Underenumeration in the 1991 census.

Estimates of Census Underenumeration Based on Genealogies

The Canadian census mortality follow-up study, 1991 through 2001.

BACKGROUND An important step in monitoring progress toward reducing or eliminating inequalities in health is to determine the distribution of mortality rates across various groups defined by education, occupation, income, language, ethnicity, and Aboriginal, visible minority and disability status. This article describes the methods used to link census data from the long-form questionnaire to mo...

A Donor Imputation System to Create a Census Database Fully Adjusted for Underenumeration

Following the problems with estimating underenumeration in the 1991 Census of England and Wales the aim for the 2001 Census is to create a database that is fully adjusted for net underenumeration. To achieve this, the paper investigates weighted donor imputation methodology that utilises information from both the census and census coverage survey (CCS). The US Census Bureau has considered a sim...

DATA RESOURCE PROFILE Data Resource Profile: 1991 Canadian Census Cohort

The 1991 Canadian Census Cohort is the largest population-based cohort in Canada (N1⁄4 2 734 835). Prior to the creation of this Cohort, no national population-based Canadian cohort was available to examine mortality by socioeconomic indicators. The 1991 Canadian Census Cohort was created via the linkage of a subsample of respondents from the mandatory 1991 Canadian Census long-form to historic...

Two proxies for morbidity in the 1991 UK census: permanent sickness and limiting long term illness.