Migration Research and Migration in Britain: Data Sources and Estimation Techniques (Occasional paper No.18)
Published by University of Birmingham. Centre for Urban and Regional Studies), 1971
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82 pages. AI Mode conversation: Ruth L Welch Migration Research and Migration in Britain: Data Sources and Estimation Techniques Ruth L Welch Migration Research and Migration in Britain: Data Sources and Estimation Techniques Ruth L. Welch was a notable researcher based at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) at the University of Birmingham during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her work was foundational in mapping out how British internal and regional migration data was gathered, evaluated, and utilized during a critical period of post-war urban planning and regional development. Published in 1971 as Occasional Paper No. 18 by the University of Birmingham's Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, this 82-page volume served as a critical guide for demographers, sociologists, and urban planners. • The Core Objective: The book provided a comprehensive critical appraisal of the available administrative and census data used to measure population movement within the United Kingdom. • Data Sources Covered: At the time, tracking migration in Britain was notoriously difficult due to the lack of a centralised population register. Welch evaluated the strengths and limitations of the UK National Census (particularly the 1-year and 5-year migration questions introduced in the 1960s), National Health Service (NHS) central register updates, and National Insurance data. • Estimation Techniques: Because direct data was often incomplete or lagged by years, Welch detailed the mathematical and statistical "estimation techniques" required to calculate net and gross migration flows between regions. This included survival ratio methods and residual methods (subtracting natural population change from total population change to estimate net migration). (SL#124/2).…
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- Migration Research and Migration in Britain: Data Sources and Estimation Techniques (Occasional paper No.18)
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- Ruth L Welch
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- University of Birmingham. Centre for Urban and Regional Studies)
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- 1971
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- Soft cover
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