New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
Using census data on children in families, this paper estimates various fertility measures for the total aboriginal population and four specific groups, North American Indians, Registered Indians, Metis, and Inuit. The “own-children” procedure is used for deriving the number of births by the age of...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Population Research Laboratory, University of Alberta
2004
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| Online Access: | http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/csp/article/view/15935 |
| Summary: | Using census data on children in families, this paper estimates various fertility measures for the total aboriginal population and four specific groups, North American Indians, Registered Indians, Metis, and Inuit. The “own-children” procedure is used for deriving the number of births by the age of the mother during specific years preceding the census. The major focus of the paper is on the trends of total fertility rate and the convergence of age patterns between various subgroups over the past 30 years. Strengths and limitations of the method are also discussed. |
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