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Provisional evaluation of the 1970 census count of American Indians
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Demography (1976) 13 (3): 397–409.
Published: 01 August 1976
... the estimates indicate net overcounts in the census. Likewise, the net increase of the entire American Indian population as measured by the difference between the 1960 and 1970 censuses is 67,000 greater than the natural increase for the decade. Detailed analysis of cohort data with respect to the possible...
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A Count of the Uncountable: Estimates of Undocumented Aliens Counted in the 1980 United States Census
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Demography (1987) 24 (3): 375–393.
Published: 01 August 1987
...Robert Warren; Jeffrey S. Passel 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Current Population Survey Undocumented Immigrant Entry Cohort Census Count Naturalize Citizen References Bean , F. D. , King , A. G. , & Passel , J. S. ( 1983...
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How much do we count? interpretation and error-making in the decennial census
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Demography (1999) 36 (1): 121–134.
Published: 01 February 1999
... of the Section on Survey Research Methods (pp. 293 – 98 ). Alexandria, VA : American Statistical Association . HOW MUCH DO WE COUNT? INTERPRETATION AND ERROR-MAKING IN THE DECENNIAL CENSUS· ROBERTA REHNER IVERSEN, FRANK F. FURSTENBERG, JR., AND ALI SA A. BELZER Following a critique ofthe 1990 decennial...
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Household and Living Arrangement Projections at the Subnational Level: An Extended Cohort-Component Approach
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 827–852.
Published: 04 December 2012
..., and population sizes–gender structures at the subnational level in the United States. Comparisons of projections from 1990 to 2000 using this approach with census counts in 2000 for each of the 50 states and Washington, DC show that 68.0 %, 17.0 %, 11.2 %, and 3.8 % of the absolute percentage errors are <3.0...
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Reconstructing the size of the African American population by age and sex, 1930–1990
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Demography (1998) 35 (1): 1–21.
Published: 01 February 1998
... themselves as the basis of estimation. It takes advantage of the multiple observations that are avail- able on the size of a cohort across different censuses, Byex- amining census counts for particular cohorts in successive censuses, it identifies systematic census errors associated with age and census date...
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A new evaluation of United States census data on the extreme aged
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Demography (1979) 16 (2): 279–288.
Published: 01 May 1979
..., the data for whites show remarkable correspondence; the tally for nonwhites developed from death records falls considerably short of the census count, indicating a greater overstatement of age in the latter source. 8 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1979 1979 Census Data Death...
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An assessment of the accuracy of a regional economic-demographic projection model
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Demography (1984) 21 (3): 383–404.
Published: 01 August 1984
... populations for 1980, using 1970 base data, for 106 counties and 553 places in two states. Comparisons of the model’s projections to 1980 Census counts reveal mean percentage absolute differences of 10 percent for counties and 14 percent for places. In addition, the model’s accuracy was comparable...
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Confidence Intervals for Postcensal State Population Estimates
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Demography (1982) 19 (2): 191–210.
Published: 01 May 1982
... estimation period. These results, combined with the number of postcensal deaths and the most current census counts, are translated into confidence intervals for the age structure. Two approaches are offered for constructing total population confidence intervals. One examines a simulated distribution while...
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Estimating the Approximate Size of The Illegal Alien Population in the United States by the Comparative Trend Analysis of Age-Specific Death Rates
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Demography (1980) 17 (2): 159–176.
Published: 01 May 1980
... the findings of this study, it is pertinent to as- certain the validity of these basic assump- tions. First, it is probable that some illegal al- iens were enumerated in the 1960 and 1970 censuses. If a considerable number of these were counted (i.e., numbering in the hundreds of thousands), we would ex- pect...
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Foreign-Born Emigration from the United States: 1960 To 1970
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Demography (1980) 17 (1): 71–84.
Published: 01 February 1980
...Robert Warren; Jennifer Marks Peck Abstract This paper presents estimates of emigration of foreign-born persons by age and sex for 1960 to 1970, based on 1960 and 1970 census counts of the foreign-born population, adjusted life table survival rates, and annual statistics on alien immigration...
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Circular, invisible, and ambiguous migrants: Components of difference in estimates of the number of unauthorized Mexican migrants in the United States
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Demography (2001) 38 (3): 411–422.
Published: 01 August 2001
..., and ambiguous migrants. Such differences not only can have important policy implications; they can also be sizable and can operate in opposite directions, as illustrated by findings from a components-of-difference analysis. The results are also extrapolated to 2000, and implications for 2000 census counts...
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Census adjustment and the distribution of federal spending
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Demography (1992) 29 (3): 319–332.
Published: 01 August 1992
.... The probability that either a white person and/or black person would be uncounted by the census was lower in 1980 and 1990 than in any of the previous censuses for which undercount estimates have been made. Yet despite the improved counts for both blacks and whites, the 1990 census understates blacks' population...
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Demography (2023) 60 (6): 1903–1921.
Published: 01 December 2023
...-to-count neighborhoods in future censuses. To answer our research questions, we analyzed data collected from a sample of 173 census blocks in California. To ensure geographic diversity, we sought a sample that would capture a high level of environmental variation in terms of land cover...
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Revising Infant Mortality Rates for the Early Twentieth Century United States
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Demography (2018) 55 (6): 2001–2024.
Published: 02 November 2018
... whites only, and the nonwhite rates are for blacks. Foreign-born whites and nonblack nonwhites are excluded from the current estimates. 13 The 1930 and 1940 censuses were conducted on April 1, so the census counts do not align with the vital statistics data reported by calendar year. Our...
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More Than One Million New American Indians in 2000: Who Are They?
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Demography (2014) 51 (3): 1101–1130.
Published: 10 April 2014
... of the biological natural increase of Indians can be gained from the data for successive censuses.” Before 1960, enumerator inconsistencies and Census Bureau policies tended to minimize the American Indian count. When enumerators discerned each person’s race through observation or assumption (before 1960), American...
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Demography (2022) 59 (5): 1713–1737.
Published: 01 October 2022
.... Information on internal migration between counties and districts is also obtained from national censuses. This is based on questions about a migrant's location of residence one year ago. We calculated in- and out-migration counts by age-group, for each region and each census. For the 2009 census...
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View articletitled, A Bayesian Cohort Component Projection Model to Estimate Women of Reproductive Age at the Subnational Level in Data-Sparse Settings
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Changing Identification among American Indians and Alaska Natives
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Demography (1993) 30 (4): 635–652.
Published: 01 November 1993
... to the dispersal of the Indian population, we need measures of the inconsistency of census counts for different regions when the 1980 counts are compared to those from prior censuses. To assess the contribution of migration, we can examine lifetime (birth to 1980 residence) migration flows between regions...
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A technique for estimating life expectancy with crude vital rates
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Demography (1976) 13 (2): 259–272.
Published: 01 May 1976
... for estimating the movement of life expectancy in certain European nations in the period prior to regular census taking. There are a number of nations and regions in Europe for which long series of birth and death rates are available but for which census age counts are widely spaced. 26 1 2011 ©...
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An Evaluation of new estimates of the negro population
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Demography (1965) 2 (1): 630–639.
Published: 01 March 1965
... the estimates and the census counts would be larger, and, therefore, the enumeration errors would be larger. However, increas- ing the error in the registration of deaths in 1930 would not, given the described procedure, affect the estimated 1940 pop- ulation. Considering all censuses, rather than just the 1930...
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