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An Evaluation of Population Projections by Age.

A number of studies have evaluated the accuracy of projections of the size of the total population, but few have considered the accuracy of projections by age group. For many purposes, however, the relevant variable is the population of a particular age group, rather than the population as a whole....

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Published in:Demography Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 741 - 758
Main Authors: Smith, Stanley K., Tayman, Jeff
Format: Article
Published: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. November 2003
Subjects:
Cohort analysis
Population
Population forecasting
Reliability (Personality trait)
Social surveys
United States
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