State and Local Population Projections: Methodology and Analysis

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This book focuses on the methodology and analysis of state and local population projections. It describes the most commonly used data sources and application techniques within each of three classes of projection methods (cohort-component, trend extrapolation, and structural models) and covers the components of population growth, the formation of assumptions, the development of evaluation criteria, and the determinants of forecast accuracy. It considers the strengths and weaknesses of various projection methods, paying special attention to the unique problems of making projections for small areas, and closes with an examination of technological and methodological changes affecting the production of small-area population projections.rnThe authors provide practical guidance to demographers, planners, and other analysts called on to construct state and local population projections. They use many examples and illustrations and presents suggestions for dealing with special populations, unique circumtances, and inadequate or unreliable data; they also describe techniques for controlling one set of projections to another and for interpolating between two projections. They discuss the role of judgment and the importance of the political context in which projections are made. The emphasize the

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Ketersediaan

B0000526

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis

No. Panggil

304.6 SMI s

Penerbit

New York. : Kluwer Academics/Plenum Publishers., 2001

Deskripsi Fisik

xvi,426p.;illus;23.5 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-306-46493-4

Klasifikasi

304.6

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Tipe Media

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Subjek

POPULATION FORECASTING - METHODOLOGY
POPULATION RESEARCH - METHODOLOGY

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