<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents central frameworks for guiding the development and improvement of population statistics. A shared understanding between producers and users of statistics is needed with regard to the concepts, data, processes, and outputs produced. In the United Kingdom, population estimates are produced by conducting decennial censuses and by estimating intercensus populations through the addition and subtraction of the demographic components of change derived from registers of vital events and from a combination of administrative data and surveys for internal and international migration. In addition, data cleaning, imputation, and modelling may be required to produce the desired population statistics. The frameworks presented in this paper are useful for aligning the required concepts of population statistics with the various sources of available data. Taken together, they provide a general ‘recipe’ for the continued improvement and expansion of official statistics on population and demographic change.</p></abstract>

The article presents central frameworks for guiding the development and improvement of population statistics. A shared understanding between producers and users of statistics is needed with regard to the concepts, data, processes, and outputs produced. In the United Kingdom, population estimates are produced by conducting decennial censuses and by estimating intercensus populations through the addition and subtraction of the demographic components of change derived from registers of vital events and from a combination of administrative data and surveys for internal and international migration. In addition, data cleaning, imputation, and modelling may be required to produce the desired population statistics. The frameworks presented in this paper are useful for aligning the required concepts of population statistics with the various sources of available data. Taken together, they provide a general ‘recipe’ for the continued improvement and expansion of official statistics on population and demographic change.

Frameworks for Guiding the Development and Improvement of Population Statistics in the United Kingdom

Australian National University, School of Demography, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, 9 Fellows Road, Acton Act 2601, Australia.

University of Leeds, School of Geography, University Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JZ, UK.

Office for National Statistics, Segensworth Road, Fareham, Hampshire PO15 5RR, UK.

Journal of Official Statistics

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The article presents central frameworks for guiding the development and improvement of population statistics. A shared understanding between producers and...

Frameworks for Guiding the Development and Improvement of Population Statistics in the United Kingdom

Published Online: Dec 16, 2015

Page range: 699 - 722

Received: Aug 01, 2012

Accepted: Mar 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0041

Keywords
Population statistics, frameworks, data sets

© 2015 James Raymer et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Frameworks for Guiding the Development and Improvement of Population Statistics in the United Kingdom

Published Online: Dec 16, 2015

Page range: 699 - 722

Received: Aug 01, 2012

Accepted: Mar 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0041

KeywordsPopulation statistics, frameworks, data sets

© 2015 James Raymer et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Population statistics, frameworks, data sets