Università Roma Tre

I part: introduction and basic elements
Introduction to Demography: definition of demography and population; the historical and actual demographic sources
Dimension and structure of population: the total of population, growth rates; population structure.
The dynamics of population: generic and specific rates; standardization; the demographic transition.
The analysis of demographic trends: Lexis diagram; rates and probabilities; longitudinal and yearly analysis.

II part: the methodological study of demographic phenomenon
Mortality: the measures of study on mortality; life-table; child-mortality.
Marriage trend: the marriage rates
Fertility: birth rates; fertility rates; reproductivity.
Migration: main migration sources; migration rates.
Forecasting: the main method of demographic projection.

III part: in-depth studies
European population trends
Population ageing
Mortality
Child Mortality
Fertility
Projection of population

a choice of in-depth studies:
1) Bonifazi C. L'Italia delle migrazioni. Il Mulino
+Livi Bacci Il pianeta stretto pp. 13-32 e 157-163
2)Golini A. La popolazione del pianeta. Il Mulino
+cap. I “La popolazione oggi in Italia” del volume Associazione italiana per gli studi di popolazione, Rapporto sulla popolazione. L’Italia all’inizio del XXI secolo. Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007; i cap. I “Crisi economica e dinamica demografica” e cap. cap. V “Migrazioni internazionali e interne di italiani e stranieri” del volume Associazione italiana per gli studi di popolazione, Rapporto sulla popolazione. L’Italia nella crisi economica. Il Mulino, Bologna, 2015.

Poston, D. L., & Micklin, M. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of population. Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Part I Population Structure: 1. Age and Sex, 2 Population Distribution and Suburbanization, 5 Demography of Aging
Part II Population Processes: 12 Fertility, 13 Infant Mortality, 14 Adult Mortality, 15 Internal Migration, 16 International Migration.

Research material
European population: Eurostat, Population and population change statistics (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Population_and_population_change_statistics)
Population ageing: Cap 6 – An ageing society – focus on the elderly in Eurostat People in the EU: who are we and how do we live? (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/7089681/KS-04-15-567-EN-N.pdf)
Mortality: World mortality report 2017 HIghlights
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/mortality/WMR2017/WMR2017_Highlights.pdf
Child Mortality: Levels & Trends in Child Mortality UN Report 2018 pag 1-14
(http://www.childmortality.org/files_v22/download/UN%20IGME%20Child%20Mortality%20Report%202018.pdf)
Fertility: World fertility report 2017 HIghlights
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/fertility/worldFertilityReport2015_highlights.pdf
Projection of population: World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights
https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2019_10KeyFindings.pdf