Introduction to Population Studies

Introduction to Population Studies

1 Scope of Population Studies

  1. What are Population and Population Studies?
  2. Meaning of Population Studies
  3. Importance of Population Studies
  4. Scope of Population Studies

2 Evolution of Population Studies

  1. Evolution of Population Studies
  2. Thinkers of Population Studies
  3. Movement on Population Studies

3 Population Structure

  1. Concept of Population Structure
  2. Significance of Population Structure
  3. Changes in Age Structure
  4. Dependency Ratio
  5. Sex Composition in Population Structure

4 World Trend and Pattern of Population

  1. Components of Population Growth
  2. Growth of Population of the World
  3. Regional Variation in Population Growth
  4. Population Density
  5. Future Population Trends

5 Population Trend and Pattern in India

  1. Population Trends
  2. Growth of Population of India
  3. Demographic Transition in India
  4. Regional Variation in Population Growth
  5. National Population Policy (NPP) of 2000

6 Introduction to Components of Population Dynamics

  1. Concept of Population Dynamics
  2. Characteristics of Population Dynamics
  3. Components of Population Dynamics
  4. Factors Affecting Population Dynamics

7 Sources of Data

  1. Characteristics of Data
  2. Census of India
  3. National Sample Survey (NSS)
  4. National Family Health Survey (NFHS)
  5. Civil Registration System (CRS)
  6. Sample Registration System (SRS)
  7. United Nations Publications

8 Demographic Transition

  1. Demographic Transition
  2. First Stage
  3. Second Stage
  4. Third Stage
  5. Fourth Stage
  6. The Last Stage of Demographic Transition
  7. Demographic Profile of India
  8. Phase of Stagnant Population (1901-1921)
  9. Phase of Steady Growth (1921-1951)
  10. Phase of Rapid High Growth (1951-1981)
  11. Phase of High Growth with Definite Signs of Slowing Down (1981-2001)

9 Marriage and Nuptiality

  1. Marriage
  2. Types of Marriage
  3. Classification of Marital Status
  4. Nuptiality
  5. Measures of Nuptiality
  6. Sources of Nuptiality Data
  7. Relation between Nuptiality and Fertility
  8. Nuptiality Trends in India

10 Basic Measurement of Fertility

  1. Concept of Fertility
  2. Concept of Fertility Measures
  3. Data for Fertility Measures
  4. Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
  5. General Fertility Rate (GFR)
  6. Age-Specific Fertility Rates (ASFR)
  7. Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
  8. Child-Woman Ratio (CWR)
  9. General Marital Fertility Rate (GMFR)
  10. Gross and Net Reproduction Rate (GRR & NRR)
  11. Parity-Specific Birth Rates
  12. Software for Fertility Analysis

11 Fertility Transition in Asia and India

  1. Fertility Transition
  2. Theories of Fertility Transition
  3. Second Demographic Transition Theory
  4. Fertility Transition in Asia
  5. South Asia
  6. Southeast Asia
  7. Central Asia
  8. East Asia
  9. West Asia
  10. Fertility Transition in India

12 Factors Affecting Fertility

  1. Factors of Fertility
  2. Biological Factors of Fertility
  3. Physiological Factors of Fertility
  4. Social Factors
  5. Economic Factors
  6. Family Planning and Administrative Factors
  7. Demographic Factors
  8. Davis and Blake Intermediate Determinants of Fertility
  9. Bongaarts’ Model of Proximate Determinants of Fertility
  10. Coale’s Indices

13 Fertility- Issues and Challenges

  1. Fertility Issues
  2. Economic Issues of Fertility
  3. Social Issues of Fertility
  4. Regional or Geographical Issues of Fertility
  5. Contemporary Issues of Fertility
  6. Challenges in Fertility
  7. Food Security
  8. Development Challenges
  9. Environment
  10. Institutions

14 Basic Measurement of Mortality and Morbidity

  1. Concept of Mortality and Morbidity
  2. Data for Mortality and Morbidity Measure
  3. Mortality Measures
  4. Crude Death Rate (CDR)
  5. Age Specific Death Rate (ASDR)
  6. Specific Death Rate (SDR)
  7. Maternal Mortality Rate/Ratio (MMR/MMRT)
  8. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
  9. Cause Specific Death Rate (CSDR)
  10. Child Mortality Rate (CMR)
  11. Measure of Morbidity

15 Mortality Pattern

  1. Historical Events of Mortality
  2. Mortality Pattern in British India
  3. Mortality Pattern During 1947 to 1970
  4. Data for Mortality
  5. Medical Certification of Causes of Deaths (MCCD)
  6. Crude Death Pattern in India
  7. Under-Five Year Mortality Pattern in India
  8. Perinatal Mortality Pattern
  9. Maternal Mortality Pattern

16 International Classification of Diseases

  1. Concept of Ailments/Diseases
  2. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) in India
  3. Revision of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
  4. ICD-11th Version
  5. Certain Infectious or Parasitic Diseases
  6. Neoplasms
  7. Diseases of the Respiratory System
  8. Conditions Related to Sexual Health
  9. Pregnancy, Childbirth or the Puerperium

17 Communicable and Non communicable Diseases

  1. Concept of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
  2. Status of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
  3. Communicable Diseases
  4. Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
  5. Difference Between Communicable & Non-Communicable Diseases
  6. Factors Affecting and Determinants of Diseases

18 Epidemiological Transition

  1. Epidemiological Transition
  2. Epidemiological Transition Theory
  3. Linkages Between Demographic and Epidemiological Transition Theories
  4. Factors Affecting Epidemiological Transition
  5. Regional Variations in Patterns of Epidemiological Transition
  6. Epidemiological Transition in India

19 Meaning and Concept of Migration

  1. Meaning of Migration
  2. Concept of Migration
  3. Determinants of Migration
  4. Consequences of Migration
  5. Streams of Migration
  6. Brain Drain and Brain Gain

20 Characteristics of Migrants

  1. Migrant Household and Migrant
  2. Characteristics of Migrants
  3. Reasons for Migration
  4. Nature of Remittances
  5. Problems at Destination

21 Nature and Pattern of Migration

  1. Voluntary and Involuntary Nature of Migration
  2. Patterns of Migration
  3. Differential Migration
  4. Internal Migration
  5. Inter-State Migration in Indian Social Perspective
  6. International Migration

22 Internal Migration

  1. Introduction
  2. Why Internal Migration Study?
  3. Reasons of Migration
  4. Factors of Internal Migration
  5. Streams in Internal Migration
  6. Inter-state and Intra-state Internal Migration
  7. Migration and Gender
  8. Spells of Migration

23 Estimation of Migration

  1. Introduction
  2. Why Estimation of Migration?
  3. Migration Data
  4. Conceptual Framework for Migration Estimation
  5. Migration Estimation
  6. Inter-State Migration Stream
  7. International Migration Estimate