Applied Demography in the 21st Century Selected Papers from the Biennial Conference on Applied Demography, San Antonio, Teas, Januara 7-9, 2007 / edited by Steve H. Murdock, David A. Swanson.

This work provides selected, peer-reviewed papers from the Biennial Conference on Applied Demography held in San Antonio, Texas on January 7-9 and sponsored by the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The work contains chapters on several ma...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Murdock, Steve H. (Editor), Swanson, David A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Data Use And Measurement Issues
  • Applied Demography at the Beginning of the 21st Century
  • Measuring Population Change Using the American Community Survey
  • Using the 2005 American Community Survey
  • Address Coverage Improvement and Evaluation Program – 2005 National Estimate of Coverage of the Master Address File
  • Population Estimates And Projections
  • Using Assessor Parcel Data to Maintain Housing Unit Counts for Small Area Population Estimates
  • Aging and Elder Abuse: Projections for Michigan
  • Methods for Measuring the Population after a Disaster
  • An Evaluation of Population Estimates for Counties and Places in Texas for 2000
  • Using Demographic Estimates and Projections to Improve Statistical Forecasting
  • Measuring Uncertainty in Population Data Generated by the Cohort-Component Method: A Report on Research in Progress
  • Applied Demography And Health
  • Tuberculosis and Perception of Risk: A Comparison of Native Born and Foreign Born Persons in the United States
  • Causes of Fire Deaths and Injuries in Anchorage, Alaska: Policy Implications
  • Dispersion of Registered Death Causes as a Function of Age in the 1999 U.S. Population
  • The Breadth Of Applied Demography
  • Comparison of Potential Demographic Influences on Church Membership of Two United Methodist Congregations in San Antonio, Texas
  • Linking Tax-Lot and Student Record Data: Applications in School Planning
  • Demography and Turnover
  • Household Consumption in China: An Examination of the Utility of Urban-Rural Segmentation
  • How Chinese Children Spend Their Time
  • Educating The Applied Demographer
  • Introducing Survey Methods to Professional Students in Applied Demography
  • The Academic Training of Applied Demographers: History, Evolution, and a Description of the First Ph.D. Program in Applied Demography
  • Conclusions
  • Applied Demography in the 21st Century.