title: [Causality, systems, and dynamic models.  Three approaches of the explanation in demography].
abstract: The authors compare three methods of demographic analysis: "causal analysis, the transition models and the dynamic models.  The purpose of these three approaches is not the same:  transition models examine the transformation of a system during a given period; the dynamic model outlines the evolution of a social process through time; the causal analysis describes the mechanism through which the causes produce its effects.  The three approaches differ also in the way they take time into account...[In particular,] causal static models are not pertinent in demographic research." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lopez Rios
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wunsch
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Comparative Studies; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Evaluation; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Studies; Time Factors; World