Fertility and Family Dynamics
Population researchers are interested in various facets of family dynamics, cohabitation, marriage, childbearing, and divorce, trends in these dynamics, and differentials in fertility and family dynamics by race, ethnicity, education, and income.
Fertility, the number of births for an individual or population, is distinguished from fecundity, the p.
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Health, Aging, and Mortality
Epidemiologists, population researchers who study the distribution and determinants of disease frequency, aim to identify factors that promote health and reduce the burden of disease in human populations.
A disease is broadly defined as an abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the afflicted perso.
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Human Capital and Labor Markets
Sociologists and economists in the field of population studies often examine labor markets and human capital such as education and skills.
Researchers examine trends and inequalities in educational attainment.
Other areas of study include labor force participation rates, how labor markets operate (including the matching of employees to jobs and dif.
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Population Dynamics
Among population researchers, demographers are concerned with the empirical study of population dynamics; that is, demographers study population determinants and consequences including size, composition, how populations change over time, and the processes influencing those changes.
Demographers deal with the collection, presentation, and analysis o.
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What is a population study?
Population studies is broadly defined as the scientific study of human populations.
Major areas studied include:
- broad population dynamics; fertility and family dynamics; health
- aging
- mortality; and human capital and labor markets
Researchers in population studies also focus on methodology.
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Why do we study population dynamics?
In order to properly understand these dynamics and make decisions regarding them, we turn to demography, or the study of populations.
Three critical aspects of demography are fertility, mortality, and migration.
The fertility rate of a society is a measure noting the number of children born.
