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Demography
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Definition
: Statistical interpretation and description of a population with reference to distribution, composition, or structure.
the statistical study of population characteristics; do not confuse with the POPULATION itself
Examples
Age Distribution
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Censuses
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Family Characteristics
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Health Status
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Population Dynamics
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Sex Distribution
Other names
Population Distribution; Technique, Brass; Technic, Brass; Stable Population Methods; Spatial Distributions; Reverse Survival Methods; Reconstitutions, Family; Reconstitution, Family; Prehistoric Demographies; Population Methods, Stable; Population Distributions; Period Analyses; Multiregional Analyses; Methods, Stable Population; Methods, Reverse Survival; Method, Stable Population; Method, Reverse Survival; Historical Demographies; Family Reconstitutions; Distributions, Spatial