Within the United States Census Bureau, datasets are often derived by complex methods that are no... more Within the United States Census Bureau, datasets are often derived by complex methods that are not always well documented. This derivation process, or provenance, can be hard to understand for a researcher attempting to use or explore a given dataset. Without understanding the provenance of a dataset, it can be impossible establish whether it is appropriate to use for a given investigation, because its history remains a black box with no way to see inside. The infrastructure upon which the semantic web is built provides a means to label the relationships of social science datasets with logical meaning according to standardized ontologies and controlled vocabularies. This paper outlines the work of the Comprehensive Data Documentation and Access Repository (CED2AR) to integrate provenance metadata encoded according to the W3C PROV ontology with a DDI-based repository with the aim of making US Census data more discoverable and accessible.
Indirect estimation methodologies of the total fertility rate (TFR) have a long history within de... more Indirect estimation methodologies of the total fertility rate (TFR) have a long history within demography and have provided important techniques applied demographers can use when data is sparse or lacking. However new methodologies for approximating the total fertility rate have not been proposed in nearly 30 years. This study presents a novel method for indirectly approximating the total fertility rate using an algebraic rearrangement of the general fertility rate (GFR) through the known relationship between GFR and TFR. It then compares the proposed method to the well-known Bogue-Palmore method. These methods are compared in 196 countries and include overall errors as well as characteristics of the countries that contribute to fertility behavior. Additionally, these methods were compared geographically to find any geographical patterns. We find this novel method is not only simpler than the Bogue-Palmore method, requiring fewer data inputs, but also has reduced algebraic and absolute errors when compared with the Bogue-Palmore method and specifically outperforms the Bogue-Palmore method in developing countries. We find that our novel method may be useful estimation procedure for demographers.
Indirect estimation methodologies of the total fertility rate (TFR) have a long history within de... more Indirect estimation methodologies of the total fertility rate (TFR) have a long history within demography and have provided important techniques applied demographers can use when data is sparse or lacking. However new methodologies for approximating the total fertility rate have not been proposed in nearly 30 years. This study presents a novel method for indirectly approximating the total fertility rate using an algebraic rearrangement of the general fertility rate (GFR) through the known relationship between GFR and TFR. It then compares the proposed method to the well-known Bogue-Palmore method. These methods are compared in 196 countries and include overall errors as well as characteristics of the countries that contribute to fertility behavior. Additionally, these methods were compared geographically to find any geographical patterns. We find this novel method is not only simpler than the Bogue-Palmore method, requiring fewer data inputs, but also has reduced algebraic and absolute errors when compared with the Bogue-Palmore method and specifically outperforms the Bogue-Palmore method in developing countries. We find that our novel method may be useful estimation procedure for demographers. Citation: Hauer M, Baker J, Brown W (2013) Indirect Estimates of Total Fertility Rate Using Child Woman/Ratio: A Comparison with the Bogue-Palmore Method. PLoS ONE 8(6): e67226.
Within the United States Census Bureau, datasets are often derived by complex methods that are no... more Within the United States Census Bureau, datasets are often derived by complex methods that are not always well documented. This derivation process, or provenance, can be hard to understand for a researcher attempting to use or explore a given dataset. Without understanding the provenance of a dataset, it can be impossible establish whether it is appropriate to use for a given investigation, because its history remains a black box with no way to see inside. The infrastructure upon which the semantic web is built provides a means to label the relationships of social science datasets with logical meaning according to standardized ontologies and controlled vocabularies. This paper outlines the work of the Comprehensive Data Documentation and Access Repository (CED2AR) to integrate provenance metadata encoded according to the W3C PROV ontology with a DDI-based repository with the aim of making US Census data more discoverable and accessible.
Indirect estimation methodologies of the total fertility rate (TFR) have a long history within de... more Indirect estimation methodologies of the total fertility rate (TFR) have a long history within demography and have provided important techniques applied demographers can use when data is sparse or lacking. However new methodologies for approximating the total fertility rate have not been proposed in nearly 30 years. This study presents a novel method for indirectly approximating the total fertility rate using an algebraic rearrangement of the general fertility rate (GFR) through the known relationship between GFR and TFR. It then compares the proposed method to the well-known Bogue-Palmore method. These methods are compared in 196 countries and include overall errors as well as characteristics of the countries that contribute to fertility behavior. Additionally, these methods were compared geographically to find any geographical patterns. We find this novel method is not only simpler than the Bogue-Palmore method, requiring fewer data inputs, but also has reduced algebraic and absolute errors when compared with the Bogue-Palmore method and specifically outperforms the Bogue-Palmore method in developing countries. We find that our novel method may be useful estimation procedure for demographers.
Indirect estimation methodologies of the total fertility rate (TFR) have a long history within de... more Indirect estimation methodologies of the total fertility rate (TFR) have a long history within demography and have provided important techniques applied demographers can use when data is sparse or lacking. However new methodologies for approximating the total fertility rate have not been proposed in nearly 30 years. This study presents a novel method for indirectly approximating the total fertility rate using an algebraic rearrangement of the general fertility rate (GFR) through the known relationship between GFR and TFR. It then compares the proposed method to the well-known Bogue-Palmore method. These methods are compared in 196 countries and include overall errors as well as characteristics of the countries that contribute to fertility behavior. Additionally, these methods were compared geographically to find any geographical patterns. We find this novel method is not only simpler than the Bogue-Palmore method, requiring fewer data inputs, but also has reduced algebraic and absolute errors when compared with the Bogue-Palmore method and specifically outperforms the Bogue-Palmore method in developing countries. We find that our novel method may be useful estimation procedure for demographers. Citation: Hauer M, Baker J, Brown W (2013) Indirect Estimates of Total Fertility Rate Using Child Woman/Ratio: A Comparison with the Bogue-Palmore Method. PLoS ONE 8(6): e67226.
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