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contexts > demography > composition of the population
contexts > population characteristics > demography > composition of the population

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composition of the population  

Definition

  • Population composition refers to the distribution within a population of one or more individually defined traits that influence population comparisons or demographic phenomena. The individual traits or variables to which population composition refers are usually those believed to have major significance for the uses of population data. [Source: Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census; Composition of the Population]

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