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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Auteur principal: Coale, Ansley Johnson (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Zelnik, Melvin
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Fertility.
Fecondite > États-Unis.
Fertility > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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