The framework for estimating coverage in the 2011 Census of England and Wales: combining dual-system estimation with ratio estimation
The framework for estimating coverage in the 2011 Census of England and Wales: combining dual-system estimation with ratio estimation
Dual-system estimation is a well-established approach for estimating an unknown population size from two independent but imperfect counts of the population. In this paper we develop the estimation framework for using a coverage survey and population census as the two sources and combining with ratio estimation to produce a set of population estimates. Adjustments are developed to correct for a failure of the key assumptions of homogeneity and independence that under-pin dual-system estimation using an external count of the number of households. The issue of over-count within the census is also discussed and a bootstrap approach to variance estimation is proposed. A comprehensive set of simulation results are presented to support the decision to implement the framework to estimate the population following the 2011 Census of England and Wales; and the implementation to the estimation of census coverage in 2011 is discussed.
Census coverage, dual-system estimation, ratio estimation, dependence adjustment
481-499
Brown, James J.
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Sexton, C.
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Abbott, Owen
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Smith, Paul A.
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September 2019
Brown, James J.
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Sexton, C.
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Abbott, Owen
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Smith, Paul A.
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Brown, James J., Sexton, C., Abbott, Owen and Smith, Paul A.
(2019)
The framework for estimating coverage in the 2011 Census of England and Wales: combining dual-system estimation with ratio estimation.
Statistical Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics, 35 (3), .
(doi:10.3233/SJI-180426).
Abstract
Dual-system estimation is a well-established approach for estimating an unknown population size from two independent but imperfect counts of the population. In this paper we develop the estimation framework for using a coverage survey and population census as the two sources and combining with ratio estimation to produce a set of population estimates. Adjustments are developed to correct for a failure of the key assumptions of homogeneity and independence that under-pin dual-system estimation using an external count of the number of households. The issue of over-count within the census is also discussed and a bootstrap approach to variance estimation is proposed. A comprehensive set of simulation results are presented to support the decision to implement the framework to estimate the population following the 2011 Census of England and Wales; and the implementation to the estimation of census coverage in 2011 is discussed.
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SJIOAS 2011 Coverage Framework paper final
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 August 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 August 2019
Published date: September 2019
Keywords:
Census coverage, dual-system estimation, ratio estimation, dependence adjustment
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/424439
ISSN: 1874-7655
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