90-912 Demography

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course will examine demographic theory modeling and policy. It will cover six major topics: The Population Growth Debate including population resources and technology; Life Tables and the Stationary Population Model; Mortality in terms of modern rates of decline differentials by sub-groups shifts in causes of death the increased morbidity with aging and increased life expectancy and the associated demands on the health care system; Fertility in terms of the modern rates of change and the approximate determinants of child bearing: exposure to risk timing and patterns of sexual activities contraception carrying to term versus abortion divorce and its effects and teen pregnancy; Migration including legal and illegal immigration and; Population Composition and Its Effects on Social Life: sex ratios dependency ratios cohorts life course and aging; labor force poverty inter-group association/segregation demography and organization - education criminal justice labor health; and the demography of sub-populations. <a href='http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/academic-resources/course-results/course-details/index.aspx?cid=170'>...Read More</a>

Prerequisites: none listed

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