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Published: 19 May 2020
Fig. 2 Summary of the estimation methods for the cross-sectional models in rural and other urban areas of Kaduna and Oyo States. Individual exposure model: Diffusion-related variables are the individual’s recall of program variables with no correction for recall or acquiescent bias. Community
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Demography (1972) 9 (3): 443–453.
Published: 01 August 1972
...N. Krishnan Namboodiri Abstract The ratio-correlation method is one of several methods currently being used in the United States for making postcensal estimates of subnational units such as states and counties. It seems to have been commonly presumed by those writing on the subject that the working...
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Demography (2002) 39 (2): 287–310.
Published: 01 May 2002
...Carl P. Schmertmann Abstract I develop and demonstrate a simple formula for estimating age-specific event rates for a period from “before” and “after” cross sections. The general approach applies to a wide range of estimation problems in demography, the social sciences, and epidemiology. The method...
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Demography (1980) 17 (3): 323–339.
Published: 01 August 1980
...Stanley K. Smith; Bart B. Lewis Abstract The housing unit method of population estimation is often characterized as being imprecise and having an upward bias. We believe that the method itself cannot properly be characterized by a particular level of precision or direction of bias. Only specific...
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Demography (1978) 15 (2): 223–233.
Published: 01 May 1978
...Julia H. Martin; William J. Serow Abstract Studies of the relative accuracy of methods of estimating the population at the substate level have generally found that the greatest degree of accuracy is provided by the ratio-correlation, or regression, method. This paper reports on research aimed...
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Demography (2017) 54 (4): 1503–1528.
Published: 24 July 2017
.... In this article, we introduce the network survival method , a new approach for estimating adult death rates. We derive the precise conditions under which it produces consistent and unbiased estimates. Further, we develop an analytical framework for sensitivity analysis. To assess the performance of the network...
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Demography (1975) 12 (4): 645–660.
Published: 01 November 1975
...John Bongaarts Abstract A new method for the estimation of the mean and variance of fecundability is described. The data input required for this procedure is the distribution of the interval from marriage to first birth, or from the resumption of the conception risk after contraception...
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Demography (1964) 1 (1): 227–241.
Published: 01 March 1964
... Census Count Interstate Migration References 1 ( a ) Jacob S. Siegel, “Status of Research on Methods of Estimating State and Local Population,” in Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association (Washington, D.C., 1960), pp. 172–79; ( b ) Henry S. Shryock, Jr...
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Demography (2010) 47 (2): 369–392.
Published: 01 May 2010
... ). Generational Differences in Educational Attainment Among Mexican Americans . Social Science Quarterly , 77 , 363 – 74 . Demography, Volume 47-Number 2, May 2010: 369 392 369 T INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY IN THE POST-1965 IMMIGRATION ERA: ESTIMATES BY AN IMMIGRANT GENERATION COHORT METHOD* JULIE PARK...
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Demography (1991) 28 (2): 229–247.
Published: 01 May 1991
... . Population , 5 , 45 – 64 . 10.2307/1523911 Demography, Vol. 28, No.2, May 1991 Individual-Level Sterility: A New Method of Estimation with Application to Sub-Saharan Africa VIla Larsen Department of Sociology SUNY Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-4356 Jane Menken Department of Sociology...
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Fertility adaptation of rural-to-urban migrant women: A method of estimation applled to Korean women
Demography (1984) 21 (3): 339–345.
Published: 01 August 1984
... Fertility Differentials in Urban Areas . International Migration Review , 9 , 115 – 156 . 10.2307/3002746 DEMOGRAPHY© Volume 21, Number 3 August 1984 FERTILITY ADAPTATION OF RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRANT WOMEN: A METHOD OF ESTIMATION APPLlED'TO KOREAN WOMEN Stephen C. Farber Department of Economics...
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An assessment of methods for estimating adult mortality from two sets of data on maternal orphanhood
Demography (1986) 23 (3): 435–450.
Published: 01 August 1986
...Ian Timæus Abstract Survey and census data about the survival of respondents’ mothers have been used widely for the estimation of adult mortality. Four methods are described that combine two sets of orphanhood data and yield estimates for the intersurvey period. They are applied to enquiries...
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Demography (1983) 20 (3): 407–413.
Published: 01 August 1983
...Stanley K. Smith; Bart B. Lewis Abstract The housing unit method of population estimation is often characterized as being imprecise and having an upward bias. In an earlier paper we argued that the method itself cannot be properly characterized by a particular level of precision or direction...
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Demography (1980) 17 (3): 341–343.
Published: 01 August 1980
...W. P. O’Hare Abstract Evidence which has emerged in the past few years indicates that the relative accuracy of population estimates derived from the ratio-correlation method and the difference-correlation method varies from state to state. In assessing the possible reasons why neither technique...
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Demography (2004) 41 (2): 335–361.
Published: 01 May 2004
... 41-Number 2, May 2004: 335 361 335 A A NEW METHOD FOR CORRECTING UNDER- ESTIMATION OF DISABLED LIFE EXPECTANCY AND AN APPLICATION TO THE CHINESE OLDEST-OLD* ZENG YI, GU DANAN, AND KENNETH C. LAND This article demonstrates that disabled life expectancies that are based on conventional multistate life...
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Demography (1976) 13 (3): 369–379.
Published: 01 August 1976
...William O’Hare Abstract A new method of making population estimates is introduced and contrasted to the standard ratio-correlation method. The new method, called the “difference-correlation method,” produced population estimates for the counties of Michigan which had a smaller mean percentage error...
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Demography (1971) 8 (4): 525–536.
Published: 01 November 1971
..., but in populations practicing birth control the natural fertility schedule is disguised by the marital fertility rates in those age intervals in which control is exercised, the marital fertility rates being below the natural rates. This paper elaborates a method for estimating the natural fertility schedules...
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Demography (1973) 10 (2): 137–160.
Published: 01 May 1973
...Eugene P. Ericksen Abstract Past efforts of statistical demographers to compute postcensal population estimates for local units have been hampered by the fact that they have had to rely completely on symptomatic information. In this paper, a new method of postcensal estimation is presented in which...
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 475–484.
Published: 01 March 1968
... metodo revelo una eficacia relativa aceptable, con errores promedio de 3.6 a 5.8 por ciente, con exclusión de las areas que estan experimentando grandes anexiones. Summary This paper reports the results of a test of the relative accuracy of the housing unit method in the estimation of the population...
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Demography (1967) 4 (2): 464–478.
Published: 01 June 1967
... migración neta. Summary The focus of this paper is the development and testing of a method of estimating deaths which occur during a decade to aging birth and death cohorts, so that it may be possible to estimate net migration by the vital statistics (VS) method for age cohorts. Until now the VS method has...
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