WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Demographic profile - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_profile

    A demographic profile is a form of demographic analysis in which information is gathered about a group to better understand the group's composition or behaviors for the purpose of providing more relevant services. In business, a demographic profile is usually used to increase marketing efficiency. This is done by using gathered data to ...

  3. Demography - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography

    The Demography of the World Population from 1950 to 2100. Data source: United Nations — World Population Prospects 2017. Demography (from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) 'people, society' and -γραφία (-graphía) 'writing, drawing, description') [1] is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the ...

  4. Demographic statistics - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_statistics

    Demographic statistics. Demographic statistics are measures of the characteristics of, or changes to, a population. Records of births, deaths, marriages, immigration and emigration and a regular census of population provide information that is key to making sound decisions about national policy. [1][2] A useful summary of such data is the ...

  5. Demographic transition - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition

    In demography, demographic transition is a phenomenon and theory which refers to the historical shift from high birth rates and high death rates to low birth rates and low death rates, as societies attain more technology, education (especially of women) and economic development. [1] The demographic transition has occurred in most of the world ...

  6. Lifestyle (social sciences) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_(social_sciences)

    Lifestyle (social sciences) Lifestyle is the interests, opinions, behaviours, and behavioural orientations of an individual, group, or culture. [1][2] The term was introduced by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler in his 1929 book, The Case of Miss R., with the meaning of "a person's basic character as established early in childhood". [3]

  7. Historical demography - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_demography

    Historical demography. Historical demography is the quantitative study of human population in the past. It is concerned with population size, with the three basic components of population change (fertility, mortality, and migration), and with population characteristics related to those components, such as marriage, socioeconomic status, and the ...

  8. Population change - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_change

    Population change. Population change is simply the change in the number of people in a specified area during a specific time period. Demographics (or demography) is the study of population statistics, their variation and its causes. These statistics include birth rates, death rates (and hence life expectancy), migration rates and sex ratios.

  9. Demographics of the Philippines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the...

    Demography of the Philippines records the human population, including its population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects. The Philippines annualized population growth rate between the years 2015–2020 was 1.53%. [ 6 ] According to the 2020 census, the population of the ...