MZKDE0211s Demography - p

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Friessová (assistant)
Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Thu 8. 6. 8:00–9:40 F01B1/609, 10:00–11:40 F01B1/609, 12:00–13:40 F01B1/609, 14:00–15:40 F01B1/609, Fri 9. 6. 8:00–9:40 F01B1/609
Prerequisites
Prerequisites according to the MU study and examination regulations.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
To show the fundamental possibilities of using demographic methods in helping to understand basic issues in the field of public health at regional, national and international level and finally to contribute to the understanding of demographic and social aspects of development. To clarify the essential sources, flows and ways of evaluating data on population situation and population processes.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- define the concept of demography and its subject, demographic phenomena and processes, methods of their identification, sources of demographic data
- assess the state and structure of the Czech population
- assess the demographic movement of the population
- evaluate data on the population situation and population processes of the region
- understand and use demographic forecasts
- identify and make appropriate use of information sources in relevant areas.
Syllabus
  • 1) The concept, subject and historical development of demography.
  • 2) The importance of the demographic structure of the population for demography, economics, social sciences and public health.
  • 3) Population and its distribution, settlements.
  • 4) Population structure - sex, age, education, economic activity, marital status, class and social structure of population.
  • 5) Religious and nationality, health status of the population, households - definition, number, size, facilities.
  • 6) Mortality - status, causes, suicide, birth rate - fertility, abortion, natural population change.
  • 7) Marriage rate and divorce rate, projection of the Czech population.
  • 8) Development of the world population and perspective of further development.
  • 9) Population migration.
  • 10) Analysis and modeling of population distribution and settlement structure of the state.
Literature
    required literature
  • Demografie (nejen) pro demografy. Edited by Květa Kalibová - Alena Vodáková - Zdeněk Pavlík. 3. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 241 s. ISBN 9788074190124. info
  • MAREŠ, Petr, Ladislav RABUŠIC and Petr SOUKUP. Analýza sociálněvědních dat (nejen) v SPSS (Data analysis in social sciences (using SPSS)). První. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 508 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6362-4. info
    recommended literature
  • RABUŠIC, Ladislav and Beatrice Elena CHROMKOVÁ MANEA. Velikost rodiny – postoje, normy a realita (Family size – opinions, norms and reality). Demografie : Revue pro výzkum populačního vývoje. Praha: Český statistický úřad, 2013, vol. 55, No 3, p. 208-219. ISSN 0011-8265. URL info
  • RABUŠIC, Ladislav, Beatrice Elena CHROMKOVÁ MANEA and Jana BUKVAIOVÁ. POSEDLÍ TOUHOU PO DÍTĚTI? (Baby fever?). In Petr Fučik, Beatrice Chromková Manea (eds.). Rodičovské dráhy. Dvacet let vývoje české porodnosti v sociologické perspektivě. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, p. 111-124. --. ISBN 978-80-210-6551-2. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical lectures supplemented by commented examples, students are encouraged to ask questions about the subject matter. E-learning for selected topics
Assessment methods
fulfiling requirements
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2024, spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2023, recent)
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