Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status
Swanson, David A.
Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status An Evaluation of Data and Methods / [recurso electrónico] : by David A. Swanson, Dean H. Judson. - IV, 70p. 2 illus. online resource. - SpringerBriefs in Population Studies, 2 2211-3215 ; . - SpringerBriefs in Population Studies, 2 .
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.-.
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.
9789400712720
Social sciences.
Statistics.
Social sciences--Methodology.
Migration.
Demography.
Social Sciences.
Demography.
Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.
Migration.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
HB848-3697
304.6
Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status An Evaluation of Data and Methods / [recurso electrónico] : by David A. Swanson, Dean H. Judson. - IV, 70p. 2 illus. online resource. - SpringerBriefs in Population Studies, 2 2211-3215 ; . - SpringerBriefs in Population Studies, 2 .
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.-.
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.
9789400712720
Social sciences.
Statistics.
Social sciences--Methodology.
Migration.
Demography.
Social Sciences.
Demography.
Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.
Migration.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
HB848-3697
304.6
