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The study of populations and demographics is explained in detail in this introductory series by Professor David Coleman, Professor of Demography. Using statistics gathered from censuses, parish records and other sources, Professor Coleman looks at the ways in which populations rise and fall through history. This series is at an introductory level and individuals need no prior knowledge of analyzing statistics or mathematics.
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| 11 | Creative Commons | 01. Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century | Professor David Coleman gives the first lecture in his Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World series. | David Coleman | 26 Oct 2012 |
| 10 | Creative Commons | 02. Numbering the people: the Census, Vital Registration and Population Registers | Professor David Coleman gives the second lecture on Demographics, where he looks at different ways in which governments and demographers have collected population data. | David Coleman | 26 Oct 2012 |
| 9 | Creative Commons | 03. The 'Second Demographic Transition' - new forms of family | Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the 'Second Demographic Transition'. | David Coleman | 26 Apr 2012 |
| 8 | Creative Commons | 04. The retreat of mortality - 20th and 21st century trends | Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about trends in mortality. | David Coleman | 27 Apr 2012 |
| 7 | Creative Commons | 05. International migration: guest workers, dependents, asylum and others | Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about international migration. | David Coleman | 27 Apr 2012 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | 06. Demographic behaviour of immigrant and minority populations | Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about immigrant and minority populations. | David Coleman | 27 Apr 2012 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | 07. 'Old Europe' - pensions, taxes and alternatives | Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the issue of population ageing. | David Coleman | 27 Apr 2012 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | 08. After the demographic transition in the developing world | Fertility in all but 12 countries in the world is now falling. Where will it stop? In this talk, Prof David Coleman looks at the demographic transition in the developing world. | David Coleman | 10 Jul 2012 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | 09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world | Traditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Coleman looks at family planning in the developing world. | David Coleman | 12 Jul 2012 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | 10. Who's afraid of population decline? | Fear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any political entity. Slides to accompany Professor David Coleman's on the fear of population decline. | David Coleman | 16 Jul 2012 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | 11. Does Government belong in the bedroom? | There are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slides to accompany Prof David Coleman's talk on birth control from governments. | David Coleman | 18 Jul 2012 |