of Population By Age and Sex 1971 to 1996 按年龄和性别评价人口1971到课件.pptVIP

An Evaluation of the Age and Sex Data from the Census Population of Canada,Provinces and Territories, 1971 to 2001 BY Shirley Loh, Ravi Verma and Margaret Michalowski Prepared for presentation at the Canadian Population Society Annual Meetings, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 2004. This paper reports the results of research and analysis undertaken by Demography Division, Statistics Canada staff. It reflects the opinions of the authors and, not necessarily, those of Statistics Canada and is released to inform and to encourage discussion. Outline of Presentation Objectives Review of literature Methodology: Pyramid, Digit Preference Index, Age-Sex Accuracy index Source of Data Results Conclusion and Discussion Objectives and Review of literature Objectives: To investigate if age heaping is present in single year age data on population To examine the overall accuracy of population data by age and sex To compare the level of accuracy of age-sex population with some countries Review of Literature: Norland, Litven and Cottrell (1977) Bourbeau and Lebel (2000) Poston and associates (2003) Methodology Graphical presentation of population by age and sex Computing Myers’ indices for detecting digit preference in single year age reporting Computing age-sex accuracy index (U.N. Method) based on 5 year age group Myers’ Index(unadjusted) U.N. Method for Age-Sex Accuracy(Unadjusted, Canada, 1971) Source of Data Census population by age and sex, adjusted for net census undercount, 1971-2001 Results: Myers Index of Age Heaping by Sex, Unadjusted Census Population, Canada(Age Interval 20-69) Results (cont’d): Myers’ Index of Age Heaping, Canada, Provinces and Territories Results (cont’d): United Nations Age-sex Accuracy Index, Canada, Provinces and Territories Limitations of the UN Age-sex Accuracy Index (Siegel and Swanson, 2004) Central age group not included in the calculation of the age ratio Expected decline in sex ratio with increasing age not considered C