Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status

David A. Swanson

ISBN 10: 9400712715 / ISBN 13: 9789400712713

Published by Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Mär 2011, 2011

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Neuware -This brief represents a comprehensive review of methods for estimating characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States, specifically oriented toward characteristics by legal status. A variety of methods have been proffered over the past many decades, in a large variety of venues; this work brings them together, attempts to impart some order on the definition of ¿legal status,¿ and describes strengths and deficiencies both in methods and in data. The authors have a combined 50 years of experience in both demographic and statistical methodology.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 56 pp. Englisch.

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• Title: Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Mär 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9400712715
• ISBN 13: 9789400712713
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 4D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 4 millimeters depth
• Weight: 102 grams

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Synopsis

Written from 50 years of experience in both demographic and statistical methodology, this volume offers methods for estimating characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States, with a specific focus on legal status.

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This brief represents a comprehensive review of methods for estimating characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States, specifically oriented toward characteristics by legal status. A variety of methods have been proffered over the past many decades, in a large variety of venues; this work brings them together, attempts to impart some order on the definition of “legal status,” and describes strengths and deficiencies both in methods and in data. The authors have a combined 50 years of experience in both demographic and statistical methodology.