Enhancing the population census: A time series for sub-national areas with age, sex, and ethnic group dimensions in England and Wales, 1991-2001

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1461-1477

  Sabater, Albert ^a   Simpson, Ludi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England and Wales; Ethnic groups; Non response; Population change; Sub national areas

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CENSUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449494842     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830903125927     Document Type: Article

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