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de·mog·ra·phy
/ diˈmägrəfē/
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n.
the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.
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the composition of a particular human population:
Europe's demography.
DERIVATIVES:
de·mog·ra·pher
/ -fər/ n.
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Demography: Past, Present, and Future.(field of demography and methods of analysis)
Magazine article from: Journal of the American Statistical Association; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...statement, Hauser and Duncan (1959) defined demography as "the study of the size, territorial distribution...definition, for their inclusion has broadened demography to encompass two types of demography: formal demography and population studies...
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Connections: Demography and Sociology in Twentieth Century Canada [1].
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Sociology; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Specific areas are highlighted in which demography can be shown to have benefited the...in Canadian universities housing demography programs and courses from the 1960s. These specific areas include: demography's empirical, statistical and...
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Work group demography, social integration, and turnover.
Magazine article from: Administrative Science Quarterly; 3/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; Work Group Demography, Social Integration, and Turnover...explores the relationships among group demography, social integration of the group...individual-level and group-level age demography directly affect turnover and are not...
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Top management team demography and process: The role of social integration and communication
Magazine article from: IBAR; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...three alternative models of the effects of the top management team's demography and process on organizational performance: ( 1 ) a demography model, in which team demography accounts entirely for performance outcomes, and process has no impact...
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Introduction to the Mathematics of Demography.
Magazine article from: Journal of Risk and Insurance; 6/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...ASA, University of Waterloo, Ontario Demography--the statistical and mathematical...science. The techniques of mathematic demography are now widely used by demographers...the sociologist's point of view, demography is entirely descriptive and qualitative...
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SOCIOLOGIST SCORES A HIT WITH DEMOGRAPHY HANDBOOK
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/3/2007; 700+ words
; ...re calling it the Harry Potter of demography: Texas A&M University sociology...Dudley Poston has published the first new demography Handbook since 1959, and the 900...that it will become the new bible of demography." Poston and his colleague, Michael...
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The Demography of Corporations and Industries.(Review)
Magazine article from: Business History; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...CARROLL and MICHAEL T. HANNAN, The Demography of Corporations and Industries...describe the subject of corporate demography, making clear the ways in which...subject develops and differs from demography as the term is usually understood...
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The Demography of Africa.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Asian and African Studies; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; James D. Tarver, The Demography of Africa. (Westport Connecticut...policies, and finally the future of demography in Africa. In Chapter 1 the author introduces the reader to what demography is and then goes on to examine how population...
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AN ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION FOR THE ASYMMETRICAL EFFECTS IN RELATIONAL DEMOGRAPHY RESEARCH
Magazine article from: Personnel Psychology; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Several relational demography studies have demonstrated asymmetrical...to investigate the simple effects of demography in workgroups, researchers have focused on relative or relational demography. Tsui and O'Reilly (1989) coined...
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Top management team demography and process: the role of social integration and communication. (includes appendix)
Magazine article from: Administrative Science Quarterly; 9/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...echelons research are the team's demography and process and organizational performance. Demography refers to the aggregated external characteristics...Pfeffer (1983: 348) argued that "demography is an important, causal variable that...
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Demography, Social
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Demography, Social The field of social demography uses demographic data and methods to describe, explain...forces on population distribution. Distinct from formal demography, which focuses more generally on population composition...
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Demography
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Demography Demography is the scientific study of the size, composition, and distribution...their changes resulting from fertility, mortality, and migration. Demography is concerned with how large (or small) populations are, that is...
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social demography
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
social demography A field of study concerned with the...forth. In addition, however, social demography also encompasses examination of the...human population is a form of social demography. However, whereas demography itself...
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historical demography
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
historical demography The study of the size and structure of past populations...half of the twentieth century. However historical demography emerged as a distinctive branch of demography in the post-war period, and was associated with...
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demography
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
demography The study of human populations, their...further elucidation into ‘formal demography’, meaning the formal statistical...research analyses. See also HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY ; SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY .
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