemiology, Geodemography, Dependency Ratio
23 Oct 2018
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Demographic - study of the interrelation of demography and geography(place) Demographers seek to know the levels and trends in population size and its components. Search for explanations of demographic change and their implications for societies. We use censuses, birth and death records, surveys, visa records, even motor vehicle and school registrations. Demographers shape these data into manageable forms such as simple counts, rates and ratios. The spatial is special - most data are spatial in that they are referring to place or attributes at locations. Understand differences across space rather than regularities. The constructing and testing of mathematical models of spatial processes. Knowledge of nondemogrpahic events are used to understand demographic events. Knowledge of demographic events are used to understand nondemographic events. Cohort measure: a statistic that measures events occurring to a group of people sharing a common demographic experience who are observed through time.
