Census Study Tables Flashcards
What factors are important to determining population projections?
Migration, birth rate, death rate
What is a tiger file?
digital database of geographic features, such as roads railroads, rivers, lakes, legal boundaries, census statistical boundaries, etc. covering the entire US
What is the cohort survival method of population projection?
the study of a group of a specific characteristic (age, grade, income) increased by the rate that group survives onto the next year
What is a HUM?
Housing Unit Method; a process of using housing data for population projections
What are symptomatic indicators?
Data series such as building permits that are reflective of population change and can be used in developing current population projections
What is the composite method for estimating populations?
Takes various age groups and determines the estimate for each, then aggregates them together.
What is the constant share technique?
Assumes that the portion of a sample’s type (people, age occupation, animal, etc) in a given population/area will remain constant through time
What is shift share technique
A projection for employment. Population that takes into account the shift/movement of jobs and people from, or to, a community
