| What is the nature of Demography as a discipline? | Multi-disciplinary nature of Demography, its linkage with other social science disciplines | Objective: To introduce basic concepts, measures and pattern related to Demography Course Outcome On successful completion of this course, students will be able to 1. Understand basic concepts and components of demography 2. Basic knowledge of concepts, measures and determinants of fertility 3. Working knowledge of mortality measures and life table construction 4. Understand concept, measures and determinants of migration Course content I. Introduction to Demography: Definition and Scope: Evolution of demography as a scientific discipline; Nature and scope of demography and changes in it over time. Multi-disciplinary nature of Demography, its linkage with other social science disciplines. Basic demographic concepts. Components of population change. Demographic transition (description rather than theory). | 606 | definition | 1.000 | Introduction to Demography: Definition and Scope: Evolution of demography as a scientific discipline; Nature and scope of demography and changes in it over time. Multi-disciplinary nature of Demography, its linkage with other social science disciplines. | 4 | page=4,block=2 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the law that explains the decrease in additional output with each additional input in production? | Law of diminishing marginal productivity | The Short-Run Production Function of the Medical Firm, Total Product, Marginal Product and Average Product Curve, Law of diminishing marginal productivity, The importance of costing in Health Economics, Short-run cost theory of medical firm, short run cost curves, Cost analysis, Implicit and explicit cost, , factor affecting short-run cost curves, cost minimization, constraints in measuring health cost VI. Economic Evaluation What is economic evaluation? | 114 | definition | 1.000 | The Short-Run Production Function of the Medical Firm, Total Product, Marginal Product and Average Product Curve, Law of diminishing marginal productivity, The importance of costing in Health Economics, Short-run cost theory of medical firm, short run cost curves, Cost analysis, Implicit and explicit cost, , factor affecting short-run cost curves, cost minimization, constraints in measuring health cost VI. | 40 | page=40,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What concept is linked to the P/F ratio method? | its modification [Hypothetical Cohort methods] | The objectives of learning the course is to acquaint students to understand demographic models, indirect estimations and carry out population projections independently and apply them in other social sector projections. I. Concepts of Demographic Models: Stable population; Generalized Population; Momentum of Population Growth; Concept of Multiregional Model; and Micro Model such as Birth Interval, Waiting Time (Birth Distribution etc, Estimation of fecundability?) II. Indirect methods for estimating fertility: Needs for Indirect methods; Concept of Reverse Survival Method, Robust Method and method based on Generalized Population Model; Rele's Method; Concept of P/F ratio method and its modification [Hypothetical Cohort methods] III. Indirect Method of Estimating Mortality: | 690 | definition | 1.000 | Indirect methods for estimating fertility: Needs for Indirect methods; Concept of Reverse Survival Method, Robust Method and method based on Generalized Population Model; Rele's Method; Concept of P/F ratio method and its modification [Hypothetical Cohort methods] III. | 41 | page=41,block=3 | 0.700 |
| What is the goal of the Brass growth balance method? | estimating completeness of death registration | Some Indirect Methods for Estimating Death Registration Completeness for Countries Having Limited and Defective Vital Registration Data An overview of some selected methods of estimating completeness of death registration, starting from Brass growth balance method and its subsequent development. VII. Lab Practice in MORTPAK 1. Bennett, N.G., and S. Horiuchi (1981): “Estimating completeness of death registration in a closed population”, Population Index, 47(2):207-221. 2. Bennett, Nail. G., and Shiro Horiuchi (1984): “Mortality estimation from registered deaths in less developed countries”, Demography, 21(2):217-233. 3. Bhat P.N.M, (2002): General growth balance method: A reformulation for population open to migration, Population Studies, 56 (2002), 23-34, Printed in Great Britain. 4. Bhat P.N.M. | 176 | definition | 1.000 | Some Indirect Methods for Estimating Death Registration Completeness for Countries Having Limited and Defective Vital Registration Data An overview of some selected methods of estimating completeness of death registration, starting from Brass growth balance method and its subsequent development. | 41 | page=41,block=11 |
| What types of discrete data are associated with GIS? | discrete data: point, and polygon data | Understanding demographic process by geographical scale; nature of disaggregated data- Census and secondary sources; Linking micro and macro demography in a spatial frame. Application of spatial frameworks to demographic process; Space, culture and fertility; Spatial pattern of mortality and diseases; Distance as factor in access to health care and health planning; Migration and distance- gravity model; space, culture and migration; urban sprawl and sub-urbanization. II. Statistical and Geospatial Data and Software Spatial Concepts and Cartography: Spatial parameters: Site and location; Scale; Plane and spherical coordinate, Map Projection-UTM, Types of maps: cadastral, toposheet, thematic, digital; Representation of spatial and non-spatial data; Introduction to geospatial software: GIS: discrete data: point, and polygon data, Raster and vector data, layouts preparation. | 799 | definition | 1.000 | Statistical and Geospatial Data and Software Spatial Concepts and Cartography: Spatial parameters: Site and location; Scale; Plane and spherical coordinate, Map Projection-UTM, Types of maps: cadastral, toposheet, thematic, digital; Representation of spatial and non-spatial data; Introduction to geospatial software: GIS: discrete data: point, and polygon data, Raster and vector data, layouts preparation. |
