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Demographic Methods 2

When you'll study it
Semester 2
CATS points
15
ECTS points
7.5
Level
Level 7
Module lead
Jakub Bijak
Academic year
2025-26

Module overview

The module will cover a range of more advanced methods of demographic analysis, including multiple decrement life tables, health expectancies, an introduction to event history analysis, the use of type 1 and type 2 rates in demography and sources of bias in event history data, parity-specific measurement, empirical and relational model life tables, models for age patterns, stable population theory, the cohort-component method and other selected topics in population projections, selected topics in migration, as well as elements of linear algebra and matrix models of population dynamics.

Linked modules

Prerequisites: DEMO6020 OR DEMO6028