Estimating demographic parameters from the 2011 South Africa Population Census

Maternal mortality in South Africa in 2001: From demographic census to epidemiological investigation

BACKGROUND Maternal mortality remains poorly researched in Africa, and is likely to worsen dramatically as a consequence of HIV/AIDS. METHODS The 2001 census of South Africa included a question on deaths in the previous 12 months, and two questions on external causes and maternal mortality, defined as "pregnancy-related deaths". A microdata sample from the census permits researchers to assess...

Marital Patterns and Fertility in South Africa: the Evidence from the 1996 Population Census

CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers

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Estimating ancestral population parameters.

The expected numbers of different categories of polymorphic sites are derived for two related models of population history the isolation model, in which an ancestral population splits into two descendents, and the size-change model, in which a single population undergoes an instantaneous change in size. For the isolation model, the observed numbers of shared, fixed, and exclusive polymorphic si...

Population growth in Canada: From 1851 to 2061 Population and dwelling counts, 2011 Census