Open AccessDemographic Relationships at the Macro Level
Author(s) -
Krishnan Namboodiri
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
canadian studies in population
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1927-629X
pISSN - 0380-1489
DOI - 10.25336/p6z614
Subject(s) - macro , census , macro level , regression analysis , econometrics , regression , population , fertility , focus (optics) , statistics , geography , demography , mathematics , sociology , computer science , economics , economic system , physics , optics , programming language
The focus herein is on macro-level relationships in mathematical demographyand regression analysis. Notions of vector space calculus are used in discussingthe impact of nuptiality and fertility on the net reproduction rate and log-ratiotechniques in the analysis of regression relationships involving compositions.The latter is illustrated using occupational data from the U. S. populationcensus. The methods described herein permit using all the available information while the commonly used method, which replaces a vector by a summary measure, lets much of the flavor in the data slip away.