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Title: The Use of the Census to Estimate Childhood Mortality: Comparisons from the 1900 and 1910 United States Census Public Use Samples

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 1997

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Abstract: In this article we present estimates of childhood mortality, calculated by indirect methods, for the whole United States...in conjunction with data from the 1900 and 1910 PUMS....The estimates are for the entire nation and relate to the period just prior to the censuses of 1900 and 1910....The present 1910 indirect mortality estimates are made for the total population as well as for the white, black, native-white, and foreign-born white populations....The results reported in this article are presented entirely as probabilities of child death between birth and given ages {q(x)'s} along with the implied expectations of life at birth and approximate dates to which the estimates applied.

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Authors: Preston, Samuel H.; Haines, Michael R.

Periodical (Full): Historical Methods

Issue: 2

Volume: 30

Pages: 77-96

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Fertility and Mortality

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