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UNIVE RSITY OF KABIA NGA

UNIVE RSITY EXAMI NATIO NS

2022/2 023 ACADE MIC YEAR

FOURT H YEAR FIRST SEMES TER EXAMI NATIO N

FOR THE DEGRE E OF BACHE LOR OF SCIEN CE

IN APPLIE D ST-ATI STICS WITH COMP UTING

COURS E CODE: STA42 0

COURS E TITLE: STATIS TICAL DEMOG RAPHY

DATE: 9TH DECEM BER, 2022 TIME: 2.00 P.M - 5.00 P.M

INSTR UCTIO NS TO CANDI DATES

1. This paper consists of (4) printed pages.

2. Answer question 1 and any OTHER TWO questions.
MAIN EXAMI NATION MAIN CAMPUS
QL(30 MKS) COMPU LSORY

(2mks)
(a) Differentiate between Annual M ortality Rate and Annual Materna l M01tality Rate

(2mks)
(b) Compare and contrast Fertility and Fecundit y.
30 and 31 for a particula r group are
(c) Given that the complete expectation of life at ages
the
respectively 2 1.39 and 20.91 years and that the number living at age 30 is 41 ,176, find
(2mks)
number that attains the age 3 1.

by
(d) The followin g data gives the number of women in child bearing ages and yearly births
quinquennial age groups for a city.

15-19 20-24 25 -29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49

Age group
16 15 14 13 12 I1 9
Female pop. In ('000)
17 10 2 100 1430 960 330 36
Births _400
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Calculate:
-- R (2mks)
i) The general Fert111ty ate. k )
·1· R (2m s
ii) The Tota1 Fertt 1ty ate. . . . . ?
iii) If the ratio of male to female children 1s 13: 12, ·what 1s the Gross Reproduction Rate·
.,_,..J' 1 '
"' (2mks)
(e) What is a population pyramid? ,
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c...\/
~~~-mk)
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e~o- ~->~~ ..
(f) Using graph sketches, discuss three shapes of population pyrami~s that are u sually exh1b1ted
by different populations, in each case, give an example of a Nation whose popul~eJ? 1
~ - --'I ·
structure mirrors the one under discussion. 5\-1,:,\<2,,,. {6mks)
· (g) Describe-four-probability sample survey designs a demographer can use to carry out a samp le
· l~ ~ck ~
survey in a given popu lation. ~S ~ (4mks)
(h) ~ c...-- -> tv---"-- s-r~'
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•Y> /4../o- vvJ J vcl ....._ K---~ -
i) What is a Life Table? ...-- o- \,,'> -..- r '-.,..e. \(imk)
~ \,-- 'J , /l J -e.,_,..,' '
ii) Complete the following Life le and explain the meanings of £tf and every symbol at the
titles of the colmm1s. ~ ~ d _ t.,, .:;:..S "'"'S ~ -"' h ~ l y} ~l~1~ f ¼ r LS
\.Ls.~4_ b r<--(7· fw.-- ~ , r-n0<1--l ,.c, ~ ~ 0
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~ \. · ......... ()~ ~ v-lo.. f-,.,:,.,,_~
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-e...n h ·,....e llh /, ~e ·
Ae:e (x) Ix dx Px Qx Lx Tx Cx mx
30 762227 ? ? ? ? 27296732 ? ?

31 758580 ?

32

02 (20 MKS) OPTIONAL

a) Given_ that Individuals in a population of size N x at exact age x al l have a probability of dying
9x ?unng one year. Ass~1~1ing that there is no migration, prove that the variance of ff x (the
~st1mator for the proba_b rhty of dying 9x) can be expressed as:

~ ) = q;(l -
var (qx
ffx)
Dx

Where Dx is the obser ved number of deaths.

(5mks)

b) The fo llowing figures ·were given as the mortality rates q, of a certain Life Table at the ages
0, 1,2,3, 4 and 5 for the year 1935 .

2
r
d 0.0193
48 7, 0.0 91 8, 0.0 56 4, 0.0392, 0.0274, an
0.2
the various ages and
ca lcu lat e the va lue s of Ix, dx, Px, and Lx for (9mks)
as 10,000
Takin g the sta rti ng Ix
th e relevant table.
di spl2,y yo ur va lu es in
(2mks)
uc tio n Ra te an d Gr oss Reproductio n Rate.
ee n Ne t Repr od (4mks)
c) Di fferentia te be tw g St an da rd Death Rates.
od s of de ter mi nin
d) Describ e two m eth

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03 (20 M K S) O PT IO
NAL · f\il P.-P -:: 0t2 ·
(l lm ks )
data giveh 'below.
s an d net rep rodu ction rates from the
a) Co mp ut e the gros 45 -49
35-39 40-44
20-24 25 -29 30-34 1401
Ag e gr ou ps 15-19 1627 15 22
111 2 1595 1629 800
Fe m al e po p ('0 00 ) 1558 34900 10800
_7) 100 96900 64200 - 0.813
Fe m al e birth s 18900 0.852 0.834
0.884 0.868
0.914 0.899 (t,Y""J \, l JV Y' '
Su rv iv al rates wS fp. ~ ~lQ_
~ 1~ /-
- U2 ~L.nli\.S)
e specific death rate.
~

n crude death rate and ag

b) Differentiate betwee
asure mortality
ard de ath rat e an d no t crude death rate to me (lm k)
use stand
c) Why is it better to
rates? A~ ru2-
ion from the following
an dard ised De ath Ra tes of the local populat
e and St popu lation. What
d) Calculate the Crud e De ath Rate of the standard
m wi th the Cr ud (6mks )
data and compare the so n?
from the co mp ari d·
inference do yo u draw
R l:.L) :.:::- l".I · 'f ~ l ~R(S p) = t~-i
Cb -f' • __ )
&~A- (1 -) :- 0 , ui'
Lo ca l Po pu lat ion Po pu lat ion
Po pu lat ion De at hs
Age gr ou p S tan da rd
De ath s w i:, ?( ~
Po p ula tion
L{ O
400 16 ~ te
18
0- l 0 600

10-20 1,000
5 1,500 6 L~
t
2,400 24
24 ;f 7
20 -60 3,000
700 21 [iv-
20 ·
60 -100 400
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AL
04 (20 MKS) OPTION (4 mks)
of Nupliality Ta bles.
a) Discuss four uses

I
 0, 1, 2, 3 ... , 100 is given by the series 100, 99,
b) The Ix colum n ofa certain Life Table for ages
98, 97 ... ,0. Calcu late the following values: (7rnks)
0
e o, Ts, L7, 910, P20, e2s, and d10

th. (2mk s)
c) Discuss two general models of population grow

rabbits living at age x, comp lete the following '

d) Giv~n the following table :for Ix the number of
(7mks)
Lite Table for rabbits.

I5 - -
I 2 -· I:5 -- - ! 4 --

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-

I: I 80 I60 I30 I: I
QS (20MKS} OPTIONAL

le surveys. . (4mks)
a) Discu ss the four principles of d.emographic samp
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ....... .. is given by the series
b) The Ix colum n of a certain life table for ages 0,
and Lx colum ns for ages 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
1000, 983,9 67,95 2,938 , 925 ... Calculate dx, qx, px,
(12mks)
iality (4mks )
c) Discu ss the nature of some four measurers of Nupt
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