Developments in demography in the 21st century This book introduces demographic applications which employ current demographic concepts and theories and cutting edge methods and findings all of which have and will continue to have an impact in the broad area of social demography. Through providing an introduction to new and current developments in demography methodological and statistical issues data issues issues of health aging and mortality and issues in social demography this book gives new insights into data substantive issues and methodological approaches that will assist readers in their use of demography in their research. At the same time it shows demographers sociologists economists statisticians methodologists planners and marketers how they may learn and improve upon the quality and relevance of their demographic investigations now and in the future. Part I. Introduction Chapter 1. “Developments in Demography” (Joachim Singelmann and Dudley L. Poston Jr.) Chapter 2. “What’s Changing the World A Demographer’s Perspective” (Wendy Baldwin) Part II. Methodological and Statistical Issues Chapter 3. “A Demographic Evaluation of the Stability of ACS Estimates for ACS Test Sites: 2000 to 2011” (J. Gregory Robinson and Eric B. Jensen) Chapter 4. “Approaches for Addressing Missing Data in Statistical Analyses of Female and Male Adolescent Fertility” (Eugenia Conde and Dudley L. Poston Jr.) Chapter 5. “Considering Local Measures of Poverty Using Shift Share Techniques: A Comparative Analysis” (Gregory L. Hamilton and Melody Muldrow) Part III. Data Issues Chapter 6. “Potential Explanations for the high Net Undercount of Young Children in the U.S. Census” (William P. O’Hare) Chapter 7. “Babies no Longer: Projecting the 100+ Population.” (Howard Hogan and Sandra Colby) Chapter 8. “Cohort approaches using educational data of the Czech Republic: Massification of Tertiary Education and its Impact on Education Attainment.” (Vladimír Hulík Klára Hulíková Tesárková) Chapter 9. “The Socio Demographic Consequences of the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill: Measurement Issues for Policy Mitigation” (Joachim Singelmann and Corey Sparks) Part IV. Issues of Health Aging and Mortality Chapter 10. “Determinants of Female Sterilization in Brazil 2001–2007” (Ernesto F. L. Amaral) Chapter 11. “Potential reduction in mortality associated with the shifts of population educational structures in the Czech Republic” (Jitka Rychtaříková Klára Hulíková Tesárková) Chapter 12. “Aging and family support in the State of Mexico” (Viridiana Sosa Márquez) Chapter 13. “Impact of population ageing on household structure: evidence from the Czech Republic” (Pavlína Habartová Klára Hulíková Tesárková Olga Sivková) Chapter 14. “Intimate Homicide Mortality in Alaska from a Demographic Perspective” (Donna Shai) Chapter 15. “Correlates of Cognitive Decline among the Elderly: The Case of Mexicans in Mexico and in the United States” (Silvia Mejia Arango Joachim Singelmann Rogelio Saenz) Part V. Issues in Social Demography Chapter 16. “The Urban Hierarchies in China and the United States” (Qian Xiong and Dudley L. Poston Jr.) Chapter 17. “School District Formation as an Explanation for Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Concentrated Poverty in Bexar County Texas” (Matthew Martinez) Chapter 18. “Marriage Selectivity & Stepfamily Formation (tentative title) (Gabriela Sánchez Soto) Chapter 19. “Minority Student Participation in International Programs: A Survey of Undergraduate Students Attending HBCUs” (Komanduri S. Murty and Jimmy D. McCamey Jr.).