In this 2-day course, we'll learn skills that help demographers, policymakers, and health and social researchers measure differences between populations, and techniques that allow valid comparisons to be made across populations with differing compositions.

Populations can be compared in many ways, for example, changing world and national populations across time, or differences between social groups or across geographies within a population. Comparing populations introduces techniques that allow valid comparison of demographic, health, and social indicators in populations with different age/sex patterns.

This short course is aimed at data analysts, policymakers and specialists seeking to gain insights into social, health, and economic characteristics. Participants will gain hands-on experience accessing and analysing population data.

Topics

1. Estimating demographic rates and exposure
2. Calculating age-specific measures
3. Standardization techniques for making valid comparisons
4. Decomposing differences between populations

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion, participants will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Develop a comparative data analysis plan and have the ability to gather the appropriate data.
2. Understand demographic measurement of time and the estimation of age-specific measures.
3. Apply techniques that allow comparison of demographic indicators of population with different age/sex patterns.

Dates:

Thursday 29 May - 9.00 am to Friday 30 May - 5.30 pm