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    Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences (Week 2)

    Demography
    Demography is an interdisciplinary study
    Demography of population.
    Studying population patterns can be helpful
    in shaping policy outcomes as these can
    Demography impact the public interest and might
    influence the government’s views towards
    different basic social services.
    Demography
    Through the Years
    • The Persian Empire conducted a
    census from 500 to 499 BCE.
    •In the fall of 2 CE, the Han Dynasty
    of ancient China conducted a
    census throughout the region. In
    general ancient census were done
    for the issuance of land grants and
    taxation.
    • In 1370 CE, the Ming Dynasty made
    modifications to the centuries-old
    census system by including the data
    such as the age, sec, and
    relationship to the household and
    all members of the household.
    William I
    In 1086, William I of England
    undertook a comprehensive
    census accounted for and
    evaluated all taxable lands and
    resources in the kingdom of
    England.
    This census is popularly known
    in history as the Domesday
    Book.
    John Graunt
    John Graunt created the first life
    table for the population in England
    in the year 1662.
    This table presented detailed data
    on the mortality rate in England,
    and predicted the percentages of
    the English populace that would
    survive from age to age, given the
    condition of the time period.
    Thomas Malthus
    Thomas Malthus was a prominent
    English economist of the 17th century
    and also was one of the pioneers to
    embark on a formal study of
    population.
    In his influential Essay on Population,
    he probed the impact of a great
    increase in population on human
    welfare which stimulated
    interdisciplinary studies between
    demography and other disciplines.
    Demography and its
    Subdisciplines
    Formal demography deals with fertility, marriage/union
    formation and dissolution, mortality, and migration,
    using specific demographic methods and measures.
    Formal Demography Areas of interest in formal demography include the
    application of calculus to demographic indices and
    mathematical biodemography.
    Social demography uses demographic data in explaining
    and predicting social phenomena.

    Social Demography They focus on different determinants of population


    changes and their impact on societies, economics,
    environment, and politics which connects demography
    to other fields of study.

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