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Useful links
Desired Result
UN manuals
Many of these have been superseded by the material presented here. Nevertheless, they still offer useful insights and are a valuable historical resource.
- Methods for estimating adult mortality (2002)
- Manual X - Indirect techniques for demographic estimation (1983)
- Manual IV - Methods of estimating basic demographic measures from incomplete data (1967)
- Manual II - Methods of appraisal of quality of basic data for population estimates (1955)
Other reference material (including archived journals)
Below are links to various journals cited in the Manual whose contents are not routinely or readily available or discoverable
- Asian and Pacific Census Newsletter (EastWest Centre)
- Asian and Pacific Census Forum (EastWest Centre)
- Asian and Pacific Population Forum (EastWest Centre)
Life tables
- WHO life tables
- UN model life tables for developing countries (1982) superseded by the tables available here, on the UN Population Division website
Data repositories
- IPUMS (sample unit record files and metadata)
- ACAP - African census data (limited access to data, but good metadata)
Census dates
Census software
Author
Moultrie TA and Timæus IM
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Suggested citation
Moultrie TA and Timæus IM.
2011.
Useful links.
In Moultrie TA, Dorrington RE, Hill AG, Hill K, Timæus IM and Zaba B (eds).
Tools for Demographic Estimation.
Paris: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
https://demographicestimation.iussp.org/content/useful-links.
Accessed 2024-12-21.