The Denominator

Expanding the Lifespan of Software for Demographic Analysis with Containers: An Application of Spatial Sampling

Software, such as specific R packages, evolve over time, which may prevent older analysis code from working as expected. For example, default values for arguments in a…

Egor Kotov, Esther Denecke

Unlocking Population Estimation Using Readily Available Data: Applying the Simplified Censal Ratio Method

Population estimation is generally a straightforward process: any population must result from a past population number plus the births minus the deaths plus the net…

Estimating time points of significant change in cause-specific mortality: Joinpoint regression in R

Those engaged in demographic research are often interested in how and why the vital demographic processes (fertility, mortality, and migration) change in response to certain…

Taylor van Doren