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Population --- Statistical methods. --- Statistical methods --- Population - Statistical methods

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Human beings --- Longevity. --- Age determination. --- Age determination of human beings --- Life, Long --- Life extension --- Life span prolongation --- Long life --- Prolongation of life span --- Age --- Health --- Life spans (Biology) --- Old age

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The most widely used measure of longevity is the period life expectancy at birth which is calculated from age specific death rates by life table methods. In 2002, John Bongaarts and Griffith Feeney introduced the revolutionary idea that this conventional estimate of period life expectancy is distorted by a tempo effect whenever longevity is changing. The tempo effect is defined as an inflation or deflation of the period incidence of a demographic event resulting from a rise or fall in the mean age at which the event occurs. Some demographers agree with this radical argument; others disagree. The book reviews the debate on how best to measure period longevity. In the various chapters, leading experts in demography critically examine the existence of the tempo effect in mortality, present extensions and applications, and compare period and cohort longevity measures. The book provides a deeper understanding of and new insights into the fundamental question "How long do we live"?

Life expectancy --- Mathematical models. --- Expectancy of life --- Expectation of life --- Life spans (Biology) --- Vital statistics --- Premature death --- Demography. --- Population. --- Aging --- Statistics. --- Population Economics. --- Aging. --- Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law. --- Research. --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical methods --- Statistical science --- Mathematics --- Econometrics --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Developmental biology --- Gerontology --- Longevity --- Age factors in disease --- Human population --- Human populations --- Population growth --- Populations, Human --- Economics --- Human ecology --- Sociology --- Demography --- Malthusianism --- Historical demography --- Social sciences --- Population --- Physiological effect --- Statistics .

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Paleodemography is the field of enquiry that attempts to identify demographic parameters from past populations (usually skeletal samples) derived from archaeological contexts, and then to make interpretations regarding the health and well-being of those populations. However, paleodemographic theory relies on several assumptions that cannot easily be validated by the researcher, and if incorrect, can lead to large errors or biases. In this book, physical anthropologists, mathematical demographers and statisticians tackle these methodological issues for reconstructing demographic structure for skeletal samples. Topics discussed include how skeletal morphology is linked to chronological age, assessment of age from the skeleton, demographic models of mortality and their interpretation, and biostatistical approaches to age structure estimation from archaeological samples. This work will be of immense importance to anyone interested in paleodemography, including biological and physical anthropologists, demographers, geographers, evolutionary biologists and statisticians.

Age distribution (Demography). --- Demographic anthropology. --- Demographic archaeology. --- Human remains (Archaeology). --- Human skeleton --- Paleoanthropology. --- Population. --- Analysis. --- Life Sciences --- General and Others --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Age distribution (Demography) --- Human population --- Human populations --- Population growth --- Populations, Human --- Economics --- Human ecology --- Sociology --- Demography --- Malthusianism --- Archaeology --- Demographic anthropology --- Human paleontology --- Anthropology, Prehistoric --- Paleontology --- Physical anthropology --- Fossil hominids --- Anthropology --- Bioarchaeology --- Skeletal remains (Archaeology) --- Primate remains (Archaeology) --- Human anatomy --- Skeleton --- Distribution, Age (Demography) --- Age --- Age groups --- Vital statistics --- Population aging --- Methodology --- Prehistoric peoples

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Economic sociology --- Statistical science --- Demography --- demografie --- statistiek --- sociale economie