Social Demography

Spatial Segregation in Demography: A Short Review

  Abstract. Spatial has always been an inherent component of demography, and demographic processes are inherently spatiotemporal. Recognizing the importance of spatial in general and spatial segregation in particular in demographic analysis has created new positions in demography and its conceptual and analytical frameworks. The notion of spatial segregation refers to the distribution of social...

Care Pressure Arising from Caring for Elderly Parents among Single Girls in Ilam

      Introduction: Despite numerous studies in the field of home care, the role of unmarried girls in caring for their parents and the problems caused by this care for them, is still neglected or lost due to the study of other caregivers. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the care pressure resulting from the care of elderly parents among single girls in Ilam, Iran. Materia...

Demography as social science and policy science

Demography and Sociology Program Research School of Social Sciences Psychosocial Aspects of Teenage Pregnancy Resolution

Demography: Past, Present, and Future

In a classic statement, Hauser and Duncan (1959) defined demography as “the study of the size, territorial distribution, and composition of population, changes therein, and the components of such changes” (p. 2). It was fortunate that Hauser and Duncan explicitly included “composition of population” and “changes therein” in their definition, for their inclusion has broadened demography to encom...

Analysis of Potentials to Increase Iranian life Expectancy with Removing the Leading Causes of Mortality in 2010

Introduction: Recent studies on Iranian mortality clearly underscore the role of cardiovascular diseases, unintentional injuries, and cancers as three leading causes of reduced life expectancy during the last three decades. The purpose of current study is to measure the effect of these causes on 2010 life table for Iran. Materials & Method:The number of registered death by age and sex and ...