Ebook: Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Demography in the 21st Century
- Tags: Demography, Statistics for Social Science Behavorial Science Education Public Policy and Law, Marketing
- Series: Applied Demography Series 2
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Applied demography continues its rapid pace of evolution in concert with the emerging trends of the 21st century. One significant area of change is the extension of applied demography beyond the United States; this book includes material dealing with applied demography in Australia, Canada, Estonia, and Mexico.
Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Demography in the 21st Century presents a score of selected papers from the second post-2000 national conference on Applied Demography, held in San Antonio, Texas, in January, 2010, under the sponsorship of the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Coverage includes the assembly of data by government agencies, with a focus on issues facing the United States; demographic issues associated with globalization; business demography and health demography, as well as a section examining methodological advances in the areas of estimation and projection.
Applied demography continues its rapid pace of evolution in concert with the emerging trends of the 21st century. One significant area of change is the extension of applied demography beyond the United States; this book includes material dealing with applied demography in Australia, Canada, Estonia, and Mexico.
Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Demography in the 21st Century presents a score of selected papers from the second post-2000 national conference on Applied Demography, held in San Antonio, Texas, in January, 2010, under the sponsorship of the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Coverage includes the assembly of data by government agencies, with a focus on issues facing the United States; demographic issues associated with globalization; business demography and health demography, as well as a section examining methodological advances in the areas of estimation and projection.
Applied demography continues its rapid pace of evolution in concert with the emerging trends of the 21st century. One significant area of change is the extension of applied demography beyond the United States; this book includes material dealing with applied demography in Australia, Canada, Estonia, and Mexico.
Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Demography in the 21st Century presents a score of selected papers from the second post-2000 national conference on Applied Demography, held in San Antonio, Texas, in January, 2010, under the sponsorship of the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Coverage includes the assembly of data by government agencies, with a focus on issues facing the United States; demographic issues associated with globalization; business demography and health demography, as well as a section examining methodological advances in the areas of estimation and projection.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Some Challenges Facing Federal Statistics in the United States....Pages 7-10
Overview of the 2010 Census Alternative Questionnaire Experiment: Race and Hispanic Origin Research....Pages 11-26
Quality of Age Data at the PUMA Level in the 3-Year Estimates from the American Community Survey....Pages 27-47
A Sociology of Official Unauthorized Statistics: Estimation or Guesstimation?....Pages 49-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
English Language Learners: An Exercise in Applied Demography....Pages 83-98
Elderly Asian Immigrants and Challenges of Living in the United States of America....Pages 99-109
Characteristics of Afro-Descendants in Mexico: A Survey of the Costa Chica Area of the Oaxaca and Guerrero States....Pages 111-154
NAFTA, Industrial Concentration, Employment Volatility, Wages, and Internal and International Mexican Migration: 1990–2009....Pages 155-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Alcohol Buying Behaviour of Australian Households....Pages 175-193
Demographic Cohorts and Marketing Research....Pages 195-203
Effects of Corporate Form and Financials on Executive Backdating of Stock Options at the Turn of the Century: An Analysis of Pair-Matched Corporations....Pages 205-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
The Health Transition in Estonia: Breaking Away from the Soviet Legacy....Pages 227-261
The Rural-Urban Gradient and Life Expectancy in the United States, 1970–1990....Pages 263-271
Demographic Changes in the United States of America: Challenges for Disaster Management....Pages 273-288
Mental Health and Suicide: An Ecological Hierarchical Analysis of U.S. Counties and States....Pages 289-308
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
The Grouped Answer Method for Estimating Immigration Status: Analysis of Data from the 2004 General Social Survey....Pages 311-334
Estimating Life Expectancy at Birth for Mexican Municipalities: An Application of a Regression-Based Technique....Pages 335-343
DOMICILE 1.0: An Agent-Based Simulation Model for Population Estimates at the Domicile Level....Pages 345-370
Demosim, Statistics Canada’s Microsimulation Model for Projecting Population Diversity....Pages 371-383
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Back Matter....Pages 399-405
Expert and Local Knowledge: Poverty Researchers Meet Community Leaders....Pages 385-398
Applied demography continues its rapid pace of evolution in concert with the emerging trends of the 21st century. One significant area of change is the extension of applied demography beyond the United States; this book includes material dealing with applied demography in Australia, Canada, Estonia, and Mexico.
Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Demography in the 21st Century presents a score of selected papers from the second post-2000 national conference on Applied Demography, held in San Antonio, Texas, in January, 2010, under the sponsorship of the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Coverage includes the assembly of data by government agencies, with a focus on issues facing the United States; demographic issues associated with globalization; business demography and health demography, as well as a section examining methodological advances in the areas of estimation and projection.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Some Challenges Facing Federal Statistics in the United States....Pages 7-10
Overview of the 2010 Census Alternative Questionnaire Experiment: Race and Hispanic Origin Research....Pages 11-26
Quality of Age Data at the PUMA Level in the 3-Year Estimates from the American Community Survey....Pages 27-47
A Sociology of Official Unauthorized Statistics: Estimation or Guesstimation?....Pages 49-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
English Language Learners: An Exercise in Applied Demography....Pages 83-98
Elderly Asian Immigrants and Challenges of Living in the United States of America....Pages 99-109
Characteristics of Afro-Descendants in Mexico: A Survey of the Costa Chica Area of the Oaxaca and Guerrero States....Pages 111-154
NAFTA, Industrial Concentration, Employment Volatility, Wages, and Internal and International Mexican Migration: 1990–2009....Pages 155-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Alcohol Buying Behaviour of Australian Households....Pages 175-193
Demographic Cohorts and Marketing Research....Pages 195-203
Effects of Corporate Form and Financials on Executive Backdating of Stock Options at the Turn of the Century: An Analysis of Pair-Matched Corporations....Pages 205-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
The Health Transition in Estonia: Breaking Away from the Soviet Legacy....Pages 227-261
The Rural-Urban Gradient and Life Expectancy in the United States, 1970–1990....Pages 263-271
Demographic Changes in the United States of America: Challenges for Disaster Management....Pages 273-288
Mental Health and Suicide: An Ecological Hierarchical Analysis of U.S. Counties and States....Pages 289-308
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
The Grouped Answer Method for Estimating Immigration Status: Analysis of Data from the 2004 General Social Survey....Pages 311-334
Estimating Life Expectancy at Birth for Mexican Municipalities: An Application of a Regression-Based Technique....Pages 335-343
DOMICILE 1.0: An Agent-Based Simulation Model for Population Estimates at the Domicile Level....Pages 345-370
Demosim, Statistics Canada’s Microsimulation Model for Projecting Population Diversity....Pages 371-383
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Back Matter....Pages 399-405
Expert and Local Knowledge: Poverty Researchers Meet Community Leaders....Pages 385-398
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