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  • Title: Some considerations for demographic assessment of developing countries.
    Author: Afzal M.
    Journal: Pak Dev Rev; 1986; 25(4):517-30. PubMed ID: 12341739.
    Abstract:
    Rapidly increasing population growth in developing countries, as well as efforts to promote socioeconomic development, have led to an awareness of the need for the collection of data for demographic analysis. The overall objective of such assessment is a systematic analysis of demographic parameters in order to determine population trends and their interaction with social and economic variables of concern to policy makers. The lack of adequate census and vital registration systems in many developing countries has led to the use of sample surveys and other methods for indirect estimation of population dynamics. Although sample surveys have been useful in providing independent insights into population dynamics, the census continues to be a major source of demographic and socioeconomic information in developing countries because of its comprehensive cross-sectional view. The potential for improvement in data collection and analysis is actually greater in countries with little experience in demographic assessment than in countries with more experience where a high margin of error has become institutionalized in the data base. In countries such as Africa, where demographic sources are limited, extra effort is essential to produce demographic estimates that can serve as benchmarks. The validity of estimates can always be improved by consolidating data from both censuses and population surveys.
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