Demography studies the characteristics of populations. One such characteristic is well-being: this was subject 2019 Wittgenstein Conference. Here, I discuss how objective well-being domains can be summarised to produce an overall score, and taking self-reported (subjective) into account may help in effort. But given that there more than one type subjective we would want know which “best”. We al...

Anthropological demography is a specialty within demography which uses anthropological theory and methods to provide a better understanding of demographic phenomena in current and past populations. Its genesis and ongoing growth lie at the intersection between demography and socio-cultural anthropology and with their efforts to understand population processes, mainly fertility, migration, and m...

Attitudes and perceptions about climate change (CC) are crucial to public engagement support in the promotion of mitigating actions sustainable lifestyles embracing United Nations’ development goals. This study aimed investigate how worried European citizens CC, what is their willingness assume self-responsibility its mitigation. We used Social Survey, namely answers questions “How you change?”...

Intentions of the present investigation were to apply a cybernetic model in description of demography on the island of Hvar for a time period from year 1800 till now. The basic idea of the model applied in this anthropological study (LOPI) is that the rate of reproduction is given by the non-linear controller: Y2/Te(1-(Y3/G)). Constant G represents an environmental carrying capacity of a commun...

Many organizations — faculties, firms, political bodies, societies, national academies — have recently been faced with the problem of aging. These trends are caused by increasing longevity of the members of these organizations as well as a lower intake at younger ages. The aging problem is particularly pronounced in organizations of fixed size, where no dismissal due to age (up to a statutory “...

This paper describes steps taken towards introducing Web-based educational technology in teaching demography at the university level. Traditionally, demography is taught by giving lectures to the students, who are then expected to study from textbooks and exercise in demographic calculus. Some students find this way of learning monotonous and exhausting, hence their motivation gradually drops. ...