Measuring Mortality, Fertility, and Natural Increase: A Self-Teaching Guide to Elementary Measures

By James A. Palmore and Robert W. Palmore, James A.;Gardner

Book Overview

This revised edition of Palmore and Gardner's popular introductory textbook presents elementary measures used in demographic analysis, beginning with rates, ratios, percentages, and probabilities and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0866381651
• ISBN13: 9780866381659
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: East-West Center
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Self-Teaching Guide

This book, long a standard, is well-organized, clear, concise, accurate, and inexpensive. It covers all of the basic measures associated with mortality and fertility. It shows formulas and example calculations and is ideal as a self-teaching guide, textbook, and reference tool. A must for any would-be demographer.