{"title":"Reweighting the general household survey 1979-2007.","authors":"Eva Beaujouan, James J Brown, Máire Ní Bhrolcháin","doi":"10.1057/pt.2011.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2011.21","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have calculated two new sets of weights applicable to the General Household Survey (GHS) from 1979 to 2007. One of these is for use with any general analysis of GHS topics and the second is designed for analyses of data collected in the Family Information section. The methods used follow closely those employed by ONS from 1996 onwards. The performance of the weights is assessed in estimating the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) from 1971-2007, an aggregate measure of fertility for which reliable figures are available at national level from vital registration statistics. Our weights improve the GHS estimates, reducing bias both in the TFR and in age-specific fertility rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 145","pages":"115-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2011.21","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30197310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shayla Goldring, Nigel Henretty, Julie Mills, Kate Johnson, Steve Smallwood
{"title":"Mortality of the 'Golden Generation': what can the ONS Longitudinal study tell us?","authors":"Shayla Goldring, Nigel Henretty, Julie Mills, Kate Johnson, Steve Smallwood","doi":"10.1057/pt.2011.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2011.24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is well documented that the generations born around 1930 are consistently exhibiting higher rates of mortality improvement than the generations either side of them. There is currently no evidence that these differentials are declining. In current ONS National Population Projections, it is assumed that these cohorts will continue to experience higher rates of improvement. However, it is not yet precisely clear why this is so. This article details preliminary research carried out using the ONS Longitudinal Study to try to understand better why the members of the generation born around 1930 have been enjoying higher rates of mortality improvement throughout their adult life.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 145","pages":"199-228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2011.24","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30197705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How have administrative sources been used to adjust population estimates and set plausibility ranges?","authors":"Rebecca Tinsley","doi":"10.1057/pt.2011.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2011.25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article reviews existing methods employed by various countries in the use of administrative data to make adjustments to, or set plausibility ranges around, population estimates or census data. The work was carried out to explore techniques that could be used by the ONS in application with population estimates. An annex also covers benefits and difficulties that have been experienced when producing a register-based census, or population estimates.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 145","pages":"229-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2011.25","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30197706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by local areas in the United Kingdom, 2004–06 to 2008–10","authors":"","doi":"10.1057/pt.2011.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2011.27","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":"146 1","pages":"11-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2011.27","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58421249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extra variants: 2010‐based national population projections","authors":"","doi":"10.1057/pt.2011.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2011.29","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":"146 1","pages":"55-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2011.29","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58421352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Civil partnerships five years on.","authors":"Helen Ross, Karen Gask, Ann Berrington","doi":"10.1057/pt.2011.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2011.23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Civil Partnership Act 2004, which came into force in December 2005 allowing same-sex couples in the UK to register their relationship for the first time, celebrated its fifth anniversary in December 2010. This article examines civil partnership in England and Wales, five years on from its introduction. The characteristics of those forming civil partnerships between 2005 and 2010 including age, sex and previous marital/civil partnership status are examined. These are then compared with the characteristics of those marrying over the same period. Further comparisons are also made between civil partnership dissolutions and divorce. The article presents estimates of the number of people currently in civil partnerships and children of civil partners. Finally the article examines attitudes towards same-sex and civil partner couples both in the UK and in other countries across Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 145","pages":"168-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2011.23","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30197704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Athina Vlachantoni, Richard Shaw, Rosalind Willis, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham, Rebekah Luff
{"title":"Measuring unmet need for social care amongst older people.","authors":"Athina Vlachantoni, Richard Shaw, Rosalind Willis, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham, Rebekah Luff","doi":"10.1057/pt.2011.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2011.17","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent spending cuts in the area of adult social care raise policy concerns about the proportion of older people whose need for social care is not being met. Such concerns are emphasised in the context of population ageing and other demographic changes. For example, the increasing proportion of the population aged 75 and over places greater pressure on formal and informal systems of care and support provision, while changes in the living arrangements of older people may affect the supply of informal care within the household. This article explores the concept of 'unmet need' for support in relation to specific Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), using data on the receipt of support (informal, formal state or formal paid) from the General Household Survey, the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the British Household Panel Survey. The results show that different kinds of need tend to be supported by particular sources of care, and that there is a significant level of 'unmet need' for certain activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 145","pages":"56-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2011.17","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30197306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How serious is the modifiable areal unit problem for analysis of English census data?","authors":"Robin Flowerdew","doi":"10.1057/pt.2011.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2011.20","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Population data are often collected or presented for geographical areas which may have little or no connection to the processes generating the data. Such areal units are termed 'modifiable'. However analysis undertaken on such data is not independent of how these areal units are configured. Indeed, Openshaw (1984) and others have shown that the results of statistical analysis may differ wildly according to the scale and pattern of the areal units used. This phenomenon is called the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). It is clear that the MAUP exists, but far from clear about how often it occurs, how often it affects the conclusions from empirical data analysis, and in what contexts it makes most (or least) difference. British census data are well suited for investigating these issues, being available for different geographies which neatly nest within each other, and for a range of different variables of interest to central and local government and to many academic disciplines. This article is concerned with bivariate correlations (using Pearson's r) between pairs of variables. The aim is to see if any variables seem particularly liable to display MAUP effects, and if so, why. The conclusion is that MAUP in many cases makes little or no difference to the results, but there are some variable pairs where the effect is substantial.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 145","pages":"102-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2011.20","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30197309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2010‐based national population projections ‐ principal projection and key variants","authors":"","doi":"10.1057/pt.2011.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2011.28","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":"146 1","pages":"33-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2011.28","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58421277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}