The north atlantic population project an overview

Historical Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-88

  Roberts, Evan ^a   Ruggles, Steven ^a   Dillon, Lisa Y ^b   Gardarsdóttir, Ólöf ^c   Oldervoll, Jan ^d   Thorvaldsen, Gunnar ^e   Woollard, Matthew ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Statistics Iceland   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census; Harmonization; Microdata; North atlantic population project (NAPP)

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHY;

CANADA; ICELAND; NORWAY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042020322     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615440309601217     Document Type: Article

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