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单词 demography
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Definition of demography in English:

demography

noun dɪˈmɒɡrəfidəˈmɑɡrəfi
mass noun
  • 1The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1994, the study of the demography of small areas took a leap forward through the establishment by Graeme Hugo of a computerised, geographical information system.
    • In this study, we did not consider the effect of demography, such as population size bottlenecks and expansions.
    • However, many details of the historical demography of modern humans remain to be clarified and are subject to continuing controversy.
    • At the same time, the pre-industrial economy was constrained by internal barriers or limits in demography, disease, soil, climate, energy, and technology.
    • The study of demography and life-history evolution has a rich, theoretical foundation.
    • Without baseline data on populations' disease status and how that may affect demography, it will be impossible to say whether or not increased effect of disease is likely to be a major concern.
    • Only one study has attempted to define the relationship between health and demography in the manner of the present study.
    • From ecology and demography we know that population replacement can be relatively rapid (over a few thousand years).
    • Survival probability is an important component of population demography.
    • Food availability is well known to have important influences on population demography, distribution, and abundance.
    • The study population has been considered fairly representative of the Norwegian population for demography, socioeconomic factors, morbidity, and mortality.
    • As well as being a reader in demography at Oxford University, Coleman has published 90 papers and eight books on the growth and movements of populations.
    • Nonetheless, this is a wonderful book to present the ideas of one strand of economic demography to a general readership.
    • In demography, the study of population patterns, there is a saying that ‘behind most news stories is a population story’.
    • Currently, empirical studies of population demography are more frequently quantifying variances of parameters as well as mean values.
    • Research seems to be sporadic in several other respects as well with the important exceptions of investigations in demography and family sociology.
    • His paper is one of the most profound papers in both demography and population genetics.
    • However, these data are not likely to represent a ‘false positive’ sweep pattern caused by demography or population structure.
    • The early articles discuss demography and life tables.
    • It is also becoming clear that more complex models of human demography must be considered, such as those incorporating geographic structure and changes in population size.
    1. 1.1 The composition of a particular human population.
      Europe's demography is changing
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dobson then slips into a captivating study of the historical demography of the southeast of England: Kent, Essex, and Sussex.
      • The real detonator for the Irish economic miracle is the country's demography.
      • Lloyd Robson's statistical analysis of the origins of the convicts, Convict Settlers of Australia, was begun as a doctoral thesis in demography at the Australian National University.
      • To be sure, the territories share important commonalities of climate, geography, demography, economy and identity.
      • Reflecting the general demography of African Americans at that time, women comprised the majority of the church membership from the beginning.
      • While the demography of these three markets is generally similar, there exist some differences.
      • The Irish famine, from 1845 to 1848, was a unique event in modern European demography and its effects comparable to those of the Black Death.
      • As the demography of the local community changes, so must the shows presented on stage.
      • As Norman Davies has shown in his brilliant volume The Isles, the dominant idea of Britishness has reinforced a fish-eye view of the demography, culture and geography of these islands.
      • The rate of population growth has distorted demography in many countries, where half the population are children.
      • His research focuses on the effects of demography and personality on social networks and performance.
      • Do they know nothing of the political demography of their own country?
      • The founders of India took upon themselves to impart wider representation of social demography.
      • In doing so, it opens up promising avenues for invigorating contact between corporate demography and the study of labor markets and inequality.
      • Milwaukee's demography includes not only multiple white ethnic communities but also burgeoning Latino and Asian American neighborhoods.
      • Slave demography, social life and culture took different trajectories across the enslaved Americas.
      • Historically, American demography fits into a three-stage progression characteristic of societies that now have low birth and death rates.
      • Daniel Scott Smith is currently working on the social demography of the Northern military effort during the American Civil War.
      • The chapter on population, for example, is careful to link a discussion of demography to questions of gender, education, and human rights.
      • But no longer can a simple analysis be made of the state of race relations, as Britain's changed demography reflects new generations of multi-ethnic origins and heritage.

Derivatives

  • demographer

  • noun dɪˈmɒɡrəfədəˈmɑɡrəfər
    • An expert in the study of statistics relating to the changing structure of human populations.

      most demographers define millennials as people born between 1980 and 1995
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As Charles Murray noticed decades ago and demographers have known for some time, the structure of families has diverged drastically by social class.
      • In order to replace their populations, societies need what demographers call a ‘total fertility rate’ (the average number of children born to each woman in her fertile years) of just over two.
      • According to demographers, this generation of 70 million born between 1978 and 1994 could represent the greatest sociological force since the baby boomers.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek dēmos 'the people' + -graphy.

