UN Population Division's Methodology in Preparing Base Population for Projections: Case study for India

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 274-303

  Gerland, Patrick ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

census evaluation; cohort reconstruction; demographic estimation; India; intercensal changes; population projection

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ESTIMATION METHOD; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; UNITED NATIONS;

INDIA;

EID: 85027934093     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2014.947059     Document Type: Article

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