Lexis in Demography

• Main Authors: Hulíková Tesárková, Klára (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kurtinová, Olga (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
• Subjects: Demography.; Statistics .; Population.; Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law.; Population Economics.

This book explores the life of economist and social scientist Wilhelm Lexis and the key demographic instrument named after him: the Lexis diagram. It describes this vital tool, which helps demographers visualize data, and examines its various forms through a specially designed example. As a result,...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Lexis´ life & work
• 3. Lexis diagrama. Introduction b. Development of the Lexis diagramc. Summary and specific issues related to the study of the development of the diagram
• 4. Application of Lexis diagrama. Software applications b. Practical applications: key-studies
• 5. Conclusions.