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- | {{Template}}A '''demographic''' or '''demographic profile''' is a term used in [[marketing]] and [[broadcasting]], to describe a [[demographics | demographic]] grouping or a [[market segment]]. This typically involves age bands (as teenagers do not wish to purchase [[denture]] fixant), social class bands (as the rich may want different products than middle and poorer classes and may be willing to pay more) and gender (partially because different physical attributes require different hygiene and clothing products, and partially because of the male/female [[mindset]]s). | + | {{Template}} |
+ | '''Demography''' (from prefix ''demo-'' from [[Ancient Greek]] δῆμος ''dēmos'' meaning "the people", and ''-graphy'' from γράφω ''graphō'', implies "writing, description or measurement") is the [[statistical study]] of [[population]]s, especially [[human beings]]. As a very general science, it can analyze any kind of dynamic living population, i.e., one that changes over time or space (see [[population dynamics]]). Demography encompasses the study of the size, structure, and distribution of these populations, and spatial or temporal changes in them in response to [[birth]], [[Migration (human)|migration]], [[aging]], and [[death]]. Based on the demographic research of the earth, earth's population up to the year 2050 and 2100 can be estimated by demographers. Demographics are quantifiable characteristics of a given population. | ||
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+ | [[Demographic analysis]] can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as [[education]], [[nationality]], [[religion]], and [[ethnicity]]. Educational institutions usually treat demography as a field of [[sociology]], though there are a number of independent demography departments. | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Biodemography]] | ||
+ | * [[Biodemography of human longevity]] | ||
+ | * [[Demographics of the world]] | ||
+ | * [[Demographic economics]] | ||
+ | * [[Linguistic demography]] | ||
+ | * [[Religious demography]] | ||
+ | * [[Political demography]] | ||
+ | * [[Gompertz–Makeham law of mortality]] | ||
+ | * [[Medieval demography]] | ||
+ | * [[National Security Study Memorandum 200]] of 1974 | ||
+ | * [[Population biology]] | ||
+ | * [[Population geography]] | ||
+ | * [[Population reconstruction]] | ||
+ | * [[Population statistics]] | ||
+ | * [[Replacement migration]] | ||
+ | * [[Reproductive health]] | ||
+ | * [[Population dynamics]] | ||
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Demography (from prefix demo- from Ancient Greek δῆμος dēmos meaning "the people", and -graphy from γράφω graphō, implies "writing, description or measurement") is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. As a very general science, it can analyze any kind of dynamic living population, i.e., one that changes over time or space (see population dynamics). Demography encompasses the study of the size, structure, and distribution of these populations, and spatial or temporal changes in them in response to birth, migration, aging, and death. Based on the demographic research of the earth, earth's population up to the year 2050 and 2100 can be estimated by demographers. Demographics are quantifiable characteristics of a given population.
Demographic analysis can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as education, nationality, religion, and ethnicity. Educational institutions usually treat demography as a field of sociology, though there are a number of independent demography departments.
See also
- Biodemography
- Biodemography of human longevity
- Demographics of the world
- Demographic economics
- Linguistic demography
- Religious demography
- Political demography
- Gompertz–Makeham law of mortality
- Medieval demography
- National Security Study Memorandum 200 of 1974
- Population biology
- Population geography
- Population reconstruction
- Population statistics
- Replacement migration
- Reproductive health
- Population dynamics