'Estimating with confidence' and hindsight: New UK small-area population estimates for 1991

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 449-472

  Norman, Paul ^a   Simpson, Ludi ^b   Sabater, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census non response; Estimating with Confidence; Population time series; Small area population estimates

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57849084779     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.492     Document Type: Article

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