Developments in Demography in the 21st Century

By Joachim Singelmann

Book Overview

Part I. Introduction.- Chapter 1. "Developments in Demography" (Joachim Singelmann and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.).- Chapter 2. "What's Changing the World? A Demographer's Perspective" (Wendy Baldwin).- Part II. Methodological and Statistical Issues.- Chapter 3. "A Demographic Evaluation of the Stability of ACS Estimates for ACS Test Sites: 2000 to 2011" (J. Gregory Robinson and Eric B. Jensen).- Chapter 4. "Approaches for Addressing Missing Data in Statistical Analyses of Female and Male Adolescent Fertility" (Eugenia Conde and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.).- Chapter 5. "Considering Local Measures of Poverty Using Shift-Share Techniques: A Comparative Analysis" (Gregory L. Hamilton and Melody Muldrow).- Part III. Data Issues.- Chapter 6. "Potential Explanations for the high Net Undercount of Young Children in the U.S. Census" (William P. O'Hare).- Chapter 7. "Babies no Longer: Projecting the 100+ Population." (Howard Hogan and Sandra Colby).- Chapter 8. "Cohort approaches using educational data of the Czech Republic: Massification of Tertiary Education and its Impact on Education Attainment." (Vladim?r Hul?k, Kl?ra Hul?kov? Tes?rkov?).- Chapter 9. "The Socio-Demographic Consequences of the Deep-Water Horizon Oil Spill: Measurement Issues for Policy Mitigation" (Joachim Singelmann and Corey Sparks).- Part IV. Issues of Health, Aging, and Mortality.- Chapter 10. "Determinants of Female Sterilization in Brazil, 2001-2007" (Ernesto F. L. Amaral).- Chapter 11. "Potential reduction in mortality associated with the shifts of population educational structures in the Czech Republic" (Jitka Rychtař?kov?, Kl?ra Hul?kov? Tes?rkov?).- Chapter 12. "Aging and family support in the State of Mexico" (Viridiana Sosa M?rquez).- Chapter 13. "Impact of population ageing on household structure: evidence from the Czech Republic" (Pavl?na Habartov?, Kl?ra Hul?kov? Tes?rkov?, Olga Sivkov?).- Chapter 14. "Intimate Homicide Mortality in Alaska from a Demographic Perspective" (Donna Shai).- Chapter 15. "Correlates of Cognitive Decline among the Elderly: The Case of Mexicans in Mexico and in the United States" (Silvia Mejia Arango, Joachim Singelmann, Rogelio Saenz).- Part V. Issues in Social Demography.- Chapter 16. "The Urban Hierarchies in China and the United States" (Qian Xiong and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.).- Chapter 17. "School District Formation as an Explanation for Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Concentrated Poverty in Bexar County, Texas" (Matthew Martinez).- Chapter 18. "Marriage Selectivity & Stepfamily Formation (tentative title) (Gabriela S?nchez Soto).- Chapter 19. "Minority Student Participation in International Programs: A Survey of Undergraduate Students Attending HBCUs" (Komanduri S. Murty and Jimmy D. McCamey, Jr.).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030264947
• ISBN13: 9783030264949
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"