UCL - Demographic analysis

[DEMO2160]

[30h + 20h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Bruno Schoumaker

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

This course develops the concepts and methods studied in the introductory course to demography (SPED 1211) and enlarges its application field.
Students acquire the tools to master the main methods and approaches of demographic analysis.

Main themes

The following themes are taught and developed in a transversal and longitudinal perspective:
- Demographic structures (age, sex, marital status) and population growth
- Methods of fertility analysis
- Methods of mortality analysis
- Methods of internal migration analysis
- Introduction to interactions between demographic movements and structures.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Introduction to demography (SPED 1211) is recommended

Written examination.

Lecture notes and portfolio of readings.

A teaching assistant (20 h tutorials)