Social and Demographic Statistics

Major: Social work
Code of subject: 6.231.00.O.020
Credits: 6.00
Department: Sociology and Social Work
Lecturer: Assistant Yatsyshyn I.I.
Semester: 3 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: - To know the history of the theoretical and methodological principles categories of the subject of social and demographic statistics and its place in the sciences that study population in its various aspects; - Know the theoretical aspects and empirical substantiation of the main problems of the sphere of knowledge; - Know the general trends of the population, the driving force of this process, the main principles of formation of different types of human reproduction; - The achievement and development of modern demography in Ukraine and abroad. - Be able to explain the essence of the processes occurring in the population, reveal the mechanism of the relationship of social and economic development, on the one hand and changes in the intensity of demographic processes and demographic transformation of structures - on the other; - Be able to adequately explain the patterns of human reproduction on the qualitative and quantitative level, taking into account regional differences within Ukraine; - Be able to exploring the impact of specific features of the "new" to be able to describe patterns of demographic processes in the future; - Applying technology to be able to collect, analyze and synthesis of empirical data to develop and refine approaches and methodological tools needed to streamline and systematize demographic events in all their diversity and complexity.
Required prior and related subjects: Prerekvizyt: "Theoretical Sociology", "History of Sociology", "Contemporary Sociological Theory", "The methods of collecting sociological information Part 1, Part 2"
Summary of the subject: The theoretical basis of demography; Sources of information on population and demographic trends; The number and demographic structure, their dynamics; Quantitative analysis and measurement of demographic processes; Reproduction of the population as a unity of demographic processes; Natural and mechanical (spatial) movement of population; Socio-demographic forecasting; Population policy in an era of depopulation.
Assessment methods and criteria: • Current control (40%): oral examination • Final control (60% test), testing (60%)
Recommended books: • Пальян З.О. Демографічна статистика. Навч. посібник. К. : КНЕУ, 2003, - 132с. • Стеценко С.Г. Демографічна статистика з основами демографії. Підручник. К.: КНЕУ, 2005, -415с. • Удотова Л.Ф. Соціальна статистика: Підручник. – К.: КНЕУ, 2002, - 376с. • Статистика населения с основами демографии. Учебник для студ. вузов. -М.:Финансы и статистика, 1990. - 312 с. • Медков В.М. Демография: Учебное пособие. Серия «Учебники и учебные пособия». – Ростов-на-Дону: «Феникс», 2002. – 448с.