A Comparative Evaluation of Error and Bias in Census Tract-Level Age/Sex-Specific Population Estimates: Component I (Net-Migration) vs Component III (Hamilton-Perry)

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 919-942

  Baker, Jack ^a   Alcantara, Adelamar ^a   Ruan, Xiaomin ^a   Watkins, Kendra ^b   Vasan, Srini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Mid Region Council of Governments   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied demography; Census tracts; Component I; Component III; Hamilton Perry; Small area population estimates

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84888022485     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-013-9295-4     Document Type: Article

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