Population and Health

Abstract

Of numerous attempts to describe population and related problems which are currently under way, a prevalent tendency appears to be to approach the crux of the problems only by quantitative methods. While it appears misleading to view population and related problems disregarding the figures and statistics, many specialists in the field begin to recognize the importance of a qualitative approach, especially when the problems are approached from the angle of medical and public health view points. It is not an easy task, however, to successfully employ both the quantitative and qualitative methods simultaneously. Also, no specific methods ever seem to have been devisei to meet the above objective. Many meth 퍼s can be tried... including the demographic method, genetic and eugenic method, and others for this purpose. The applicability of a given methodology varies from a country to another, and this could form an obstacle in successfully employing the dual methods. The following will discuss some of the qualitative aspects which need to be considered in the study of population.