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
Migration
Projection of population

Bacci, M. L. (2017). A concise history of world population. John Wiley & Sons.

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.
Bacci, M. L. (2017). A concise history of world population. John Wiley & Sons.

Research material
World population trend: World Population Prospects 2019 Highlights (pp. 5-21) https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2019_Highlights.pdf
Population in Europe: Eurostat, Population and population change statistics https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Population_and_population_change_statistics (cliccare su ‘full article’)
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 trend: Mortalità di G. Caselli in Treccani Enciclopedia delle Scienze Sociali http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mortalita_%28Enciclopedia-delle-scienze-sociali%29/ Child mortality: Levels & Trends in Child Mortality UN Report 2018 pag 1-14 https://childmortality.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/UNICEF-2020-Child-Mortality-Report.pdf
Fertility: Natalità e fecondità della popolazione residente 2019. Report Istat
https://www.istat.it/it/files/2020/12/REPORT-NATALITA-2019.pdf

migration: ISCRIZIONI E CANCELLAZIONI ANAGRAFICHE DELLA POPOLAZIONE RESIDENTE ANNO 2019. Report Istat
https://www.istat.it/it/files/2021/01/REPORT_MIGRAZIONI_2019.pdf

Demographic future: IL FUTURO DEMOGRAFICO DEL PAESE. Report Istat 2018
https://www.istat.it/it/files/2018/05/previsioni_demografiche.pdf