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...

Table of Contents:

• I: Introduction
• II: The Foreign-Born and Immigration
• III: General Methods of Population Estimation
• IV: Estimating the Foreign-Born Using Residual Methods
• V: Estimating the Foreign-Born using Administrative Records
• VI: Estimating the Foreign-Born Using Specialized Survey and Related Statistical Methods
• VII: An Evaluation of Data and Methods for Estimating the Foreign-Born
• Suggestions
• Endnotes.-.