SPP203 Demography

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Aleš Burjanek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The theme of the course are studies of reproduction of human population, where special concern is given to the particularities of Czech population. The first part of the course offers introduction to the field and description of the structure of the population of the country. The interpretation deals with structures according to age, sex, then it it continues with information on stratification of population from the perspective of social classes, professional and educational structure, religion and ethnicity. The second part of the course is oriented predominantly towards such phenomena as fertility, mortality and nuptiality. It then continues to analyse abortion and divorce problems, questions of migration and population theories. The final session deals with population development worldwide.
Syllabus
  • Demography as a scientific discipline, its subject, components and relation to other disciplines * Sources of demographic data * Construction of demographic measures * Age and sex structure * Sociodemographic structure of the population (professional, educational, religion and ethnic structure) * Household * Mortality * Suicides * Natality * Nuptiality * Divorce * Abortions * Natural Increase * Population theories * Migration * World's population
Literature
  • Populační vývoj České republiky 1998. Edited by Zdeněk Pavlík - Milan Kučera. 1. vyd. Praha: Katedra demografie a geodemografie Přírodovědecké fakulty Univerzity Karlovy, 1999, 97 s., tab. ISBN 80-902154-8-3. info
  • FIALOVÁ, Ludmila. Dějiny obyvatelstva českých zemí. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 398 s. ISBN 8020407200. info
  • KALIBOVÁ, Květa. Úvod do demografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 52 s. ISBN 8071844284. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: 3 původní kredity.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001.
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