Complexity, accuracy, and utility of official population projections

DOI10.1080/08898489509525402zbMATH Open0872.92025OpenAlexW1977481197MaRDI QIDQ4353448FDOQ4353448

Authors: John F. Long 

Publication date: 11 September 1997

Published in: Mathematical Population Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/08898489509525402

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zbMATH Keywords

census bureauaccuracy of projected age distributionsofficial population projectionstypes of complexity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical geography and demography (91D20)

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