The indirect estimation of migration methods for dealing with irregular, inadequate, and missing data
This unique book introduces an essential element in applied demographic analysis: a tool-kit for describing, smoothing, repairing and - in instances of totally missing data - inferring directional migration flows. Migration rates combine with fertility and mortality rates to shape the evolution of h...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009456504306719 |
| Sumario: | This unique book introduces an essential element in applied demographic analysis: a tool-kit for describing, smoothing, repairing and - in instances of totally missing data - inferring directional migration flows. Migration rates combine with fertility and mortality rates to shape the evolution of human populations. Demographers have found that all three generally exhibit persistent regularities in their age and spatial patterns, when changing levels are controlled for. Drawing on statistical descriptions of such regularities, it is often possible to improve the quality of the available data by smoothing irregular data, imposing the structures of borrowed and related data on unreliable data, and estimating missing data by indirect methods. Model migration schedules and log-linear models are presented as powerful methods for helping population researchers, historical demographers, geographers, and migration analysts work with the data available to them. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781282927841 9786612927843 9789048189151 |
