Beginning Population Studies

By David Lucas and others

The first edition of the textbook Beginning Australian Population Studies in 1984 was intended for students in Australia who needed a rapid overview of the non-mathematical aspects of demography. A second edition in 1994 is now out-of-print. These editions have been translated into several Asian languages and used in overseas Universities. A third edition is now in preparation and draft Chapters will be added below as they become available:

The following draft chapters or sections are available now in PDF format, in no particular order, and are copyright protected.

Chapter	Lead Author
General Sources (PDF 24KB), 2018 David Lucas, Michael E. Roettger, Zhongwei Zhao	david.lucas@anu.edu.au
The Demography of Conflict (PDF 112KB), October 2018, Helen Ware	hware@une.edu.au
Historical Demography (PDF 134KB), October 2018, Cathy Day	cathy.day@anu.edu.au
Fertility measurement (PDF 216KB), April 2019, Rebecca Kippen	rebecca.Kippen@monash.edu
Morbidity (PDF 349KB), May 2019, Tim Adair	timothy.adair@unimelb.edu.au
Epidemics (PDF 185KB), June 2019, Jack Caldwell, Tambri Housen	tambri.housen@anu.edu.au
Population data (PDF 201KB), July 2019, Barbara Edgar, Cathy Day, Steven McEachern	cathy.day@anu.edu.au
Population patterns in small island developing states (PDF 426KB), January 2020, Christine McMurray	chris.mcmurray.11@anu.edu.au
The labour force (PDF 396KB), February 2020, Ariane J. Utomo	ariane.utomo@unimelb.edu.au
Marriage (PDF 302KB), February 2021, Cathy Day	cathy.day@anu.edu.au
Consensual unions (PDF 338KB), July 2021, Cathy Day	cathy.day@anu.edu.au
Mortality (PDF 436KB), August 2021, Karen Bishop	karen.bishop@anu.edu.au
The scope of population studies and demography (PDF 404KB), September 2021, David Lucas, Michael E. Roettger	david.lucas@anu.edu.au
Forced Migration (PDF 408KB), February 2023, Helen Ware	hware@une.edu.au