The Indirect Estimation of Migration Methods for Dealing with Irregular, Inadequate, and Missing Data /

• Main Authors: Rogers, Andrei. (Author), Raymer, James. (Author), Little, Jani. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 26
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Cartography.; Statistics.; Migration.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Quantitative Geography.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Sociology, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8915-1

This unique book introduces an essential element in applied demographic analysis: a tool-kit for describing, smoothing, repairing and - in instances of totally missing data - inferring directional migration flows. Migration rates combine with fertility and mortality rates to shape the evolution of h...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Describing age strucutres of migration
• Chapter 3: Describing Spatial Structures of Migration
• Chapter 4: Smooting age and spatial patterns
• Chapter 5: Imposing age and spatial structures
• Chapter 6: Inferring age and spatial patterns
• Chapter 7: Conclusion.