New Estimates of Fertility and Population in the United States /

Census decennial enumerations are utilized to achieve two useful estimates: (l) Annual series of estimates of births, birth rates, and fertility rates for the white population of the U.S. from 1855 to the present (the first set of data on an annual basis); (2) Adjusted single-year age distributions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coale, Ansley Johnson (Author)
Other Authors: Zelnik, Melvin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fertility.
Fecondite > États-Unis.
Fertility > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Part I. Introduction and Outline of Methods
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. General Statement of Methods
  • Part II. Principal Results: Annual White Births and Birth Rates; The Long-Term Trend in Fertility; Completeness of Enumeration
  • Chapter 3. White Births and Birth Rates in the United States since 1855
  • Chapter 4. Long-Term Fertility Trends in the United States Compared to Those in Selected European Countries
  • Chapter 5. Estimates of Census Enumeration Errors
  • Part III. Techniques of Analysis and Estimation
  • Chapter 6. The Relation between Total Fertility and the Birth Rate
  • Chapter 7. Adjusting for Age Heaping
  • Chapter 8. Estimating Annual Births and Birth Rates
  • Chapter 9. Estimating Census Enumeration Errors
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A. Special Adjustments
  • Appendix B. Construction of Life Tables
  • Appendix C. Detailed Tables

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