International Migration Review
Volume 21, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 1335-1369

Consistent correction of international migration data for Sri Lanka, 1971-81 (Article)

Luther N.Y. , Gaminiratne K.H.W. , Silva S.D. , R. D. Retherfor
  • a Hawaii Pacific College & Population Inst., East-West Center, HI, USA
  • b Hawaii Pacific College & Population Inst., East-West Center, HI, USA
  • c Hawaii Pacific College & Population Inst., East-West Center, HI, USA
  • d Hawaii Pacific College & Population Inst., East-West Center, HI, USA

Abstract

A new methodology is used to estimate net international emigration by age and sex from Sri Lanka between 1971 and 1981. The methodology, which is formulated in terms of finite-dimensional vector spaces and which involves an optimizing criterion, includes a weighting procedure by which the brunt of the corrections can be made to fall on the least reliable quantities, in this case migrants. The procedure also yields corrected estimates of population, births, deaths, and derived life tables. -Authors

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Index Keywords

methodology estimation Sri Lanka census population intercensal demographic balancing equations international emigration migration
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DOI: 10.2307/2546517
ISSN: 01979183
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English