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Basic Principles of Period Analysis

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Introduction to Demographic Analysis

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In the present chapter, an approach fundamentally different but complementary to cohort analysis will be presented, i.e., period analysis of population change during one or more calendar periods such as years, months, etc.

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Wunsch, G.J., Termote, M.G. (1978). Basic Principles of Period Analysis. In: Introduction to Demographic Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2373-0_3

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