This book is the result of several years of experience in teaching principles and methods of demographic analysis at the Department of Demography of the University of Louvain. Chapters 1 and 2 deal with the basic principles and methods involved in the two approaches demographers usually take, i.e., cohort and period analysis. Chapters 3-6 are devoted to applying these principles and methods to the particular phenomena with which the demographer is especially concerned: mortality, nuptiality, natality, and spatial mobility.In order to maintain coherence, examples have been placed at the end of each major section instead of being dispersed throughout the text. This should enable the reader to grasp both the theory and the example as a whole, rather than envisaging the theory as a particular reply to a specific problem. Finally, each chapter ends with a list of references, to which is added a selection of major books and articles in population analysis drawn mainly from the American, British, and French demographic literature.The authors wish to thank wholeheartedly the various demographers who, at one stage of this book or another, have helped them by suggesting useful modifications or by pointing out paragraphs that had to be revised or clarified. Our students, notably A. Canedo, were also helpful in this respect; they were always quick to notice proofs that did not prove, as well as factual inaccuracies in the text and examples. Among our fellow demographers, we would especially like to thank C. Blayo, V. C. Chidambaram, C. Dionne, J. Duchene, P. Festy, D. Sly, C. Wattelar, and S. Wijewickrema for their helpful criticisms and comments. A word of praise should also be said for those unfortunate secretaries, Mrs. A. Bonbled-Davaux and Mrs. M. J. Forthomme, upon whom fell the disagreeable task of typing the manuscript. Finally, we would like to thank the Presses Universitaires de France, which have kindly granted us the permission to include in v vi PREFACE the appendix various tables drawn from work published by the I.N.E.D. in Paris.
Depuis 1975, l'enregistrement des événements d'état civil fait l'objet, au Québec, de questions relatives à la « langue d'usage » des sujets de ces événements, et les données sont disponibles par division de recensement. Par ailleurs, nous connaissons, grâce aux recensements de 1981 et 1986, les lieux de résidence, en 1976 et en 1981 respectivement, des personnes présentes au Canada au moment du recensement, et ce selon la « langue parlée à la maison » de ces dernières. Cela nous permet d'analyser le comportement de fécondité, de migration interne et de mortalité de chacun des principaux groupes linguistiques. Il existe des disparités non négligeables dans le comportement démographique des groupes linguistiques des îles de Montréal et Jésus. Par contre, dans le reste de la région métropolitaine de Montréal, les disparités linguistiques dans le comportement démographique sont nettement moindres : les trois groupes y ont le même niveau de fécondité et la même propension à émigrer; seules s'y manifestent des disparités en matière de mortalité. Le taux d'accroissement naturel des francophones de Montréal-îles était (en 1985-1987) légèrement inférieur à celui des deux autres groupes, mais dans le reste de la région métropolitaine il était supérieur. Au total cependant, lorsqu'on tient compte également des mouvements migratoires internes, le groupe francophone des îles de Montréal et Jésus avait le taux d'accroissement le plus élevé et le groupe anglophone le taux (d'ailleurs négatif) le plus bas. Pour chacun des trois groupes ce taux d'accroissement était fort proche de zéro, de telle sorte que, toutes autres choses étant égales par ailleurs, c'est l'immigration internationale qui déterminera pour l'essentiel la croissance différentielle des groupes linguistiques de cette région.Since 1975, vital events have been registered, in Quebec, being classified by the "usual language" of the subjects of these events. Such data is available by census division. Furthermore, the 1981 and 1986 censuses provide information concerning the place of residence, in 1976 and 1981 respectively, of persons present in Canada at the time of the census, and such according to their "language spoken at home". This enables an analysis of fertility behaviour, internal migration and mortality patterns for each of the major linguistic groups. Certain non-negligible disparities exist in demographic behaviour of linguistic groups on the Montreal and Jesus Islands. On the other hand, in the rest of the metropolitan Montreal area, linguistic disparities in demographic behaviour are noticeably smaller : the three groups have the same fertility level and the same propensity to migrate; only differentials in mortality can be observed. The natural growth rate of francophones on the Island of Montreal was (in 1985-1987) slightly inferior to tha...
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