M Hartmann
M Hartmann
"Most laws of mortality are partial in the sense that they apply only to a broad age group and not to all ages. This paper focuses on three laws of mortality that apply to all ages. Two of them were developed by the actuaries Thiele and Wit...
On biblical censuses [0.03%]
论圣经中的人口调查
A Madansky
A Madansky
"This paper surveys the literature on the major censuses recorded in the Old Testament, those taken by Moses and that taken by David. It also reviews the Biblical origins and ramifications of the superstition against being counted in a cens...
Suggestions for the application of advanced technology in Canadian collection operations [0.03%]
加拿大收藏作业中应用先进技术的建议
B J Williams
B J Williams
How increased automation will improve the 1990 census of population and housing of the United States [0.03%]
自动化程度提高将改善美国1990年人口和住房普查
P Bounpane
P Bounpane
"The U.S. Bureau of the Census will increase significantly the automation of operations for the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, thus eliminating or reducing many of the labor-intensive clerical operations of past censuses and contrib...
W J Hawkes
W J Hawkes
"This paper presents the perspective of a major user of both decennial and economic [U.S.] census data. It illustrates how these data are used as a framework for commercial marketing research surveys that measure television audiences and sa...
United Kingdom. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys OPCS. Census Division
United Kingdom. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys OPCS. Census Division
The program developed to evaluate the coverage and quality of results from the 1981 census of England and Wales is described. "A post-enumeration survey was the main tool used, but for the evaluation of census coverage, this was augmented b...
The first complete enumeration of Papua New Guinea--the 1980 population census [0.03%]
第一次人口普查:巴布亚新几内亚1980年人口普查
R J Gilbert
R J Gilbert
"The 1980 Population Census of Papua New Guinea was the first complete enumeration of the population of the country. It was also the first census to be designed and processed within the country. This paper gives the background to the census...
B Kiregyera
B Kiregyera
"A census of population and housing, which contributes immensely to the development of social statistics and national statistical services in general, has been carried out at least once in every African country except Chad. The common issue...
A controversial census topic: race and ethnicity in the British census [0.03%]
备受争议的普查话题:英国人口普查中的种族与民族问题
M Bulmer
M Bulmer
"This paper examines attempts to collect data on a politically controversial topic, race and ethnicity, in the British Census of Population in the post-war period. It discusses an indirect, proxy method of inferring race or ethnicity by ask...
J K Cornish,J Paice
J K Cornish
"We describe how topics were selected for the Australian Census of Population and Housing. Australia has adopted an open assessment of topics submitted by users and the general public and then performed field tests of difficult or sensitive...