Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status [electronic resource] : An Evaluation of Data and Methods /
Judson, Dean H.author.
Swanson, David A.author.
This brief represents a comprehensive review of methods for estimating characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States, specifically oriented toward characteristics by legal status.  A variety of methods have been proffered over the past many decades, in a large variety of venues; this work brings them together, attempts to impart some order on the definition of "legal status," and describes strengths and deficiencies both in methods and in data.  The authors have a combined 50 years of experience in both demographic and statistical methodology.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
I: Introduction -- II: The Foreign-Born and Immigration -- III: General Methods of Population Estimation -- IV: Estimating the Foreign-Born Using Residual Methods -- V: Estimating the Foreign-Born using Administrative Records -- VI: Estimating the Foreign-Born Using Specialized Survey and Related Statistical Methods -- VII: An Evaluation of Data and Methods for Estimating the Foreign-Born -- Suggestions -- Endnotes.-.
This brief represents a comprehensive review of methods for estimating characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States, specifically oriented toward characteristics by legal status.  A variety of methods have been proffered over the past many decades, in a large variety of venues; this work brings them together, attempts to impart some order on the definition of "legal status," and describes strengths and deficiencies both in methods and in data.  The authors have a combined 50 years of experience in both demographic and statistical methodology.
Demography.
Statistics .
Emigration and immigration.
Social sciences.
Demography.
Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law.
Migration.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
SpringerBriefs in Population Studies