Linking death certificates to early census records: The african american matched records sample

Historical Methods

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-74

  Rosenwaike, Ira ^a   Hill, Mark E ^a   Preston, Samuel H ^a   Elo, Irma T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CENSUS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD;

USA;

EID: 0031850389     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615449809601189     Document Type: Article

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