A Practitioner's Guide to State and Local Population Projections

A Practitioner's Guide to State and Local Population Projections by Stanley K. Smith, Jeff Tayman, David A. Swanson.

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 for four types of projection methods: cohort-component, trend extrapolation, structural models, and microsimulation. It covers the...

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Main Authors: Smith, Stanley K. (Author), Tayman, Jeff (Author), Swanson, David A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 37
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Demography.
Social sciences.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Rationale, Terminology, Scope
  • Chapter 2: Fundamental  of Population Analysis
  • Chapter 3: Overview of the Cohort-Component Method
  • Chapter 4: Mortality
  • Chapter 5: fertility
  • Chapter 6: Migration
  • Chapter 7: Implementing the Cohort-Component Method
  • Chapter 8: Extrapolation Methods
  • Chapter 9: Structural and Microsimulation Models
  • Chapter 10: Special Adjustments
  • Chapter 11: Related Projections
  • Chapter 12: Evaluating Projections
  • Chapter 13 Forecast Accuracy and Bias
  • Chapter 14: A Practical Guide to Small-Area Projections
  • Epilogues: Some Final Thoughts
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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