demographer
Studies human populations
A demographer studies human populations—their size, structure, and change over time.
Demographers analyze birth rates, death rates, migration patterns, and age distributions.
The field spans academic research and practical applications: Demographers predicted the baby boom would strain school systems.
Government agencies, businesses, and urban planners rely on demographic analysis.
Newborns per capita measure
- death rateFrequency of fatalities measured
- fertility rateAverage offspring per person
- mortality rateDeaths per population measured
- infant mortalityDeath rate under one
maternal mortality · net migration · sex ratio · age distribution · morbidity · growth rate · doubling time · carrying capacity
One who studies systematically
- academicRelating to education or theory
- professorSenior university teacher
- analystOne who examines systematically
- statisticianProfessional interpreter of numbers
census bureau · fieldwork · survey design · actuarial · public policy · family planning · Malthus
Sequential listing of items
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- surveySystematic data collection
- householdsCohabitating domestic units
- residentsPeople living somewhere
inhabitants · citizenship · marital status · employment status · income · housing · questionnaire · canvassing
Increase in inhabitants over time
- agingGrowing older over time
- life expectancyAverage anticipated survival duration
- population pyramidChart of age distribution
- baby boomers1946-1964 birth cohort
millennials · population decline · population density · rural exodus · suburbanization · graying · depopulation · overpopulation
Quantified chance of occurrence
- meanAverage, or spiteful
- medianCentral sorted value
- varianceSpread around the mean
- standard deviationSpread around the mean
correlation · regression · sample size · histogram · percentile · normal distribution · chi-square · p-value
Patterned relationships in society
- cultureCollective social practices
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
social stratification · minorities · immigration policy · integration · diaspora · social mobility · kinship · family structure
Relocating abroad permanently
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- asylumShelter from persecution
- displacementRemoval from usual location
remittances · brain drain · chain migration · internal migration · rural-urban · diaspora · resettlement · border
birthrate
Newborns per capita measure
- death rateFrequency of fatalities measured
- fertility rateAverage offspring per person
- mortality rateDeaths per population measured
infant mortality · maternal mortality · net migration · sex ratio · age distribution · morbidity · growth rate · doubling time · carrying capacity
researcher
One who studies systematically
- academicRelating to education or theory
- professorSenior university teacher
- analystOne who examines systematically
statistician · census bureau · fieldwork · survey design · actuarial · public policy · family planning · Malthus
enumeration
Sequential listing of items
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- surveySystematic data collection
- householdsCohabitating domestic units
residents · inhabitants · citizenship · marital status · employment status · income · housing · questionnaire · canvassing · tabulation
population growth
Increase in inhabitants over time
- agingGrowing older over time
- life expectancyAverage anticipated survival duration
- population pyramidChart of age distribution
baby boomers · millennials · population decline · population density · rural exodus · suburbanization · graying · depopulation · overpopulation
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
standard deviation · correlation · regression · sample size · histogram · percentile · normal distribution · chi-square · p-value · confidence interval
social structure
Patterned relationships in society
- cultureCollective social practices
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
gender roles · social stratification · minorities · immigration policy · integration · diaspora · social mobility · kinship · family structure · intergenerational
immigration
Relocating abroad permanently
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- asylumShelter from persecution
displacement · remittances · brain drain · chain migration · internal migration · rural-urban · diaspora · resettlement · border · naturalization
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- demographybirth rate, death rate, fertility rate, population growth, population
- Censuscensus bureau, census tract, enumeration, enumerator, headcount
- social scientistssociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, economist, political scientist
- predictorsforecaster, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer
- regional expertsregional director, local guide, local historian, regional planner, geographer
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One who writes lives
psychologist · therapist · portrait artist · journalist · genealogist
demographerhistorian
Expert on past events
antiquarian · archivist · archaeologist · classicist · medievalist
demographerethnographer
Scholar of cultures
anthropologist · folklorist · oral historian · literary critic · philosopher
- demographic changesAlterations in population composition
- voter demographicsCharacteristics of voting populations
- demographic shiftsChanges in population composition
- racial demographicsPopulation data by ancestry
- demographic dataInformation about population characteristics
- voting demographicsVoter population characteristics
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