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  • Title: A new approach for the estimation of births under registration.
    Author: Sayed HA.
    Journal: Egypt Popul Fam Plann Rev; 1977; 11(1-2):44-71. PubMed ID: 12336052.
    Abstract:
    The author's objective is to examine the published series of birth statistics for the period 1920-1970 in order to estimate the size of under-registration and to determine how far other related factors such as age of mother at birth have been misreported. He includes 7 tables and concludes that under-registration of births fluctuated between 1% and 34% of the reported births during the period specified. Under-registration is correlated with years of abnormal social and political conditions, such as World War 2 and the Suez crisis in the 1950s, as well as some deficiencies in the registration system itself which are gradually being eliminated. The error of reporting lower ages of the mother at birth has also been eliminated.
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