New methods of census record linking

Historical Methods

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Goeken, Ron ^a   Huynh, Lap ^a   Lynch, T A ^a   Vick, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

census samples; complete count; historical demography; microdata; record linkage

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; RECORD; SOFTWARE;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149368443     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2010.517152     Document Type: Article

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