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SSC 105: Mathematics for Social Scientists I
Equations and identities: simultaneous equations; quadratic equations; sequences and series. Set theory. Remainder theory. Permutation and combination. Binomial theorem. Coordinate geometry. Surds, indices and logarithms. Matrices and determinants. Partial fraction. Basic trigonometry.
DSS 308: Labour Force – Data and Measurements
Course Outline Demographic measures of the Economically Active Population: Crude activity rate Refinedactivity rate Age-Specific activity rate Standardized activity rates; Measures of Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment. Measurement of working life: Working life tables for males and females; Gross and net years of active life; Economic implications of changes in length…
DSS 101: Introduction to Population Studies I
Definition of population concepts: population, sample, census, households, etc. Sources of demographic data: the field canvass. Censuses and Surveys, the record system, population register, vital registration, administrative records. Reliability of demographic data and the associated concepts of de facto, de jure population enumeration, the post enumeration survey (PES), types of…
DSS 102: Introduction to Population Studies ll
The age-sex composition of a population and its importance in population studies. Types of age-structure: Progressive, Stationery, Regressive. The effect of Fertility and Mortality on age-structure. Methods of presenting age-sex data.
DSS 201: Population Theories and Patterns
History of World Population growth: Palaeolithic to early historic period, population of the ancient to modern times, population growth in the modern period. Introduction to population Theories: The development of population theories- the ancient and medieval writings. The Malthusian population theory. The Classical and Neo-classical schools of economics and population…
DSS 202: Demographic Concepts and Characteristics
Migration Concepts: Internal Migration rural-rural, rural-urban, urban-rural, urban-urban: International Migration; volume of migration; age-sex selectivity in migration. Urbanization Concepts: historical trends and contemporary patterns in developing countries. Labour-force concepts: The Development of the labour Force Concepts: Basic concepts and definition; problems of definition and those relating to specific groups-unpaid family…
DSS 203: Sources and Nature of Social and Economic Statistics l
Introduction, Sources of data. Concept of Social Statistics, general characteristics of social statistics in Less Developing Countries. Difference between social and economic statistics. Sources of social and economic statistics: Published national, published international sources, unpublished sources. Population statistics: – national and international. Uses of census data, uses of sample surveys,…
DSS 204: Sources and Nature of Social and Economic Statistics II
External data, internal data, primary sources versus secondary sources of data. Housing statistics: sources; the need for housing statistics, uses of housing statistics; limitation of housing statistics. Criminal Statistics: The concept of crime prevention; nature and scope of crime in Africa; main sources of criminal statistics. Methods of collecting data…