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Responsive Survey Design, Demographic Data Collection, and Models of Demographic Behavior
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Demography (2011) 48 (3): 1127–1149.
Published: 25 June 2011
... on survey data. Together, this body of evidence shows how responsive survey design provides a methodological tool that can change the quality of demographic research based on survey data. The evidence also provides one of the first evaluations of the substantive consequences of implementing responsive...
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Panel Conditioning in Longitudinal Studies: Evidence From Labor Force Items in the Current Population Survey
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Demography (2012) 49 (4): 1499–1519.
Published: 15 August 2012
... otherwise equivalent respondents who are participating in the CPS for the first time. The results cannot be attributed to panel attrition or mode effects. We discuss implications for CPS-based research and policy as well as for survey methodology more broadly. 28 6 2012 15 8 2012 ©...
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Strength of attachment: Survey coverage of people with tenuous ties to residences
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Demography (2007) 44 (2): 427–440.
Published: 01 May 2007
...Elizabeth Martin Abstract This article draws on evidence from an exploratory survey of living situations to assess the validity of assumptions about residence and to offer methodological innovations to improve coverage of people with tenuous attachment to households. These innovations include more...
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How Has Elderly Migration Changed in the Twenty-First Century? What the Data Can— and Cannot —Tell Us
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Demography (2016) 53 (4): 1011–1025.
Published: 24 May 2016
.../poverty/about/datasources/factsheet.html for a comparison of the survey methodology and population universe of the CPS and ACS, and Willekens ( 2016 ) for a more general discussion of the challenges and issues in measuring migration. 3 The standard error formula is p 1 − p / n...
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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 Census . Stout, D. 1997 (March 23). “Officials Start Early in Defending 2000 Census.” The New York Times, p. A23. Sudrnan , S. , Bradburn , N.M. , & Schwarz , N. ( 1996 ). Thinking About Answers: The Application of Cognitive Processes to Survey Methodology . San Francisco...
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Water, Sanitation, and Child Health: Evidence From Subnational Panel Data in 59 Countries
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Demography (2019) 56 (2): 729–752.
Published: 28 February 2019
.... O. , & Rojas , G. ( 2006 ). Guide to DHS statistics: Demographic and health surveys methodology . Calverton, MD : ORC Macro . Schmidt , W.-P. ( 2014 ). The elusive effect of water and sanitation on the global burden of disease . Tropical Medicine & International Health...
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1525–1546.
Published: 01 August 2021
... for estimating adult mortality: Evidence from a survey experiment in Rwanda . Demography , 54 , 1503 – 1528 . Feehan D. M. , & Salganik M. J. ( 2016a ). Generalizing the network scale-up method: A new estimator for the size of hidden populations . Sociological Methodology , 46 , 153...
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View articletitled, Estimating Adult Death Rates From Sibling Histories: A Network Approach
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Field experience in estimating population growth
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 228–243.
Published: 01 March 1967
...). The basic purpose of all these surveys is to provide reliable estimates of population growth rates for various areas within each of the countries. All the surveys under consideration are single-purpose, continuing, nation-wide studies, using fixed, area samples. The basic methodology of the studies...
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Multidimensional Life Table Estimation of the Total Fertility Rate and Its Components
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Demography (2013) 50 (4): 1387–1395.
Published: 21 December 2012
... in the sense that they can be tabulated by categories or selected values of one socioeconomic variable while controlling for other socioeconomic variables. The methodology is applied to birth history data, in the form of actual birth histories from a fertility survey or reconstructed birth histories derived...
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Sample registration in India
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 374–387.
Published: 01 March 1967
... depending upon the stage of implementation by March, 1967. Essential elements of the project for each unit are: (1) continuous registration of vital events by a paid part-time local enumerator, (2) a six-month household survey to detect births and deaths which occurred during the previous six months, and (3...
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The Association Between Legal Status and Poverty Among Immigrants: A Methodological Caution
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2327–2335.
Published: 29 October 2020
... experiments carried out by Van Hook et al. ( 2015 ), the findings call for a more cautious approach to interpreting research results based on legal status imputations and for greater attention to potential biases introduced by various methodological approaches to inferring individuals’ legal status in survey...
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The Demographic Transition in Southern Africa: Reviewing the Evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe
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Demography (1994) 31 (2): 217–227.
Published: 01 May 1994
... or attend secondary school all indicate that the differences are, in fact, significant. This is true in both Botswana and Zimbabwe. Blanc and Rutstein also claim that these differences do not account for any of the observed decline in fertility between the surveys of women age 15 to 49. Their methodology...
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Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: Report from a technical working group
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Demography (2004) 41 (3): 417–441.
Published: 01 August 2004
... inconsistencies across national surveys in trends in activity limitations among the older population. The 12-person panel prepared estimates from five national data sets and investigated methodological sources of the inconsistencies among the population aged 70 and older from the early 1980s to 2001. Although...
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Refusal Bias in the Estimation of HIV Prevalence
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Demography (2014) 51 (3): 1131–1157.
Published: 02 May 2014
...Wendy Janssens; Jacques van der Gaag; Tobias F. Rinke de Wit; Zlata Tanović Abstract In 2007, UNAIDS corrected estimates of global HIV prevalence downward from 40 million to 33 million based on a methodological shift from sentinel surveillance to population-based surveys. Since then, population...
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Multivariate analysis of parity progression–based measures of the total fertility rate and its components
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Demography (2010) 47 (1): 97–124.
Published: 01 February 2010
... models that are considered. The methodology is applicable to both period and cohort data. It is illustrated by application to data from the 1993, 1998, and 2003 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in the Philippines. 27 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2010 2010 Total...
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Toward a New Approach to Creating Population-Representative Data for Demographic Research
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Demography (2024) 61 (6): 1759–1791.
Published: 01 December 2024
... ). This widespread internet use has motivated rapid advances in applications of survey methodology to web-based data collection, revealing the many advantages of the web mode for population science ( Biemer et al. 2022 ; Tourangeau et al. 2013 ). Perhaps the most important advantage is the privacy with which...
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The Effect(s) of Teen Pregnancy: Reconciling Theory, Methods, and Findings
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Demography (2016) 53 (1): 85–116.
Published: 11 January 2016
... effects, and different methodological approaches provide some support for each perspective. We reconcile this ongoing debate by drawing on two heuristics: (1) each methodological strategy emphasizes different women in estimation procedures, and (2) the effects of teenage fertility likely vary...
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A Sensitivity Analysis of Repeat Migration Attrition in the Study of Migrant Adjustment: The Case of Bangkok
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Demography (1994) 31 (4): 585–592.
Published: 01 November 1994
... and Environment , 8 , 41 – 62 . 10.1007/BF01263016 Findley S.E. ( 1982 ). Migration Survey Methodologies: A Review of Design Issues . Liege : International Union for the Scientific Study of Population . Fuller T.D. ( 1981 ). Migrant-Native Socioeconomic Differentials in Thailand...
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Causes and consequences of early-life health
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Demography (2010) 47 (Suppl 1): S65–S85.
Published: 01 March 2010
...Anne Case; Christina Paxson Abstract We examine the consequences of child health for economic and health outcomes in adulthood, using height as a marker of childhood health. After reviewing previous evidence, we present a conceptual framework that highlights data limitations and methodological...
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Cohort migration
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 416–422.
Published: 01 June 1966
... approach to obtaining suitable data. A schematic representation of residence histories clarifies their relation to other types of migration data and illustrates the need to design such surveys with specific research purposes in mind. Exploratory work with the 1958 Residence History Supplement...
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