| What is the basic concept used in demographic analysis related to mortality? | Basic concept of a life table | Mortality: Need and Importance of the study of Mortality; Some basic measures: - crude death rate (CDR) and Age-Specific Death Rates (ASDRs) - their relative merits and demerits Need and importance of standardization: direct and indirect technique of standardization of rates and ratios in the light of mortality rates; Decomposition Infant mortality rate and its sub-divisions; Maternal Mortality Rate, Ratios, Life time risk; Issues related to estimation of maternal mortality measures Basic concept of a life table; Types and forms of life table; Anatomy of life table; uses of life table in demographic analysis; Construction of life tables; model life tables IV. Migration: Concept of mobility and migration, sources and quality of data, types of migration, census definition of migrants, limitations | 488 | definition | 1.000 | Mortality: Need and Importance of the study of Mortality; Some basic measures: - crude death rate (CDR) and Age-Specific Death Rates (ASDRs) - their relative merits and demerits Need and importance of standardization: direct and indirect technique of standardization of rates and ratios in the light of mortality rates; Decomposition Infant mortality rate and its sub-divisions; Maternal Mortality Rate, Ratios, Life time risk; Issues related to estimation of maternal mortality measures Basic concept of a life table; Types and forms of life table; Anatomy of life table; uses of life table in |
| What is the importance of a literature review in research? | importance of literature review in defining a problem | III. Research Process Defining and formulating the research problem, selecting the problem, necessity of defining the problem, importance of literature review in defining a problem, literature review, identifying gap areas from literature and research database, development of working hypothesis, conceptual framework, sampling, developing tools, data collection, process, analysis, report writing IV Research Publications Overview of different type of research articles: -primary and secondary sources, reviews, monograph, patents, research databases, web as a source, searching the web, critical literature review, journals, books, publishers, impact factor, reference style V. | 127 | definition | 1.000 | Research Process Defining and formulating the research problem, selecting the problem, necessity of defining the problem, importance of literature review in defining a problem, literature review, identifying gap areas from literature and research database, development of working hypothesis, conceptual framework, sampling, developing tools, data collection, process, analysis, report writing IV Research Publications Overview of different type of research articles: -primary and secondary sources, reviews, monograph, patents, research databases, web as a source, searching the web, critical |
| What does the World Fertility Survey (WFS) focus on? | Global surveys: World Fertility Survey (WFS) | Introduction to Demographic, Population Health surveys Global surveys: World Fertility Survey (WFS); Demographic Health Survey (DHS); Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS); World Health Survey (WHS); Health and retirement Survey (HRS); Study om Global Ageing and Adult Health Survey (SAGE) Nationwide large-scale surveys: National Sample Survey Organization’s surveys, details of different rounds collecting population and health data; National Family Health Survey (NFHS); District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS); Annual Health Survey (AHS); Longitudinal Ageing study in India Survey; Study on Global Aging and Adult Health Survey (WHO-SGAE)-India; Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS); Global Adult Tobacco Survey; YOUTH survey; Nutritional Specific Surveys Reading List: | 55 | definition | 1.000 | Introduction to Demographic, Population Health surveys Global surveys: World Fertility Survey (WFS); Demographic Health Survey (DHS); Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS); World Health Survey (WHS); Health and retirement Survey (HRS); Study om Global Ageing and Adult Health Survey (SAGE) Nationwide large-scale surveys: National Sample Survey Organization’s surveys, details of different rounds collecting population and health data; National Family Health Survey (NFHS); District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS); Annual Health Survey (AHS); Longitudinal Ageing study in India |
| What does a social audit involve? | Social audit – meaning, objectives, advantage, case study of social audit | Evaluation methodology; Mandatory requirements for programme; SWOT analysis of NHM, ICDS and National Livelihood Mission; Social audit – meaning, objectives, advantage, case study of social audit VII. Statistical Approaches of Evaluation of Intervention Programme: Statistical inferences used in different intervention design – z, t, F and paired ‘t’ tests, two stage LSM, instrument variable method; Propensity score matching; Difference in Difference Method: Theory and application, advantage and disadvantage, regression implementation, Decomposition analysis VIII. Healthcare Informatics: MIS – Monitoring information system; Role of programmers; HMIS system; Global Positioning System, Management Information System and Use of Technology, Use of Artificial Intelligence, tele-interventions, Use of spatial data IX. | 122 | definition | 0.980 | Evaluation methodology; Mandatory requirements for programme; SWOT analysis of NHM, ICDS and National Livelihood Mission; Social audit – meaning, objectives, advantage, case study of social audit VII. | 34 | page=34,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the acronym LISA represent? | Local Indicators of Spatial Association | Geocoding and basics of digitization in ArcGIS Introduction to Geoda: ESDA in (Exploratory Spatial Data Analysi); Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA) Statistical Concepts: Bar diagram, Frequency polygon, Frequency curve; Test of significance, confidence intervals, Univariate and Multivariate Statistics: Correlation and Regression, Matrix algebra; Auto-correlation; kriging, Moran’s I index Introduction to Statistical software: SPSS, STATA, R III. GIS and Spatial Analysis of demographic data Representation of statistical data and automated cartography (Lab based exercises): a) Population distribution map of India using dot and sphere/circle, cubes, combined; Cartograms b) Density map by Choropleth and population density gradient by Isopleth; c) Fertility, mortality and natural growth of population by Polygraph. | 114 | definition | 0.980 | Geocoding and basics of digitization in ArcGIS Introduction to Geoda: ESDA in (Exploratory Spatial Data Analysi); Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA) Statistical Concepts: Bar diagram, Frequency polygon, Frequency curve; Test of significance, confidence intervals, Univariate and Multivariate Statistics: Correlation and Regression, Matrix algebra; Auto-correlation; kriging, Moran’s I index Introduction to Statistical software: SPSS, STATA, R III. |