New directions in the development of population estimates in the United States?

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 797-818

  Swanson, David A ^a   McKibben, Jerome N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b McKibben Demographic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

EMAF; Housing units; Master address file; Population estimates

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650693978     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-009-9164-3     Document Type: Article

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