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This chapter reviews the various components of population composition and the ways these data are used to describe populations. The various measures used for profiling a population in terms of its attributes are discussed and relevant techniques used in demographic analysis (e.g., cohort analysis, standardization) are described.
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Thomas, R.K. (2018). Population Composition. In: Concepts, Methods and Practical Applications in Applied Demography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65439-3_5
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