1. Introduction 
   
   1. History of demography 
      
   2. Definition of concepts 
      
   3. Types of demographic studies 
      
   4. Branches of demography 
      
2. Sources and uses of demographic data 
   
   1. Introduction 
      
   2. Population census 
      
   3. Vital registration system 
      
   4. Demographic sample survey 
      
   5. Population register 
      
   6. Errors in population data 
      
3. Basic analytical tools in demography 
   
   1. Introduction 
      
   2. Ratios 
      
   3. Rates 
      
   4. Central rates 
      
   5. Standardised rates 
      
   6. Terminology usage in demography 
      
4. Population size and growth 
   
   1. The balancing equation 
      
   2. Total population 
      
   3. Mean population in a year 
      
   4. Mean population of years 
      
   5. The mid-year population 
      
   6. Population growth 
      
5. Measures of population composition 
   
   1. Introduction 
      
   2. Population composition by sex 
      
   3. Population composition by age 
      
   4. Population composition by age and sex 
      
   5. Measures of population distribution 
      
6. Measures of mortality 
   
   1. Introduction 
      
   2. Crude death rate 
      
   3. Specific death rate 
      
   4. Cause-specific death ratios and rates 
      
   5. Mortality rates 
      
   6. Infant mortality rates 
      
   7. Measures of pregnancy wastage 
      
   8. Perinatal mortality 
      
   9. Standardised death rate 
      
   10. Other types of standardised mortality measures 
       
   11. Standardised death indices 
       
7. Life table 
   
   1. Introduction 
      
   2. Life table functions, definitions and their relationships 
      
   3. Construction of life tables 
      
   4. Abridged life table 
      
8. Measures of fertility 
   
   1. Introduction 
      
   2. Fertility measurement 
      
   3. Crude birth rate 
      
   4. General fertility rate 
      
   5. Age-specific fertility rate 
      
   6. Total fertility rate 
      
   7. Cumulative fertility rate 
      
   8. Marital fertility rate 
      
   9. Average age of childbearing 
      
   10. Measures of fertility based on census and survey data 
       
   11. Standardised fertility rate 
       
9. Measures of reproductivity 
   
   1. Introduction 
      
   2. Types of reproductivity measures 
      
   3. Gross reproduction rate 
      
   4. Net reproduction rate 
      
   5. Reproduction-survival ratio 
      
10. Nuptiality 
    
    1. Introduction 
       
    2. Classification of marital status 
       
    3. Sources of nuptiality data 
       
    4. Crude marriage rate 
       
    5. General marriage rate 
       
    6. Specific marriage rate 
       
    7. Total marriage rate 
       
    8. Standardised marriage rate 
       
    9. Measures of marriage timing 
       
    10. Divorce rates 
        
    11. Widowhood 
        
11. Measures of migration 
    
    1. Introduction 
       
    2. Definition of concepts 
       
    3. Types of migration 
       
    4. International migration 
       
    5. Internal migration 
       

The book is an introduction to advanced demographic techniques and has been designed for researchers and students of demography and statistics as well as social scientists and health workers.