Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status An Evaluation of Data and Methods /

• Main Authors: Swanson, David A. (Author), Judson, Dean H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies, 2
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Statistics.; Emigration and immigration.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Migration.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

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...