Developments in dual system estimation of population size and growth / edited by Karol J. Krotki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krótki, Karol Józef.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dual record systems.

Population forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a dozen papers from experts in various parts of the world discussing the next stage in the development of the vastly expanding field of dual system estimation and providing some documentation of experiments with the method in francophone Africa and Liberia.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Role of PGE/ ERAD/ ECP Surveys Among the Endeavours to Secure More and Improved Demographic Data""; ""1.1 The need for improved demographic data""; ""1.2 An overview of the available techniques""; ""1.3 The theory behind the PGE/ ERAD/ ECP technique""; ""1.4 The PGE handbook and some essential PGE/ ERAD/ ECP features""; ""1.5 An ideal PGE/ ERAD/ ECP exercise""; ""1.6 An overview of the world uses of the PGE/ ERAD/ ECP technique""; ""1.7 Modes of securing the advantages of the technique""

""1.8 Inadvertent modes of destroying the advantages of the technique""""1.8.a: Matters affecting independence""; ""1.8.b: Matters affecting matching procedure""; ""1.8.c: Matters affecting samples""; ""1.8.d: Matters affecting organization""; ""1.9 Quasi PGE/ ERAD/ ECP estimates""; ""1.10 The paucity and importance of costing data""; ""1.11 The past history and the probable future of the technique""; ""Discussion""; ""Chapter 2 The State of the Art in Dual Systems for Measuring Population Change""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Sample design""; ""2.2.a: Some general sampling considerations""

""2.2.b: The need for realistic parameters""""2.2.c: Rotation designs""; ""2.2.d: Some aids to improved estimation""; ""2.3 The data collection elements of the dual collection system""; ""2.3.a: The essential elements of a dual collection system""; ""2.3.b: The continuous recording procedure""; ""2.3.c: The household survey procedure""; ""2.3.d: Matching procedures""; ""2.3.e: Field identification procedures and other factors common to both collection procedures""; ""2.4 Conclusion""; ""Discussion""; ""Chapter 3 Dual Estimation in Demography Employing Time Series and Cross Section Data""

""3.1 Introduction""""3.2 Pooling cross section and time series data""; ""3.3 Best estimator""; ""3.4 Suggested estimation strategies""; ""Estimator 1""; ""Estimator 2""; ""Estimator 3""; ""An appendix to chapter 3: Correlation pattern in Canadian data on births and deaths""; ""Discussion""; ""Chapter 4 Dual System Estimators Based on Multiplicity Surveys""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Counting rules""; ""4.3 Multiplicity estimators""; ""4.4 Dual system multiplicity estimators""; ""4.5 Variance of sample estimators""; ""4.6 Relative precision of different rules""; ""4.7 Conclusion""

""Appendix A to chapter 4: Variance of DSM sample estimators""""Appendix B to chapter 4: Simplification of Ω[sub(r)]""; ""Discussion""; ""Chapter 5 The Collection of Demographic Data in Francophone Africa and Liberia Using the PGE/ ERAD/ ECP System""; ""5.1 Dual collection""; ""5.2 Some observations""; ""5.3 Some undertakings in Madagascar""; ""5.4 The Tunisian experiment""; ""5.5 The case of Senegal and Cameroun""; ""5.6 An endeavour in Algeria""; ""5.7 Morocco: an extended experiment""; ""5.8 Dual collection in Liberia""; ""Discussion""

""Chapter 6 The Egyptian Study to Measure Vital Rates: Some Estimates by Dual Collection""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

ISBN:

1-4593-0461-6

1-4175-9189-7