TY - BOOK AU - Siegel,Jacob S. TI - Applied demography: applications to business, government, law and public policy SN - 0126418403 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HB849.4.S53 2002 U1 - 304.6 21 PY - 2002/// CY - San Diego PB - Academic Press KW - Demography N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Scope and Methods of Applied Demography -- The Field and Scope of Applied Demography -- Census and Demographic Concepts -- Selected General Demographic Relations and Processes -- Selected General Measures -- Selected Specialized Measures -- Recent Population Trends and Prospects and Interrelations with Selected Social and Economic Programs -- Recent Population Trends and Prospects -- Interrelations with Various Social and Economic Programs -- Limitations of Demographic Determinism -- Data for States, Metropolitan Areas, and Cities -- Note on Foreign Population Trends -- Basic Sources of Demographic and Socioeconomic Data and Ways of Accessing Them -- Federal Sources -- Nonfederal Sources -- Nonfederal Sources -- Administrative Records as Sources of Demographic Data -- Selected Internet Web Sites for Demographic Data -- Census 2000 Data Products -- Limitations of Census and Survey Data -- Nonsampling/Response Errors -- Errors Due to Sampling -- Confidentiality Issues and Solutions -- Geodemography: Geographic Area Concepts and Information Systems for Demographic Applications -- Geographic Area Classification Systems -- Geometric Data Retrieval Methods, Geographic Information Systems, and TIGER -- Spatial Demographic Analysis -- List of Abbreviations for Census Geographic Areas and Related Concepts -- Note on International Variations in Administrative Divisions -- Demographic Applications in Business Planning -- Interface of Marketing and Demography -- Methods of Measuring the Characteristics of Customers -- Factors Affecting Business Siting and Sales Forecasting N2 - In contrast to a typical general text in demography, which is concerned with demographic principles, trends, problems, and theories, Applied Demography explores the practical issues with which Read more... UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/els031/2001090929.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/els031/2001090929.html ER -