Cover Image

Cohort Change Ratios and their Applications

This textbook focuses on the cohort change ratio (CCR) method. It presents powerful, yet relatively simple ways to generate accurate demographic estimates and forecasts that are cost efficient and require fewer resources than other techniques. The concepts, analytical frameworks, and methodological...

Full description

Main Authors: Baker, Jack. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Swanson, David A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Tayman, Jeff. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Tedrow, Lucky M. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Demography.
Statistics .
Mathematics.
Social sciences.
Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law.
Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53745-0
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Basic Demographic Concepts
  • Chapter 3 Sources of Demographic Information
  • Chapter 4 Forecasting Population Size and Composition
  • Chapter 5 Forecasting Using Modified Cohort Change Ratios
  • Chapter 6 Forecasting Uncertainty
  • Chapter 7 Forecasting School Enrollment Size and Composition
  • Chapter 8 Forecasting Other Characteristics
  • Chapter 9 Estimating Population Size and Composition
  • Chapter 10 Estimating Historical Populations
  • Chapter 11 Estimating Life Expectancy
  • Chapter 12 Stable Population Theory
  • Chapter 13 Decomposition of Cohort Change Ratios
  • Chapter 14 Forecasting Incorporating Spatial Dependencies
  • Chapter 15 The Utility of Cohort Change Ratios
  • Chapter 16 Concluding Remarks
  • Subject Index. .

Similar Items