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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 (1978) 15 (4): 509–521.
Published: 01 November 1978
...James Patrick Manyenye Ntozi Abstract This paper presents, tests, applies, and compares methods that utilize age data collected at consecutive censuses to examine and adjust for age and coverage errors. The Demeny-Shorter method, for example, was devised for this purpose, and its flexibility...
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Demography (1971) 8 (4): 441–450.
Published: 01 November 1971
... and an argument similar to the one leading to Scheffé's method of multiple comparison. From the family of prediction intervals, an upper limit of the total absolute deviation Σ | X iT − e iT | is obtained, and the ratio of this limit to the projected total population is proposed as a measure of the relative...
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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 (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...
View articletitled, Accuracy of <span class="search-highlight">methods</span> of preparing postcensal population estimates for states and local areas
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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...
View articletitled, An assessment of <span class="search-highlight">methods</span> for estimating adult mortality from two sets of data on maternal orphanhood
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Demography (1981) 18 (2): 217–230.
Published: 01 May 1981
...Kenneth G. Manton; Eric Stallard Abstract A method of analyzing mortality rates in heterogeneous populations is presented. This method, appropriate for the investigation of mortality rates in small geographic areas (e.g., counties) where the forces of mobility operate to selectively “package...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Methods</span> for the Analysis of Mortality Risks Across Heterogeneous Small Populations: Examination of Space-Time Gradients in Cancer Mortality in North Carolina Counties 1970–75
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for article titled, <span class="search-highlight">Methods</span> for the Analysis of Mortality Risks Across Heterogeneous Small Populations: Examination of Space-Time Gradients in Cancer Mortality in North Carolina Counties 1970–75
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Demography (1981) 18 (3): 389–410.
Published: 01 August 1981
...Kenneth G. Manton; Eric Stallard; James W. Vaupel Abstract Methods are presented which produce Maximum Likelihood Estimates (MLE) of the degree of heterogeneity in individual mortality risks under a variety of assumptions about the age trajectory of those mortality risks. With these estimates...
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Demography (1969) 6 (3): 335–346.
Published: 01 August 1969
... through the Baltimore public services were analyzed. The type of method a woman used was found to be the most important factor affecting her probability of continuing contraception. Her age, race, and how long she had been using the method also influenced this probability. The strictness of the criteria...
View articletitled, Factors influencing contraception continuation rates: The oral and the intrauterine <span class="search-highlight">methods</span>
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Demography (1972) 9 (4): 617–624.
Published: 01 November 1972
... ). Demographic accounting and model-building (pp. 113 – 120 ). Paris : O.E.C.D. . Thonstad , T. ( 1969 ). Education and Manpower: Theoretical Models and Emipircal Applications . Toronto : University of Toronto Press . DEMOGRAPHY Volume 9, Number 4 November 1972 METHODS FOR MEASURING SCHOOL...
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Demography (1968) 5 (2): 931–940.
Published: 01 June 1968
...Christopher Tietze; Sarah Lewit 15 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1968 1968 Family Planning Pregnancy Rate Life Table Contraceptive Method Unintended Pregnancy References 1 MacLeod , J. , & Tietze , C. ( 1964 ). Control of Reproductive...
View articletitled, Statistical evaluation of contraceptive <span class="search-highlight">methods</span>: Use-effectiveness and extended use-effectiveness
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in Access to the Emergency Contraceptive Pill and Women's Reproductive Health: Evidence From Public Reform in Chile
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Published: 01 December 2021
Fig. 6 Coverage of alternative contraceptive methods used in Chile. Administrative data on all contraceptive disbursements provided by the public health system were transcribed (at the health service level) from the full Monthly Health Statistics (Resúmen de Estadísticas Mensuales
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Demography (1965) 2 (1): 289–301.
Published: 01 March 1965
... METHODS, BASED ON PERIODICALLY REPEATED INTER- VIEWS, AIMED AT DETERMINING DEMOGRAPHIC RATES CARMEN ARRETX G. AND JORGE L. SOMOZA Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia: Santiago, Chile La mayoria de los pafses menos desarrollados no pueden medir las tasas de natalidad y mortalidad debido afallas en el...
View articletitled, Survey <span class="search-highlight">methods</span>, based on periodically repeated interviews, aimed at determining demographic rates
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Demography (1965) 2 (1): 414–428.
Published: 01 March 1965
... fecundidad por cohortes podría proporcionar distribuciones razonables de los nacimientos por edad de la madre, y de la mujeres según la paridez al término del período de fecundidad, y permitiría elaborar proyecciones aceptables a corto y a largo plazo. Total Fertility Rate Fertility Method Birth...
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Published: 28 January 2020
Fig. 1 Absolute error (births/woman) in TFR over alternative methods and data sets. Solid dots are at median error for each method and data set. Horizontal bars extend from the 10th to 90th percentile of error. Numbers in parentheses indicate the count of schedules for which it is possible
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Demography (2003) 40 (1): 1–22.
Published: 01 February 2003
...Fiona Steele; Siân Curtis Abstract The contraceptive method chosen is an important determinant of contraceptive discontinuation. However, method choice is endogenous to contraceptive discontinuation. Using data from the 1997 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey, we apply a multilevel...
View articletitled, Appropriate <span class="search-highlight">methods</span> for analyzing the effect of <span class="search-highlight">method</span> choice on contraceptive discontinuation
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Demography (2005) 42 (1): 23–49.
Published: 01 February 2005
...John Bongaarts Abstract In the study reported here, I had two objectives: (1) to test a new version of the logistic model for the pattern of change over time in age-specific adult mortality rates and (2) to develop a new method for projecting future trends in adult mortality. A test of the goodness...
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Demography (2014) 51 (2): 699–726.
Published: 26 February 2014
... the foreign-born in the United States, we compile new evidence about the coverage of the Mexican-born population in the 2000 census and 2001–2010 American Community Survey (ACS) using three techniques: a death registration, a birth registration, and a net migration method. For the late 1990s and first half...
View articletitled, Recent Trends in Coverage of the Mexican-Born Population of the United States: Results From Applying Multiple <span class="search-highlight">Methods</span> Across Time
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Demography (2011) 48 (1): 211–239.
Published: 26 February 2011
...Vladimir M. Shkolnikov; Evgeny M. Andreev; Zhen Zhang; James Oeppen; James W. Vaupel Abstract Patterns of diversity in age at death are examined using e † , a dispersion measure that equals the average expected lifetime lost at death. We apply two methods for decomposing differences in e...
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View articletitled, Losses of Expected Lifetime in the United States and Other Developed Countries: <span class="search-highlight">Methods</span> and Empirical Analyses
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Demography (2016) 53 (1): 85–116.
Published: 11 January 2016
..., and propensity score methods. More rigorous studies have found that teenage childbearing has negative effects on later education or wages (Ashcraft et al. 2013 ; Hoffman et al. 1993 ; Stange 2011 ), and although effects are smaller than originally suspected, they vary considerably across methods and samples...
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View articletitled, The Effect(s) of Teen Pregnancy: Reconciling Theory, <span class="search-highlight">Methods</span>, and Findings
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