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CHAPTER 1: Age and Sex.

Authors :
Poston Jr., Dudley L.
Source :
Handbook of Population; 2005, p19-58, 40p
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

Chapter one of the book "Handbook of Population" is presented. This chapter focuses on the age and sex factors of human populations. It analyzes the population pyramid of the Republic of Korea in 1970 and 1995, and the 2000 population pyramid of several Texas counties. It offers information on the evaluation of several demographic patterns including age dependency, age structure based on a 1 and 5 years of age data and sex structure. It defines terms such as sex, age, sex ratio, demographic aging, age accuracy index and age sex accuracy index.

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9780306477683
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Handbook of Population
Publication Type :
Book
Accession number :
21985981