What is WM Population Analysis?
Examination of the Components of Population Change and influencing Factors
Components of Population Change are:
Natural Change includes
Births by sex, age of mother
Deaths by age / sex
Migration includes
In Migration by age / sex
Out Migration by age / sex
Migration is examined Across Scale
International
Interprovincial
Intraprovincial
Population Change is examined Locally to Globally
from the West Coast of Canada
to BC, and Alberta
to Ontario and the rest of Canada
Population Change is used to examine
Economic activity, eg, Boom and Bust cycles, Urban / Rural or Core / Periphery interactions
Social activity, eg, Social networks vs public and private services
Methods and Models are also examined
to better understand strengths and weaknesses of various approachs, to the local level
while Promoting Access to Information and Verification