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The Population Census as a Time Machine

The Population Census as a Time Machine. Griffith Feeney Talk at Statistics South Africa 13 May 2011. “The history of a population is inscribed in its age distribution” --Nathan Keyfitz. 40-44. Kenya 1962 Census. Kenya. Kenya. Kenya. Time-Plotting Age-Specific Growth Rates.

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The Population Census as a Time Machine

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  1. The Population Census as a Time Machine Griffith Feeney Talk at Statistics South Africa 13 May 2011

  2. “The history of a population is inscribed in its age distribution” --Nathan Keyfitz

  3. 40-44 Kenya 1962 Census

  4. Kenya

  5. Kenya

  6. Kenya

  7. Time-Plotting Age-Specific Growth Rates • Closely related idea: Interpret age-specific growth rates as estimates of … • The growth rate of the “births function” of the population • Begin with Lexis diagram …

  8. Growth rate of birth series t - 5 t t + 5 0 Age ASGR 5 Time

  9. Thank you! Griffith Feeney<feeney@gfeeney.com>

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