Last of the censuses? The future of small area population data

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-18

  Martin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative review; Enumeration; Geographical referencing; Output area; UK population census

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; NEIGHBORHOOD;

EID: 33645324060     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2006.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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