Estimates of net migration by age at migration from pairs of enumerations of the foreign born: United States, 1880-1930

• Published in: Genus Vol. 51; no. 3-4; pp. 229 - 251
• Main Author: Stupp, P W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Comitato italiano per lo studio dei problemi della popolazione 01-07-1995
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Age Factors; Americas; Demography; Developed Countries; Emigration and Immigration; Ethnic Groups; North America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Statistics as Topic; Transients and Migrants; United States; Americas; United States; North America; Americas; Age Distribution; International Migration; Age Factors; United States; Migration; Place Of Birth; Research Methodology; Immigrants; North America; Nationality; Indirect Estimation Technics; Northern America; Developed Countries; Migrants; Population Characteristics; Historical Survey; Population; Foreigners; Estimation Technics; Demographic Factors; Population Dynamics
• ISSN: 0016-6987

"This paper describes a new method for indirectly estimating age schedules of net migration. The method is illustrated with historical data for the United States. The analysis employs a recently developed technique--iterative intracohort interpolation--to estimate age schedules of net migration from pairs of enumerations of the foreign born by age. The data required for this application are enumerations of the foreign born (or more generally of those born outside the enumeration area) by age in two successive censuses, a life table presumed to reflect the mortality experience of the foreign born during the intercensal period, and, optionally, data on variations in the overall level of migration during the intercensal period. The procedure provides estimates of the average annual number of foreign born net migrants during a decade by their age at the time of entry/exit." (SUMMARY IN ITA AND FRE)