N_Dem Demography

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Květa Kalibová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michal Tomčík, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Květa Kalibová, CSc.
Subdepartment of Management and Marketing – Department of Economics and Management – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Bc. Jan Peterec
Timetable of Seminar Groups
N_Dem/cVPH: each odd Wednesday 15:45–16:29 S35, each odd Wednesday 16:30–17:15 S35, K. Kalibová
N_Dem/pVPH: each even Wednesday 15:45–16:29 S35, each even Wednesday 16:30–17:15 S35, K. Kalibová
N_Dem/vVMO: Fri 12. 10. 15:30–17:00 M22, 17:15–18:45 M22, Sat 27. 10. 8:00–9:30 M25, M. Tomčík
N_Dem/vVPH: Fri 26. 10. 17:15–18:45 S11, Sat 10. 11. 9:45–11:15 S11, 11:30–13:00 S11, K. Kalibová
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Student has good knowledge and orientation in demographic data sources and in the system of demographic indicators. Student is able to select and to use appropriate methods of demographic analyses. Student understands the principle causes and consequences of population development and its relationship to other social, economic and cultural processes in society. Student knows the population development in the Czech Republic and its perspectives in a near future.
Syllabus
  • 1. Demography: definition, objectives, and relations to other disciplines. Demographic events and processes. Sources of demographic data. Data collection and their processing.
  • 2. Lexis diagram and the system of demographic indicators. Standardization: direct and indirect method.
  • 3. Age structure as a basic characteristic of a population. Age structure indicators. Population pyramid as the reflection of the demographic past and starting point for the future demographic development. Gender statistics.
  • 4. Demographic ageing: main characteristics, ageing from the bottom and from the top of age pyramid. Impact of demographic ageing on the population’s social and economic situation, challenges to social policy. Feminization of ageing.
  • 5. Fertility: factors affecting fertility, indicators. Trends in childbearing. Changes in fertility characteristics during the second demographic transition. European fertility patterns.
  • 6. Abortions: types, legislation, analysis, trends. Family planning. Contraceptive use related to reproductive health.
  • 7. Mortality: determinants, trends and measurements. Life table and life table functions. Sex differences in mortality. Leading causes of death.
  • 8. Family formation and nuptiality: marriage, cohabitation. Nuptiality: main characteristics, methods of measurement. Factors effecting nuptiality. Trends in nuptiality.
  • 9. Dissolution of unions and divorces: sources of data, methods of measurement. Factors affecting intensity of divorces. Divorce law.
  • 10. Characteristics of natural and total reproduction: components of population change and their interaction. Closed and open population. General trends in population growth (or decline) and their consequences.
  • 11. Demographic forecasts: sources of data, principles and methods of elaboration. Concepts and quality of population forecasts. Trends in Population Growth Worldwide.
  • 12. Population theories, concepts of the first and the second demographic transitions.
Literature
    required literature
  • Kalibová, Květa: Úvod do demografie. Praha: Karolinum, 2001. ISBN 80-246-0222-9.
    recommended literature
  • Demografie (nejen) pro demografy.(Kol.). Praha: Soc. nakl. SLON, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7419-012-4.
  • Demografická situace ČR. Proměny a kontexty 1993-2008. (Kol.). Praha: Soc. nakl. SLON, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7419-024-7.
  • Mnohojazyčný demografický slovník. Praha: Acta demographica XV, Česká demograf. společnost 2005. ISBN 80-239-4864-4.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars in full-time study, tutorials in part-time study. Compulsory seminar participation is 75% in full-time study, compulsory tutorial participation is 50% in part-time study.
Assessment methods
The course is completed with a credit and presentation of a written study (the topic is given by the lecturer, extent of the study min. 6 pages of the written text + tables, graphics).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
General note: Bb1.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Summer 2008, Winter 2008, Summer 2009, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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