Rhymes

autobiography, bibliography, biography, cardiography, cartography, chirography, choreography, chromatography, cinematography, cosmography, cryptography, discography, filmography, geography, hagiography, historiography, hydrography, iconography, lexicography, lithography, oceanography, orthography, palaeography (US paleography), photography, radiography, reprography, stenography, topography, typography
 
 

Definition of demography in US English:

demography

noundəˈmɑɡrəfidəˈmäɡrəfē
  • 1The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The study population has been considered fairly representative of the Norwegian population for demography, socioeconomic factors, morbidity, and mortality.
    • At the same time, the pre-industrial economy was constrained by internal barriers or limits in demography, disease, soil, climate, energy, and technology.
    • Research seems to be sporadic in several other respects as well with the important exceptions of investigations in demography and family sociology.
    • In this study, we did not consider the effect of demography, such as population size bottlenecks and expansions.
    • Without baseline data on populations' disease status and how that may affect demography, it will be impossible to say whether or not increased effect of disease is likely to be a major concern.
    • The early articles discuss demography and life tables.
    • However, these data are not likely to represent a ‘false positive’ sweep pattern caused by demography or population structure.
    • However, many details of the historical demography of modern humans remain to be clarified and are subject to continuing controversy.
    • Nonetheless, this is a wonderful book to present the ideas of one strand of economic demography to a general readership.
    • As well as being a reader in demography at Oxford University, Coleman has published 90 papers and eight books on the growth and movements of populations.
    • Survival probability is an important component of population demography.
    • In demography, the study of population patterns, there is a saying that ‘behind most news stories is a population story’.
    • From ecology and demography we know that population replacement can be relatively rapid (over a few thousand years).
    • The study of demography and life-history evolution has a rich, theoretical foundation.
    • It is also becoming clear that more complex models of human demography must be considered, such as those incorporating geographic structure and changes in population size.
    • In 1994, the study of the demography of small areas took a leap forward through the establishment by Graeme Hugo of a computerised, geographical information system.
    • Only one study has attempted to define the relationship between health and demography in the manner of the present study.
    • Currently, empirical studies of population demography are more frequently quantifying variances of parameters as well as mean values.
    • Food availability is well known to have important influences on population demography, distribution, and abundance.
    • His paper is one of the most profound papers in both demography and population genetics.
    1. 1.1 The composition of a particular human population.
      Europe's demography is changing
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As the demography of the local community changes, so must the shows presented on stage.
      • Reflecting the general demography of African Americans at that time, women comprised the majority of the church membership from the beginning.
      • Lloyd Robson's statistical analysis of the origins of the convicts, Convict Settlers of Australia, was begun as a doctoral thesis in demography at the Australian National University.
      • As Norman Davies has shown in his brilliant volume The Isles, the dominant idea of Britishness has reinforced a fish-eye view of the demography, culture and geography of these islands.
      • The rate of population growth has distorted demography in many countries, where half the population are children.
      • To be sure, the territories share important commonalities of climate, geography, demography, economy and identity.
      • Slave demography, social life and culture took different trajectories across the enslaved Americas.
      • The founders of India took upon themselves to impart wider representation of social demography.
      • Daniel Scott Smith is currently working on the social demography of the Northern military effort during the American Civil War.
      • While the demography of these three markets is generally similar, there exist some differences.
      • Historically, American demography fits into a three-stage progression characteristic of societies that now have low birth and death rates.
      • The real detonator for the Irish economic miracle is the country's demography.
      • In doing so, it opens up promising avenues for invigorating contact between corporate demography and the study of labor markets and inequality.
      • His research focuses on the effects of demography and personality on social networks and performance.
      • The chapter on population, for example, is careful to link a discussion of demography to questions of gender, education, and human rights.
      • Milwaukee's demography includes not only multiple white ethnic communities but also burgeoning Latino and Asian American neighborhoods.
      • Dobson then slips into a captivating study of the historical demography of the southeast of England: Kent, Essex, and Sussex.
      • But no longer can a simple analysis be made of the state of race relations, as Britain's changed demography reflects new generations of multi-ethnic origins and heritage.
      • Do they know nothing of the political demography of their own country?
      • The Irish famine, from 1845 to 1848, was a unique event in modern European demography and its effects comparable to those of the Black Death.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek dēmos ‘the people’ + -graphy.

 
 
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