Overview
- Connects the history of demography with Lexis diagrams, an essential methodological and analytical tool
- Reviews the most important contemporary applications of the Lexis diagram
- Helps readers see the Lexis diagram in practice and gain first-hand insight into its different forms
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
The authors first present a brief description of the life of W. Lexis with information about his childhood, studies, and work. Coverage details the places closely related to him as well as his working positions. It also lists and characterizes his publications.
The book then goes on to summarize and describe the chronological development of the Lexis diagram, from initial developments through the specific contributions of W. Lexis to the refinements of those who followed. Throughout, it clearly describes as well as graphically and pract
ically illustrates all the different versions of the diagram covered.Next, readers are presented with contemporary practical applications, including: Statistical Analysis System (SAS), R, and Stata software as well as selected key-studies from demographic, epidemiologic, and migration research.
The Lexis diagram is an essential tool for working correctly with demographic data. This book commemorates the man who helped to develop these diagrams and his unquestionable influence on demography. It also provides readers with deep knowledge and insights into this basic, yet important, tool.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lexis in Demography
Authors: Klára Hulíková Tesárková, Olga Kurtinová
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67992-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67990-7Published: 02 October 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67992-1Published: 20 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2211-3215
Series E-ISSN: 2211-3223
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 89
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 43 illustrations in colour
Topics: Demography, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Population Economics