Programme

Introduction to Demography: definition of demography and population; the historical and actual demographic sources
Dimension and structure of population: the total of population, growth rates; population structure.
The dynamics of population: generic and specific rates; standardization; the demographic transition.
The analysis of demographic trends: Lexis diagram; rates and probabilities; longitudinal and yearly analysis.
Mortality: the measures of study on mortality; life-table; child-mortality.
Marriage trend: the marriage rates
Fertility: birth rates; fertility rates; reproductivity.
Migration: main migration sources; migration rates.
Forecasting: the main method of demographic projection.

Research material:

European population trends
Population ageing
Mortality
Child Mortality
Fertility
Projection of population

Core Documentation

Poston, D. L., & Micklin, M. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of population. Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Part I Population Structure
1 Age and Sex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Dudley L. Poston Jr.
2 Population Distribution and Suburbanization . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Avery M. Guest and Susan K. Brown
5 Demography of Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Marc A. Garcia, Catherine García, and Kyriakos Markides

Part II Population Processes
12 Fertility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
S. Philip Morgan and Anna Rybińska
13 Infant Mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Maria Perez-Patron and Bethany DeSalvo
14 Adult Mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Richard G. Rogers, Robert A. Hummer, Patrick M. Krueger,
and Justin M. Vinneau
15 Internal Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Michael J. White and David P. Lindstrom
16 International Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Susan K. Brown, Frank D. Bean, and Sabrina Nasir

Research material

European population:
Eurostat: Population and population change statistics (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Population_and_population_change_statistics)

Population ageing:
Cap 6 – An ageing society – focus on the elderly in Eurostat People in the EU: who are we and how do we live? (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/7089681/KS-04-15-567-EN-N.pdf)

Mortality:
World mortality report 2017 HIghlights
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/mortality/WMR2017/WMR2017_Highlights.pdf

Child Mortality:
Levels & Trends in Child Mortality UN Report 2018 pag 1-14
(http://www.childmortality.org/files_v22/download/UN%20IGME%20Child%20Mortality%20Report%202018.pdf)

Fertility:
World fertility report 2017 HIghlights
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/fertility/worldFertilityReport2015_highlights.pdf

Projection of population:
World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights
https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2019_10KeyFindings.pdf

Type of delivery of the course

oral lessons and pratical application

Attendance

Course attendance is not mandatory. Students can attend the lessons or study autonomously. The topics and learning material is the same for all students who take the examination.

Type of evaluation

In the written part: 1 exercize and 10 questions. The written part is sufficient if 60% of answers is correct. Oral part regards the main demographic indicators and the main population trends is supported. The examination may not be sufficient if the student does not meet the minimum requirement of knowledge of the main demographic indicators.