title: Progress in demographic methodology.
abstract: "This paper examines developments in demographic methodology during the past decade or so.  It focuses on methodological advances in the analysis of mortality of infants and young children, of adults, and on problems of mortality estimation in small populations.  The other major areas reviewed here are related to the study of birth intervals, parity progression, proximate determinants of fertility, and the demography of the family.  Concluding remarks relate the methodological issues to the information explosion in demography."
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Ruzicka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001721:Birth Intervals; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008722:Methods; D009026:Mortality; D010298:Parity; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012942:Social Sciences; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Birth Intervals; Child Mortality; Demographic Factors; Demography; Differential Mortality; Estimation Technics; Family And Household; Family Demography; Family Research; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Infant Mortality; Intermediate Variables; Methodological Studies; Mortality; Parity; Parity Progression Ratio; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Social Sciences; World