demography

Word family noundemographerdemographicsdemographyadjectivedemographic

Related topics: Anthropology

de·mog·ra·phy /dɪˈmɒɡrəfi $ -ˈmɑː-/ noun [uncountableU]

SAthe study of human populations and the ways in which they change, for example the study of how many births, marriages and deaths happen in a particular place at a particular time 人口学，人口统计学

—demographer noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

demography• Consumer markets are usually segmented on the basis of geography, demography and buyer-behaviour.• Forecasting future fertility is the most difficult task in demography, and seldom successfully attempted.• But this study, from psychologists in Durham, is demography not anecdote.• He set out to learn the theory and data of demography.• The census can not total up its own demography.• The equation needed to adjust for practice demography will be difficult to validate.• This team draws together researchers with experience in economic and social demography with epidemiology and statistics.• In these respects the demography of the nineteenth century is less easy to explore than that of the parish-register period.

From Longman Business Dictionary

demographyde·mog·ra·phy /dɪˈmɒgrəfi-ˈmɑː-/ noun

1[uncountableU] the study of human populations and the way in which they change

economics, sociology, demography and other statistical social studies

2[singular] the type of people that make up a particular population

changes in the demography of British cities over the past two decades

Origin demography

(1800-1900) French démographie, from Greek demos “people”

词汇	demography
释义	demography Word family noundemographerdemographicsdemographyadjectivedemographic Related topics: Anthropology de·mog·ra·phy /dɪˈmɒɡrəfi $ -ˈmɑː-/ noun [uncountableU] SAthe study of human populations and the ways in which they change, for example the study of how many births, marriages and deaths happen in a particular place at a particular time 人口学，人口统计学 —demographer noun [countableC] Examples from the Corpus demography• Consumer markets are usually segmented on the basis of geography, demography and buyer-behaviour.• Forecasting future fertility is the most difficult task in demography, and seldom successfully attempted.• But this study, from psychologists in Durham, is demography not anecdote.• He set out to learn the theory and data of demography.• The census can not total up its own demography.• The equation needed to adjust for practice demography will be difficult to validate.• This team draws together researchers with experience in economic and social demography with epidemiology and statistics.• In these respects the demography of the nineteenth century is less easy to explore than that of the parish-register period. From Longman Business Dictionary demographyde·mog·ra·phy /dɪˈmɒgrəfi-ˈmɑː-/ noun 1[uncountableU] the study of human populations and the way in which they change economics, sociology, demography and other statistical social studies 2[singular] the type of people that make up a particular population changes in the demography of British cities over the past two decades Origin demography (1800-1900) French démographie, from Greek demos “people”
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