<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Several countries are currently investigating the possibility of replacing the costly population census with a Population Data set derived from administrative sources, in combination with a purposely designed Population Coverage Survey. We formulate the assumptions of the dual system estimator in this context, and contrast them to the situation involving a census and a Census Coverage Survey.</p></abstract>

Several countries are currently investigating the possibility of replacing the costly population census with a Population Data set derived from administrative sources, in combination with a purposely designed Population Coverage Survey. We formulate the assumptions of the dual system estimator in this context, and contrast them to the situation involving a census and a Census Coverage Survey.

A Note on Dual System Population Size Estimator

Journal of Official Statistics

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Several countries are currently investigating the possibility of replacing the costly population census with a Population Data set derived from administrative...

A Note on Dual System Population Size Estimator

Published Online: Mar 26, 2019

Page range: 279 - 283

Received: Nov 01, 2017

Accepted: Jul 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2019-0012

Keywords
Coverage error, undercount, capture-recapture, administrative data

© 2019 Li-Chun Zhang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Note on Dual System Population Size Estimator

Published Online: Mar 26, 2019

Page range: 279 - 283

Received: Nov 01, 2017

Accepted: Jul 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2019-0012

KeywordsCoverage error, undercount, capture-recapture, administrative data

© 2019 Li-Chun Zhang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Coverage error, undercount, capture-recapture, administrative data