Emerging Techniques in Applied Demography

By bringing together top-notch demographers, sociologists, economists, statisticians and public health specialists from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America to examine a wide variety of public and private issues in applied demography, this book spans a wide range of topics. It evaluates populatio...

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Published in:Springer eBooks
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hoque, M.Nazrul (Editor), B. Potter, Lloyd (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:Applied Demography Series,
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8990-5
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • INTRODUCTION: Chapter 1:  Introduction: Md. Nazrul Hoque and Lloyd Potter
  • SECTION 1: Chapter 2: An Evaluation of Population Forecast Errors for Florida and its Counties, 1980-2010: Stanley K. Smith and Stefan Rayer
  • Chapter 3: Simplifying Local Area Population and Household Projections with POPART: Tom Wilson
  • Chapter 4:  The Net Undercount of Children in the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census: Dr. William P. O'Hare
  • Chapter 5: Mathematical Modeling and Projecting Population of Bangladesh by Age and Sex from 2002 to 2031: Md. Rafiqul Islam and Md. Nazrul Hoque
  • SECTION 2: Chapter 6: Sub-County Population Estimates Using Administrative Records: A Municipal-Level Case Study in New Mexico: Jack Baker, Adélamar Alcántara, Xiaomin Ruan, Daren Ruiz, and Nathan Crouse
  • Chapter 7: Housing-Unit Method in Comparison: The Virginia Case: Qian Cai and Rebecca Tippett
  • Chapter 8: On the Ratio-Correlation Regression Method of Population Estimation and Its Variants: David A. Swanson and Jeff Tayman
  • Chapter 9:  Assessing Accuracy in Postcensal Estimates: Statistical Properties of Different Measures: Howard Hogan and Mary H. Mulry
  • Chapter 10: Using Tax Data to Estimate the Number of Families and Households in Canada: Julien Bérard-Chagnon
  • SECTION 3: Chapter 11: Comparing Immigrant Education Levels and Resultant Labor Market Outcomes: the European versus the Native Born Experience in the United States: Cristina Bradatan and Laszlo J. Kulcsar
  • Chapter 12: Childbearing and the Labor Market: Time and Space Dynamics: Elena Kotyrlo
  • Chapter 13: Household Expenditure on Medical Care and Health in Australia: Farhat Yusuf and Stephen R. Leeder
  • Chapter 14: Mobile Home Population Displacement: The Case of Anchorage, Alaska: Donna Shai and Kristen Eaton
  • Chapter 15: Geography Is Destiny: Spatial Correlations in Poverty and Educational Attainment in a New Mexico School District: Srini Vasan, Adélamar Alcántara, Nomalanga Nefertari, Xiaomin Ruan, and Jack Baker
  • SECTION 4: Chapter 16: Alternative Strategies for Mapping ACS Estimates and Error of Estimation: Joe Francis, Nij Tontisirin, Sutee Anantsuksomsri, Jan Vink, and Viktor Zhong
  • Chapter 17: Older Moms Deliver: How Increased Births to Older Mothers Can Impact School Enrollment: Richard Lycan and Charles Rynerson
  • Chapter 18: Who Must Elect by District in California? A Demographer's Perspective on Methods for Assessing Racially Polarized Voting: Jeanne Gobalet  and Shelley Lapkoff
  • SECTION 5: Chapter 19: Individuals' Perceptions of Belonging to an Age Cohort and Consequential Cohort-Based Decision-Making: Alison Yacyshyn and  Kwame Boadu
  • Chapter 20: Access to Health Care on the International Border of Texas: Stephanie L. McFall and David W. Smith
  • Chapter 21: Factors Influencing Differentials in Rural-Urban Living Arrangements, Health Status, and Abuse of the Elderly in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh: Md. Ismail Tareque, Md. Nazrul Hoque, Towfiqa. M. Islam, Kazuo Kawahara, and Makiko Sugawa
  • Chapter 22: The Conceptualization and Measurement of the Homosexual, Heterosexual, and Bisexual Populations in the United States: Dudley L. Poston, Jr., and Yu-Ting Chang
  • Chapter 23: Demographic Attributes of Mississippi Nursing Students and Family Influences:Ronald E. Cossman, Jeralynn S. Cossman, and Philip B. Mason.