Age misreporting and age-selective underenumeration
Subtitle: sources, patterns, and consequences for demographic analysis
By: Douglas C. Ewbank.
Series: Report / Committee on Population and Demography ;; no. 4; Report (National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population and Demography) ;; no. 4.
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Age distribution (Demography)
Other titles: Age-selective underenumeration.
First sentence: Any demographer working with data from developing countries has heard stories about the grey-haired old lady in India (or nigeria, or Peru) who reports that she is absolutely sure she is either 25 or 69 years old.
Although age misreporting, in this form and many others, has plagued demographers for centuries, studies that document the estent and nature of such reporting problems are few and far between. In the late 1960s, two books were published that laid the methodological foundations for studying fertility and mortality in populations for which reliable vital statistics are not available.
Description: 1. Introduction 
2. Source of Age Misreporting 
3. Methods for Detecting Errors in Reported Age Distributions 
4. Typical Patterns of Distortion in Reported Age Distributions 
5. The Effect of Errors on the Estimation of Fertility and Mortality Rates: Problems and Recommended Solutions 
6. Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research
APPENDIX: The Usefulness of Historical Calendars
Notes: Bibliography: p. 105-112.
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