The reindeer herders of Aoluguya, China, are a group of former hunters who today see themselves as keepers of reindeer as they engage in ethnic tourism and exchange experiences with their Ewenki neighbors in Russian Siberia.
Most of the Muslim societies of the world have entered a demographic transition from high to low fertility, and this process is accompanied by an increase in youth vis-a-vis other age groups.
No-Nonsense Guide to World Population (1/2 page) With world population passing seven billion and predicted to hit nine billion by 2050, we are in the grip of a number panic.
This book explores the shifting patterns of parenthood in the United States over the past century, focusing on the timing of first births and the social, economic, and cultural factors that influence these decisions.
With almost two hundred pages of original demographic and health-related maps that display county-by-county and regional information covering everything from the distribution of pharmacies, trauma centers, and emergency rooms to the number of lung, colon, and breast cancer patients in major metropolitan areas (by ZIP code), theTexas Health Atlasprovides an indispensable tool for healthcare providers and planners, risk managers, public officials and policymakers, public health workers, and university researchers and students.
This edited volume focuses on social welfare and medicine within the French Empire and brings together important currents in both imperial history and the history of medicine.
The book attempts to bridge a long gap in the research and pedagogy of Mathematical Demography and other related topics in Survival Analysis by focusing intensively on a wide range of traditional as well as new inputs using a modern Stochastic Process and Renewal Theory oriented approach.
Places, Towns and Townships is an excellent resource for anyone in need of data for all of the nations cities, towns, townships, villages, and census-designated places in one convenient source.
Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data from as early as 1913 that reflects the nations economic performance.
Today, concerns about the financial stability of Social Security, trends in disability, health care costs, and the supply of caregivers are all driven by the coming explosion inthe number of people over the age of 65.
Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data from as early as 1913 that reflects the nations economic performance.
Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data from as early as 1913 that reflects the nations economic performance.
Today, concerns about the financial stability of Social Security, trends in disability, health care costs, and the supply of caregivers are all driven by the coming explosion in the number of people over the age of 65.
This completely updated fourth edition of Millennials in America provides a wide range of characteristics profiling the demographic, social, and economic status of the millennial generation.
Only updated every ten years, County and City Extra: Special Decennial Census Edition is an essential single-volume source for official census information.
Choiseul Island Social Structure offers a comprehensive exploration of the social organization and cultural practices of Choiseul Island in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, primarily focusing on the Yarisi area.
Drawing on nearly thirty years of prior analyses of growth, aging, and diversity in Texas populations and households, the authors of Changing Texas: Implications of Addressing or Ignoring the Texas Challenge examine key issues related to future Texas population change and its socioeconomic implications.
This book contains fifteen original papers covering, a broad spectrum of topics in Jewish demography and identity, considering both Diaspora communities and the population of Israel.
Beyond the Voting Rights Act movingly recounts over 30 years of contemporary voting rights battles in the United States from the 1980s to the present day.
Cet ouvrageest une analyse approfondie des dynamiques démographiques en République du Congo, mettant en lumière les enjeux liés à la croissance rapide de la population.
Remarkably, most conventional wisdom about the shifting balance of world power virtually ignores one of the most fundamental components of power: population.
Grounded in theory and research, this book offers a spatial perspective on how and why populations are regulated and disciplined by mass violence and why these questions matter for scholars concerned about social justice.
The composition of the American population is rapidly changing from a white, male dominated society to one that is so diverse it will soon be without any single, dominant race, ethnicity, or gender.
Places, Towns and Townships is an excellent resource for anyone in need of data for all of the nations cities, towns, townships, villages, and census-designated places in one convenient source.