Coverage of Population in Census 2000 Based on Demographic Analysis: The History Behind the Numbers. Population Division Working Paper No. 91

摘要

This paper describes the development and the history of the Demographic Analysis estimates used for the evaluation of coverage in 2000. The first section gives an overview of the demographic technique and describes the components of population changes used to construct the DA estimates. The second section addresses the individual components used to construct the DA estimates. A third section reviews the limitation of the DA method and how revisions affect the estimates over time. A final section provides a summary.