Demography

Contents
1. Meaning and Scope of Demography
Introduction; Definitions of Demography; Scope of Demography; Relation
of Demography with other Social Sciences; Importance of Demography;
Exercises.
2. Determinants of Population Growth
Introduction; Fertility: Concepts and Measures of Fertility; Factors
Affecting Fertility; Mortality: Concepts and Measures of Mortality; Factors
Affecting Mortality; Causes of Decline in Mortality Rates in Developing
Countries; Life Table: Types, Assumptions, Methods of Constructing Life
Table; Importance of Life Table; Population Pyramid; Vital Statistics;
Exercises.
3. Population Projections
Meaning of population Projections; Types of Population Projections;
Methods of Population Projections; Importance of Population Projections;
Limitations of Population Projections; Population Projections in India;
Exercises.
4. Sources of Demographic Data
Introduction; Population Census:Methods of Population Census; Salient
Features; Uses; Some Problems; Registration Method; Sample Surveys;
Sources of Demographic Data in India: Census 2011; Civil Registration
System; Demographic Surveys; Exercises.
5. Nature of Information Collected in Census-2011
Introduction; Population of India; Sex Ratio; Executive Summary of
Census-2011; Exercises.
6. National Family Health Survey (NFHS 1 & 2) and Household
Economic Behaviour
NFHS 1 and 2; National Family Health Survey–1; National Family Health
Survey–2; Its Findings; Merits and Demerits of NFHS–1 and 2;
Demography and Household Economic Behaviour; Exercises.
7. The Malthusian and Neo-Malthusian Theories of Population
The Malthusian Theory of Population: Introduction; The Theory;
Criticisms of the Malthusian Doctrine; Its Applicability; The NeoMalthusian Theory; Exercises.
8. The Optimum Theory of Population
Introduction; Definitions; Assumptions; The Theory; Its Superiotity Over
the Malthusian Theory; Its Criticisms; Exercises.
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9. The Biological Theories of Population
Thomas Doubleday’s Diet Thoery; Its Criticisms; Jouse De Castro’s Protein
Consumption Theory; Its Criticisms; Michael Thomas Sadler’s Destiny
Theory; Its Criticisms; Herbert Spencer’s Biological Theory; Its Criticisms;
Pearl and Reed’s Logistic Curve Theory; Its Asumptions; Explanation; Its
Criticisms; Corrado Ginniss Biological Population Theory; Exercises.
10. Social and Economic Theories of Population
Dumont’s Theory of Social Capillarity; Its Criticisms; Karl Marx’s Theory
of Surplus Population; Its Criticisms; Leibenstein’s Motivational Theory
of Population Growth; Its Criticisms; Exercises.
11. The Theory of Demographic Transition
Introduction; Explanation; Its Criticisms; Its Applicability to Developing
Countries; Exercises.
12. Views of Meadows and Enke on Population
Meadows View–Introduction; The Model; Predictions of the Model; Its
Graphic Explanation; Its Criticisms; Its implications; Conclusion. ENKE’s
View–Enke’s Tampo-I Model; Objectives of Tempo-I Model; Enke’s TempoII Model; Exercises.
13. Migration
Introduction; Meaning of Migration; Types of Migration; Sources of
Information on Internal Migration; Methods of Measuring Internal
Migration; Factors Leading to Internal Migration; Factors Retarding
Internal Migration; Effects of Migration; External Migration or
International Migration; Brain Drain: International Employment Patterns;
India and International Migration; Exercises.
14. Theories and Models of Migration
Everett Lee’s Theory of Migration; Duncan’s Theory; Standing’s Theory
of Materialism; Lewis’s Model of Rural Urban Migration; Its Criticisms;
The Fei-Ranis Model of Rural-Urban Migration: Its Assumptions; The
Model; Its Criticisms; Harris-Todaro Model of Rural-Urban Migration: Its
Assumptions; The Model; Exercieses.
15. Urbanisation
Meaning of Urbanisation; Methods of Measuring the Size of Urban
Population; Factors Responsible for Urbanisation; Problems of
Urbanisation; Measures to Solve Urbanisation Problems ; Urbanisation in
India; Urban Agglomeration; An Appraisal of Urbanisation in India;
Exercises.
16. Population Growth and Economic Development
Introduction; Effects of Population Growth on Economic Development;
Factors Promoting Economic Development; Factors Retarding Economic
Development; Effects of Population Growth on Indian Economy; Exercises.
17. Changing Characteristics of Population in India
Introduction; Size and Growth Rate of Population; Birth Rate and Death
Rate; Age-Structure of Population; Mortality rates in India; Factors
Responsible for declining Mortality In India; Rural-Urban Differentials in
Birth and Death Rates; Infant, Child and Maternal Mortality Rates; Sex
Ratio of Population; Rural and Urban Population; Density of Population
in India; Ranking of States and Union Territories by Literacy Rate and
Sex; Expectation of Life at Birth; Population problem of india; Exerceses.
18. Occupational Structure of Indian Population
Introduction; Working Population in India; Occupational Structure and
Economic Development; Occupational Structure in India; Exercises.
19. Population Policy in India
Introduction; Government Policy to Control Population Growth; National
Population Policy, 2000; Progress in The Milestones of Population Policy;
Exercises.
20. Family Planning in India
Introduction; Meaning of Family Planning; Need for Family Planning in
India; Family Planning : Strategies and Outcomes; Achievements of Family
Planning Programmeor Welfare Programme; Criticism of Family Planning
or Welfare Programmes; Suggestions to Improve and Expand Family
Planningor Welfare Programme; Exercises.
21. Strategies for Human Development
Introduction; Development of Women; Women Empowerment;
Development of Children; Development of Socially Disadvantaged Groups;
Exercise.
22. Population, Economy and Environment Linkages in India
Introduction; Population and Environment; Population as the Greatest
Pollutant; Urbanization; Disposal of Wastes and Harmful Substances;
Disposal of Plastic Waste; Nutrition; Health; Productivity; Conclusion;
Policy Measures; Conclusion; Exercises.
23. Trends of World Population
Introduction; Unequal Distribution of World Population; Its Reasons;
Recent Trends in World Population :1950-1995 and Projections for 2000-
2025; Exercises.
Glossary
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