New Estimates of Fertility and Population in the United States

Ansley Johnson Coale; Melvin Zelnik

Published by Princeton University Press 1963

New Estimates of Fertility and Population in the United States

Ansley Johnson Coale and Melvin Zelnik

In the series Princeton Legacy Library

Volume 2198 in the series Office of Population Research

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400874934

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Census decennial enumerations are utilized to achieve two useful estimates: (l) Annual series of estimates of births, birth rates, and fertility rates for the white population of the U.S. from 1855 to the present (the first set of data on an annual basis); (2) Adjusted single-year age distributions of native white population and estimated undercounts by five-year age groups for the white population for each census since 1880.

Originally published in 1963.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Part I. Introduction and Outline of Methods
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Chapter 2. General Statement of Methods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Part II. Principal Results: Annual White Births and Birth Rates; The Long-Term Trend in Fertility; Completeness of Enumeration
Chapter 3. White Births and Birth Rates in the United States since 1855 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 4. Long-Term Fertility Trends in the United States Compared to Those in Selected European Countries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Chapter 5. Estimates of Census Enumeration Errors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Part III. Techniques of Analysis and Estimation
Chapter 6. The Relation between Total Fertility and the Birth Rate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter 7. Adjusting for Age Heaping Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Chapter 8. Estimating Annual Births and Birth Rates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter 9. Estimating Census Enumeration Errors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Appendices
Appendix A. Special Adjustments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Appendix Β. Construction of Life Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Appendix C. Detailed Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173