Updating small area population estimates in England and Wales

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-247

  Simpson, Stephen ^b   Diamond, Ian ^a   Tonkin, Pete ^b   Tye, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Estimating with confidence project; Multilevel modelling; Population estimation

Indexed keywords

AREA ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EUROPE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION GROWTH ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AREA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EUROPE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION GROWTH ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; METHODS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS; WALES;

EID: 0029715287     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2983171     Document Type: Article

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