Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts
Texas A&M University
(2019 Spring) SOCI 312 – Population and Society
– Course information
Meeting location: Chemistry Building (CHEM) 255, campus map
Meeting times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:10–10am
– Instructor information
Ernesto F. L. Amaral
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Office location: Academic Building 415, campus map
Office hours: Wednesday, 1–2:30pm; and by appointment. Appointment requests must be made at least 72 hours in advance.
Phone: (979)845–9706
Email: amaral@tamu.edu
– Lectures, exams, and other materials
Day 01 – January 14, 2019 – Monday
Day 02 – January 16, 2019 – Wednesday
Syllabus & An introduction to demography
Lecture (chapter 1)
Joel Cohen: An Introduction to Demography (Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem?)
Don't Panic: Hans Rosling Showing The Facts About Population
The Population Bomb? – by Retro Report – The New York Times
Break It Down – The Pop Song – Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Day 03 – January 18, 2019 – Friday
Day 04 – January 23, 2019 – Wednesday
World population change over time
Lecture (chapter 12)
January 21, 2019 – Monday
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, no class
Day 05 – January 25, 2019 – Friday
Day 06 – January 28, 2019 – Monday
Population change in the United States
Lecture (chapter 13)
Day 07 – January 30, 2019 – Wednesday
Day 08 – February 1, 2019 – Friday
Day 09 – February 4, 2019 – Monday
Day 10 – February 6, 2019 – Wednesday
Day 11 – February 8, 2019 – Friday
Theories of demography
Lecture (chapter 2)
7 Billion and Counting – Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Human Population Through Time – American Museum of Natural History
Demographic Transition Model Song – D Sims
Day 12 – February 11, 2019 – Monday
Day 13 – February 13, 2019 – Wednesday
The sources of demographic information
Lecture (chapter 3)
Population and vital statistics report (United Nations, 2006) with information on countries with censuses conducted on a de facto or de jure basis.
Day 14 – February 15, 2019 – Friday
Exam 1
Students should bring a 8.5"x11" Scantron testing form to the exam. Mark your responses on the Scantron testing form. Only No.2 pencils can be used to bubble in answers (not ink).
Day 15 – February 18, 2019 – Monday
Day 16 – February 20, 2019 – Wednesday
Overview of demographic methods
Lecture (extra)
Population growth rate
Person-years, rates, probabilities
Lexis diagram and other packages in R
Day 17 – February 22, 2019 – Friday
Day 18 – February 25, 2019 – Monday
Day 19 – February 27, 2019 – Wednesday
Day 20 – March 1, 2019 – Friday
Fertility
Lecture (chapter 4)
Example of fertility rates
Extra readings
March 1, 2019 – Friday
Assignment has to be submitted on eCampus
Assignment 1
Day 21 – March 4, 2019 – Monday
Day 22 – March 6, 2019 – Wednesday
Day 23 – March 8, 2019 – Friday
The family and sexuality
Lecture (chapter 5)
Extra readings
March 11, 2019 – Monday
March 13, 2019 – Wednesday
March 15, 2019 – Friday
Spring Break, no classes
Day 24 – March 18, 2019 – Monday
Day 25 – March 20, 2019 – Wednesday
Contraception and birth control
Lecture (chapter 6)
Extra readings
Day 26 – March 22, 2019 – Friday
Exam 2
Students should bring a 8.5"x11" Scantron testing form to the exam. Mark your responses on the Scantron testing form. Only No.2 pencils can be used to bubble in answers (not ink).
Day 27 – March 25, 2019 – Monday
Day 28 – March 27, 2019 – Wednesday
Day 29 – March 29, 2019 – Friday
Mortality
Lecture (chapter 7)
Example of standardization
Example of life table
Extra readings
MortPak – The United Nations Software Package for Mortality Measurement
Site
Day 30 – April 1, 2019 – Monday
Day 31 – April 3, 2019 – Wednesday
Internal migration
Lecture (chapter 8)
GeoDa: An introduction to spatial data analysis
Site
TableCurve 2D: Automated curve fitting analysis
Site
Examples of modeling migration rates
TableCurve2D by Prof. James Raymer
SPSS
Excel
Day 32 – April 5, 2019 – Friday
Day 33 – April 8, 2019 – Monday
Day 34 – April 10, 2019 – Wednesday
International migration
Lecture (chapter 9)
Extra readings about economic effects of immigration
Extra readings about U.S. Census citizenship question & Southern border wall
Day 35 – April 12, 2019 – Friday
Population Policy
Lecture (chapter 15)
The Earth in the 21st and 22nd centuries
Lecture (chapter 16)
Assignment has to be submitted on eCampus
Assignment 2
Day 36 – April 15, 2019 – Monday
Exam 3
Students should bring a 8.5"x11" Scantron testing form to the exam. Mark your responses on the Scantron testing form. Only No.2 pencils can be used to bubble in answers (not ink).
Day 37 – April 17, 2019 – Wednesday
Day 38 – April 22, 2019 – Monday
Age and sex composition
Lecture (chapter 10)
Examples of age-sex structure and other indicators in Excel
Population Age Structure – Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
April 19, 2019 – Friday
Easter, reading day, no class
Day 39 – April 24, 2019 – Wednesday
Day 40 – April 26, 2019 – Friday
Race and ethnicity
Lecture (chapter 11)
Study about race and economic opportunity in the U.S.
