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11609069

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
Reliable, good quality source material is required for any demographic study. By selecting specific examples from York during the parish register period and Sheffield during the civil registratiion period deficiencies in both ecclesiastical and civil registration are discussed with reference to how they affect infant and adult mortality calculations. In particular, the extent to which the deaths of very young infants were registered is considered in detail. Bourgeois-Pichat's biometric test, Farr's early life tables and Coale and Demeny's model life tables have all been used to correct inaccuracies within original sources. We consider the limitations of each of these methods and suggest that a reassessment of the quality of vital registration data and the methods used to make corrections is needed in order to make further advances in historical demography possible.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
Q
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0066-2062
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:owner
HMD
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection without correction: problems in assessing the quality of English ecclesiastical and civil registration.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article