Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status [recurso electrónico] : An Evaluation of Data and Methods / by David A. Swanson, Dean H. Judson.

Por: Swanson, David A [author.]Colaborador(es): Judson, Dean H [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service)Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries SpringerBriefs in Population Studies ; 2Editor: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011Descripción: IV, 70p. 2 illus. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9789400712720Tema(s): 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 SciencesFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 304.6 Clasificación LoC:HB848-3697Recursos en línea: Libro electrónicoTexto
Contenidos:
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.-.
En: Springer eBooksResumen: 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.
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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.

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