Preston, Samuel H. <br/><br/>
Demography: measuring and modeling population processes. / 
Samuel H. Preston, Patrick Heuveline, Michel Guillot. 
 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  2001. 
 - xiii, 291 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-283) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Basic concepts and measures -- Age-specific rates and probabilities -- The life table and single decrement processes -- Multiple decrement processes -- Fertility and reproduction -- Population projection -- The stable population model -- Demographic relations in nonstable populations -- Modelling age patterns of vital events -- Methods for evaluating data quality -- Indirect estimation methods -- Increment-Decrement life tables --  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781557864512 1557864519 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00033721  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Demography.<br/>Population research.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB849.4.P73  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.6/07/2