释义 |
demographyde‧mog‧ra‧phy /dɪˈmɒɡrəfi $ -ˈmɑː-/ noun [uncountable] demographyOrigin: 1800-1900 French démographie, from Greek demos ‘people’ - But this study, from psychologists in Durham, is demography not anecdote.
- 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.
- He set out to learn the theory and data of demography.
- In these respects the demography of the nineteenth century is less easy to explore than that of the parish-register period.
- 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.
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