Denver University Historical Demography Essay

1. Historical demography works using data that predates natonal census, and at time registration systems. What are the data sources most frequently used by demographers?

Check out how Dr. Louis Gates uses historical data in studying slavery in the U. S.

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2.How have these sources been used in macrodemography, to examine fertility and the demographic transition theories? Cite specific examples.

3. Explain to a non-demographer- the “take away” from the ecological demography article.

4. Discuss how migration is the “most efficient agent for demographic change” (Poston and Frisbie, 2005, 604)