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Week 10: Topics: Age and sex structure (the age transition) Readings: Weeks 8 http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/censr-4.pdf, Ch 2, “Age and Sex” Week 11: Topics: Population aging Family demography and life chances—is society really going to hell in a hand basket? Readings: Weeks 9, 10 http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/censr-4.pdf, Ch 5, “Households” Week 12: Topics: Urban transition Readings: Weeks 11 http://books.nap.edu/books/0309088623/html/76.html, Ch 3, “Urban Population Change” Week 13: Topics: Population growth and economic development—how many of us can live well? Population and the environment Readings: Weeks 12 http://books.nap.edu/books/0309088623/html/304.html, Ch 8, “The Urban Economy Transformed” Week 14: Topics: Population growth and the environment, continued Roundtable discussion on sustainability Readings: Newbold 6 Week 15: Topics: Policy issues—prescriptions for avoiding disaster China’s set of population policies Readings: Weeks 13 Newbold 7, Conclusion Term Paper Options 24
You have two options for your term project: (1) a family demographic history; or (2) a demographic profile. Each option is described in detail below. Regardless of the type of term paper you choose, the task is the same--to produce a 12-15 page paper that includes an introduction, a review of the literature, a discussion of your data and methods, a discussion of your findings, and a summary and conclusion. Use footnotes as necessary and provide citations to all literature and provide a list of references at the end of the paper (the footnotes and references are not included in the 12-15 pages. Use tables, graphs and maps as appropriate to illustrate your points. I encourage you to incorporate GIS into your paper. (1) Family Demographic History This project is a variation on the theme of tracing one's roots, which is a form of family reconstitution long familiar to historical demographers, but now a booming business, especially on the internet. The twist in this project is that you are charged with the task of placing your own family's demographic behavior in the context of the broader demographic and social trends taking place over time. If you decide to choose this, you should begin to gather information immediately from your family, assuming that you do not have it in your possession. Note that I am not requiring you to do a complete history of all sides of your family. Choose one branch for which you have the greatest of data, and focus on that group of people. Several good websites exist to help you out with this project, including the following: http://www.ancestry.com/ http://www.familytreemaker.com/ http://www.mytrees.com/ The minimum information required for this project includes: • date and place of birth for as many family members as possible • date of marriage for as many family members as possible • date and place of death for as many family members as possible • date and place of migration for as many family members as possible Plus, you will want to do some mapping of where your family has lived and migrated. You can do this in ArcGIS or ArcView. You may have Microsoft Encarta or other Atlases on your computer. Of course, you can always photocopy paper maps. Obviously, the more information that is available about places of residence, occupation, education, and related information, the more detailed the analysis can be. The objectives of this project are to: become aware of how one's own family fits into, contributes to, and is affected by, prevailing demographic conditions; analyze trends over time in the survival of family members; examine trends in family size; examine patterns of migration; and examine patterns of marriage, education, and occupational changes. 25
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Page 15 and 16: Reading: *Uhlenberg, Peter (1980),
Page 17 and 18: *Brown, Lester. Who Will Feed China
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Page 41 and 42: MEASURES OF MORTALITY Susan D. Stew
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Development in Migrant-Sending Area
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Princeton: Princeton University Pre
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HUMAN MORTALITY Robert A. Hummer, U
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Markides, K., and J. Coreil. 1986.
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For 11/28: Moving Beyond the Indivi
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Required Texts: You should purchase
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Ryder, Norman B. 1964. “Notes on
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University of Wisconsin Online Data
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Recommended: Anderson, Victor. 1991
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Reardon, Sean F., John T. Yun, and
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FAMILY DEMOGRAPHY: FAMILIES AND SOC
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Evolutionary Daly, Martin and Margo
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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION Douglas S.
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Mar. 25 Mapping and GIS Readings:
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Data Resources This data resources
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Resources Studies, 4201 Wilson Boul
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List of Contributors Suzanne Bianch
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