The use of a new indirect method to estimate ethnic-group fertility rates for subnational projections for England

Population Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-64

  Norman, Paul ^a   Rees, Philip ^a   Wohland, Pia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

birth statistics; ethnic fertility; ethnic projections; plausibility ranges; subnational estimates

Indexed keywords

AGE; CENSUS; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; ETHNIC GROUP; FERTILITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BIRTH RATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH RATE; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895067236     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2013.810300     Document Type: Article

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