Dean H. Judson, David A. Swanson

Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status

An Evaluation of Data and Methods

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written from 50 years of experience in both demographic and statistical methodology, this volume offers methods for estimating characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States, with a specific focus on legal status.

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This brief represents a comprehensive review of methods for estimating characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States, specifically oriented toward characteristics by legal status. A variety of methods have been proffered over the past many decades, in a large variety of venues; this work brings them together, attempts to impart some order on the definition of "legal status," and describes strengths and deficiencies both in methods and in data. The authors have a combined 50 years of experience in both demographic and statistical methodology.

Produktdetails

• SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 80036445, 978-94-007-1271-3
• 2011
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9789400712713
• ISBN-10: 9400712715
• Artikelnr.: 32792999

Inhaltsangabe

I: Introduction.- II: The Foreign-Born and Immigration.- III: General Methods of Population Estimation.- IV: Estimating the Foreign-Born Using Residual Methods.- V: Estimating the Foreign-Born using Administrative Records.- VI: Estimating the Foreign-Born Using Specialized Survey and Related Statistical Methods.- VII: An Evaluation of Data and Methods for Estimating the Foreign-Born.- Suggestions.- Endnotes.-