Recent Trends in Coverage of the Mexican-Born Population of the United States: Results From Applying Multiple Methods Across Time

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 699-726

  Van Hook, Jennifer ^a   Bean, Frank D ^b   Bachmeier, James D ^c   Tucker, Catherine ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coverage error; Enumeration error; Mexican foreign born

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897511703     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0280-2     Document Type: Article

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