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Author:   Nazrul Hoque, M.D. ,  David A. Swanson
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2012 ed.
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9789400793538

ISBN 10:   9400793537
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   22 February 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: Chapter 1:  Introduction: Nazrul Hoque and David A. Swanson.- SECTION I: THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA: Chapter 2: Some Challenges Facing Federal Statistics in the United States: Edward J. Spar.- Chapter 3:  Overview of the 2010 Census Alternative Questionnaire Experiment: Race and Hispanic Origin Research: Sonya Rastogi and Nicholas A. Jones.- Chapter 4: Quality of Age Data at the PUMA Level in the Three-Year Estimates from the American Community Survey: Arun Peter Lobo and Joseph J. Salvo.- Chapter 5: A Sociology of Official Unauthorized Statistics: Estimation or Guesstimation?: Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield.- SECTION II: DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD: Chapter 6: English Language Learners: An Exercise in Applied Demography: Richard R. Verdugo.- Chapter 7: Elderly Asian Immigrants and Challenges of Living in the United States of America: Kittiwan Junrith, Erika Symonette, Hsiang Hsing Kung, and Somporn Khunwishit.- Chapter 8: Characteristics of Afro-Descendents in Mexico: A Survey of the Costa Chica Area of Oaxaca and Guerrero State: Komanduri Murty and Jehad Yasin.- Chapter 9: NAFTA, Industrial Concentration, Employment Volatility, Wages, and Internal and International Mexican Migration – 1990 – 2009: Miguel Flores, Mary Zey, Cinthya Caamal, and Nazrul Hoque.- SECTION III: BUSINESS DEMOGRAPHY: Chapter 10: Alcohol Buying Behaviour of Australian Households: Farhat Yusuf and Julian de Meyrick.- Chapter 11: Demographic Cohorts and Marketing Research: Alison Yacyshyn.- Chapter 12: Effects of Corporate Form and Financials on Executive Backdating of Stock Options at the Turn of the Century: An Analysis of Pair-Matched Corporations: Don R. Warren, Mary Zey, and John Garza.- SECTION IV: HEALTH DEMOGRAPHY: Chapter 13: The Health Transition in Estonia: Breaking Away from the Soviet Legacy: Luule Sakkeus and Kati Karelson.- Chapter 14: The Rural-Urban Gradient and Life Expectancy in the United States, 1970-1990: Nazrul Hoque, David A. Swanson, and Jeffrey A. Jordan.- Chapter 15: Demographic Changes in the United States of America: Challenges for Disaster Management: Somporn Khunwishit and Sudha Arlikatti.- Chapter 16: Mental Health and Suicide: An Ecological Hierarchical Analysis of U.S. Counties and States: Augustine J. Kposowa and Aikaterini Glyniadaki.- SECTION V: METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES: Chapter 17: The Grouped Answer Method for Estimating Immigration Status: Analysis of Data from the 2004 General Social Survey: Eric M. Larson and Judith A. Droitcour.- Chapter 18:  Estimating Life Expectancy at Birth for Mexican Municipalities: An Application of a Regression-Based Technique: Miguel Flores, Benjamin Bradshaw, and Nazrul Hoque.- Chapter 19: DOMICILE 1.0: An Agent-Based Simulation Model for Population Estimates at the Domicile Level.- Cameron S. Griffith, Bryon L. Long, David A. Swanson, and Michael Knight..- Chapter 20: An Overview of Demosim: Statistics Canada’s Microsimulation Model for Population Projections: Ėric Caron Malenfant, Laurent Martel and André Lebel.- Chapter 21: Expert and Local Knowledge: Poverty Researchers Meet Community Leaders: Joachim Singelmann, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., and Rogelio Saenz.

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