The New York Times article about race and economic opportunity in the U.S.
Day 41 – April 29, 2019 – Monday
Day 42 – April 30, 2019 – Tuesday (redefined day)
Population distribution
Lecture (chapter 14)
Day 43 – May 3, 2019 – Friday, 8–10am
Final exam
Students should bring a 8.5"x11" Scantron testing form to the exam. Mark your responses on the Scantron testing form. Only No.2 pencils can be used to bubble in answers (not ink).
– Quizzes
All quizzes
– U.S. Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Official website
Site
American Community Survey (ACS)
Official website
Site
American Community Survey (ACS)
Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
Site
American FactFinder
Site
Current Population Survey (CPS)
Site
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
Site
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program
Site
Migration/Geographic Mobility
Site
County-to-County Migration Flows
Site
Census Flows Mapper
Site
TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Site
Demographic Analysis and Population Projection System (DAPPS)
Site
– Demographic resources
Population: A lively introduction
Joseph A. McFalls – Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Site
Population
Science special issue
Site
Material
Population Connection
America's Voice for Population Stabilization
Site
Rob J. Hyndman – Monash University, Australia
Demography: Forecasting mortality, fertility, migration and population data
R package
Site
Coherent population forecasting using R
Site
Applied Demography Toolbox
Department of Demography
University of California Berkeley
Site
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Minnesota Population Center (MPC)
University of Minnesota
Site
United Nations Manuals
Techniques for Demographic Estimation
Material
Population Division
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations
Site
Population.io
The World Population Project
Site
The Pudding - Human Terrain
World's Population in 3D
Data from the Global Human Settlement Layer
Site
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Site
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Data
Site
Population and Poverty Research Network (PopPov)
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Site
European Social Survey (ESS)
Site
Eurostat - Your Key to European Statistics
Site
– Mortality data sources
The Human Mortality Database
Site
Latin American Human Mortality Database
Site
– Fertility data sources
The Human Fertility Database
Site
Human Fertility Collection
Site
European Fertility Project
Office of Population Research (OPR)
Princeton University
Site
– Migration data sources
World Migration Map
Site
Foreign-Born Population: A Nation of Overlapping Diasporas
Digital Scholarship Lab
University of Richmond
Site
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Site
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Tool to generate graphs of countries of birth for U.S. immigrants, 1960-Present
Site
Mexican Migration Project (MPP)
Princeton University & University of Guadalajara
Site
Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS)
Iberoamerican University (UIA)
Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE)
Duke University
Site
The New Immigrant Survey
Princeton University
Site
Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX)
Site
– Resources about refugees
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Site
Syria Regional Refugee Response
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Site
Syrian Refugees - A Snapshot of the Crisis
Site
Asylum Quarterly Report
Eurostat Statistics Explained
Site
REACH - Informing more Effective Humanitarian Action
Site
– Other microdata and surveys
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Site
Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Site
American Life Panel
RAND Corporation
Site
World Values Survey
Site
Latinobarómetro: Opinion Pública Lationamericana
Site
Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
Site
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
Site
– Aggregated-level data
Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact-based worldview
Site
Videos
World Bank Data
Site
World Wealth & Income Database
Site
Opportunity Insights
Site
National Vital Statistics System
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Site
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Data Visualizations
Site
Pew Research Center Data
Site
Global Attitudes & Trends
Pew Research Center
Site
OXFAM - The Power of People Against Poverty
Site
Doctors without Borders
Site
Brookings Institute
Site
– Academic associations
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Site
Population Association of America (PAA)
Site
American Political Science Association (APSA)
Site
American Marketing Association
Site
American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
Site
– Sources for literature review
Web of Science
Scientific citation indexing service
Site
JSTOR (Journal Storage)
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources
Site
American Journal of Sociology
Site
American Sociological Review
Site
Annual Review of Sociology
Site
Science Direct
Source for scientific, technical, and medical research
Site
PubMed
Citations for biomedical literature, life science journals, and online books
Site
– Resources to write about numbers
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Manuscript formatting (American Sociological Association – ASA style)
Site
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Writing with statistics
Site
Examples of tables and figures
PDF file
– Stata Resources
Instructions for Accessing Stata Through the Virtual Open Access Lab (VOAL) at Texas A&M University
VOAL Instructions
Stata: Data Analysis and Statistical Software
Resource links
Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE)
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Stata material
Carolina Population Center (CPC)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
Introduction to Stata
Generalized Linear Latent And Mixed Models (GLLAMM)
Stata Programs for estimating, predicting, simulating
Stata extra modules
Material
– Public-opinion polls
RealClearPolitics
Political news and polling data aggregator
Site
FiveThirtyEight
Statistical analysis about elections, politics, sports, science, economics and culture
Site
– Resources for migration syllabus
Migration and Citizenship Syllabus Bank
American Political Science Association
Site
Immigration Syllabus
Created by immigration historians affiliated with the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Site
Syllabus in pdf
