demography
Census data field
Demography is the statistical study of human populations—their size, structure, distribution, and change over time.
Demographers analyze birth rates, death rates, migration patterns, and age distributions to understand how populations grow, shrink, and shift.
The field informs policy on everything from urban planning to pension systems: The demography of aging societies presents economic challenges.
Newborns per capita measure
- natalityMeasure of births occurring
- fecundityReproductive capacity
- childbearingGiving birth to young
- reproductionCopying or procreation
family planning · baby boom · birth spacing · contraception · procreation · childlessness · fertility decline · pronatalism
Official population count
- surveySystematic data collection
- vital statisticsPopulation movement records
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- cross-sectionalCut through perpendicularly
Relocating abroad permanently
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- net migrationDifference between arrivals, departures
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- asylum seekersPeople requesting safe haven
brain drain · urbanization · expatriates · diaspora · displacement · resettlement · repatriation · transmigration
Number in a group
- growth rateSpeed of increase
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- sex ratioMale-to-female proportion
percentages · mean · median · correlation · regression · variables · trends · population pyramid
Frequency of fatalities measured
- life expectancyAverage anticipated survival duration
- infant mortalityDeath rate under one
- maternal mortalityDeath during pregnancy/childbirth
- survival rateShare of survivors measured
life span · cause of death · morbidity · fatality rate · actuarial · premature death · longevity
Groups of accomplices
- age groupPopulation segment by birth years
- generationAge-defined peer group
- baby boomers1946-1964 birth cohort
- millennialsThose born 1981-1996
youth · elderly · seniors · adolescents · teenagers · infants · toddlers · juveniles
Competition of speed
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- ethnic groupPopulation sharing cultural identity
- minoritySmaller part of whole
majority · indigenous · diaspora · nationality · multiculturalism · diversity · tribe · identity
birthrate
Newborns per capita measure
- natalityMeasure of births occurring
- fecundityReproductive capacity
- childbearingGiving birth to young
reproduction · family planning · baby boom · birth spacing · contraception · procreation · childlessness · fertility decline · pronatalism
census
Official population count
- surveySystematic data collection
- vital statisticsPopulation movement records
- samplingExtracting subset for study
cross-sectional · enumeration · questionnaire · data collection
immigration
Relocating abroad permanently
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- net migrationDifference between arrivals, departures
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
asylum seekers · brain drain · urbanization · expatriates · diaspora · displacement · resettlement · repatriation · transmigration · internal migration
population size
Number in a group
- growth rateSpeed of increase
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
- distributionAllocation across recipients
sex ratio · percentages · mean · median · correlation · regression · variables · trends · population pyramid · standardization
death rate
Frequency of fatalities measured
- life expectancyAverage anticipated survival duration
- infant mortalityDeath rate under one
- maternal mortalityDeath during pregnancy/childbirth
survival rate · life span · cause of death · morbidity · fatality rate · actuarial · premature death · longevity
cohorts
Groups of accomplices
- age groupPopulation segment by birth years
- generationAge-defined peer group
- baby boomers1946-1964 birth cohort
millennials · youth · elderly · seniors · adolescents · teenagers · infants · toddlers · juveniles · ageing
race
Competition of speed
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- ethnic groupPopulation sharing cultural identity
minority · majority · indigenous · diaspora · nationality · multiculturalism · diversity · tribe · identity · mixed-race
- fields of studyart, music, mathematics, history, biology
- academic fieldsmathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, history
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- disciplinesbiology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology
- social sciencessociology, anthropology, psychology, economics, political science
- human geographycultural landscape, migration, urbanization, population, regions
demographybiography
Written life account
case study · personal narrative · autobiography · psychobiography · microhistory
demographyethnography
Systematic study of peoples
phenomenology · hermeneutics · thick description · oral history
- 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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