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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Main Author: Ram, Bali
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Population Research Laboratory, University of Alberta 2004
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spelling ftunivalbertaojs:oai:ejournals.library.ualberta.ca:article/15935 2023-05-15T16:55:02+02:00 New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001 Ram, Bali 2004-12-31 application/pdf http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/csp/article/view/15935 eng eng Population Research Laboratory, University of Alberta http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/csp/article/view/15935/12740 Canadian Studies in Population; Vol:31 No.2 (2004); 179 - 196 1927-629X 0380-1489 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2004 ftunivalbertaojs 2016-05-08T20:42:46Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit University of Alberta: Journal Hosting
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description 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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author Ram, Bali
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New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
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title New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
title_short New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
title_full New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
title_fullStr New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
title_full_unstemmed New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
title_sort new estimates of aboriginal fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
publisher Population Research Laboratory, University of Alberta
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