scholarly journals Evaluation and adjustment of vital registration data from the compulsory registration areas of Ghana

Demography ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. K. Kpedekpo
Keyword(s):  
Vital Registration ◽  
Registration Data ◽  
Vital Registration Data ◽  
Compulsory Registration

Living Same-Name Siblings and British Historical Demography

2011 ◽  
pp. 15-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Galley ◽  
Eilidh Garrett ◽  
Ros Davies ◽  
Alice Reid
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Historical Demography ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Regional Variations ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Registration Data ◽  
Vital Registration Data ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Isle Of Skye

This article examines the extent to which living siblings were given identical first names. Whilst the practice of sibling name-sharing appeared to have died out in England during the eighteenth century, in northern Scotland it persisted at least until the end of the nineteenth century. Previously it has not been possible to provide quantitative evidence of this phenomenon, but an analysis of the rich census and vital registration data for the Isle of Skye reveals that this practice was widespread, with over a third of eligible families recording same-name siblings. Our results suggest that further research should focus on regional variations in sibling name-sharing and the extent to which this northern pattern occurred in other parts of Britain.

scholarly journals Contributions of diseases and injuries to widening life expectancy inequalities in England from 2001 to 2016: a population-based analysis of vital registration data

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. e586-e597 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E Bennett ◽  
Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard ◽  
Vasilis Kontis ◽  
Simon Capewell ◽  
Ingrid Wolfe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Registration Data ◽  
Vital Registration Data

scholarly journals Validating Migration Responses to Flooding Using Satellite and Vital Registration Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 441-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce J. Chen ◽  
Valerie Mueller ◽  
Yuanyuan Jia ◽  
Steven Kuo-Hsin Tseng
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Probability Models ◽  
Registration Data ◽  
Vital Registration Data ◽  
Weather Stations ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Extreme Flooding ◽  
Linear Probability

Rainfall measures may be imperfect proxies for floods, given factors such as upstream water balance, proximity to rivers, and topography. We check the robustness of flooding-migration relationships by combining nationally-representative survey data with measures of flooding derived from weather stations, gridded products, and remote sensing tools. Linear probability models reveal that extreme flooding is negatively associated with out-migration. Rainfall-based proxies produce results qualitatively similar to those using the satellite-based measure of inundation, but only the latter is able to discern non-monotonic effects throughout the distribution. Moreover, estimates differ widely across areas, suggesting that households respond differently to rainfall and flooding.

The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 120-144
Author(s):  
Helen Moyle
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Fertility Decline ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Marital Fertility ◽  
Fertility Transition ◽  
Birth Spacing ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Registration Data ◽  
Vital Registration Data ◽  
English Speaking

The paper examines the fall of marital fertility in Tasmania, the second settled Australian colony, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The paper investigates when marital fertility fell, whether the fall was mainly due to stopping or spacing behaviours, and why it fell at this time. The database used for the research was created by reconstituting the birth histories of couples marrying in Tasmania in 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1890, using digitised 19th century Tasmanian vital registration data plus many other sources. Despite Tasmania’s location on the other side of the world, the fertility decline had remarkable similarities with the historical fertility decline in continental Western Europe, England and other English-speaking countries. Fertility started to decline in the late 1880s and the fertility decline became well established during the 1890s. The fall in fertility in late 19th century Tasmania was primarily due to the practice of stopping behaviour in the 1880 and 1890 cohorts, although birth spacing was also used as a strategy by the 1890 cohort. The findings provide support for some of the prominent theories of fertility transition.

scholarly journals Tracking Couples who leave the Study Location in Historical Studies of Fertility: an Australian Example

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
Helen Moyle
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Registration Data ◽  
Vital Registration Data ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Family Reconstitution

The paper describes the methods used to create a database to study the fall of fertility in Tasmania, a colony of Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The database was initially created from digitised Tasmanian vital registration data using techniques of family reconstitution. However, because of the high mobility in Australia in the 19th and early 20th centuries, couples who moved out of the colony were tracked to other places, and births and deaths that took place in other Australian colonies and other countries, such as New Zealand and England, were included in the database. A wide variety of data sources were used for this task, most of which are available on the internet. The results presented in the paper show that including families who moved outside Tasmania, either temporarily or permanently, produced a database that was more representative of the study population and provided more accurate birth histories for couples who at first glance appeared to have spent their married lives within the colony.

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