Reconstructing the Size of the Population by Age and Sex

Samuel H. Preston, Irma T. Elo, Mark E. Hill and Ira Rosenwaike

Chapter Chapter 5 in The Demography of African Americans 1930–1990, 2003, pp 75-115 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Census counts for African Americans during the twentieth century have been flawed by high rates of omission and of age misreporting (Robinson et al. 1993; Coale and Rives 1973). Errors in the census add uncertainty to all assessments of the demographic features of the African-American population, including levels of fertility and mortality. The likelihood that census omission rates are higher for blacks than for whites has raised questions of equity in congressional representation and in receipt of federal funds by municipalities. It also undermines the quality of the sampling frame for national surveys such as the Current Population Survey.

Keywords: Census Bureau; Birth Registration; True Size; Census Count; Omission Rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0325-3_5

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