The forecast accuracy of Australian Bureau of Statistics national population projections

Journal of Population Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-117

  Wilson, Tom ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Australian Bureau of Statistics; Error; Forecast accuracy; Population projections

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ERROR ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; FORECASTING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICAL DATA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 35348823083     PISSN: 14432447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03031880     Document Type: Article

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