Estimating the accuracy of geographic variation in indigenous population counts

Australian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-484

  Taylor, John ^a   Biddle, Nicholas ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demography; Indigenous population; Indigenous population change; Net migration census

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION POLICY;

EID: 78649660803     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2010.519695     Document Type: Article

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