Social Demography of South Africa
Subtitle: Advances and Emerging Issues
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780415735674
Subjects: Demography; South africa, social conditions
Description: "This edited collection investigates what progress has been made in the field of social demography in South Africa since the democratic dispensation in the country. Contributors offer a compilation of in-depth analytical studies of substantive, technical and contemporary issues in the South African demographic landscape. Accessible and topical, it is a useful reference guide to those working in disciplines such as sociology, geography, statistics and economics, and to all those trying to understand the role of national statistical agency in national development planning in Africa. This book project is funded by Statistics South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa."--Publisher's summary.