United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2007, Fifty-ninth issue
Author | : United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
Publisher | : United Nations |
Total Pages | : 750 |
Release | : 2011-03-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789210547550 |
ISBN-13 | : 9210547551 |
Rating | : 4/5 (551 Downloads) |
Download or read book United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2007, Fifty-ninth issue written by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2011-03-09 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2007 edition of the Demographic Yearbook provides statistics on population size and composition, fertility, mortality, infant and foetal mortality, marriages and divorces. It also includes a detailed set of technical notes and footnotes explaining the sources, availability, timeliness, quality, reliability and coverage of the data presented. Data have been collected from national statistical authorities since 1948 through a set of questionnaires dispatched annually by the United Nations Statistics Division to over 230 national statistical offices. The primary sources of the data reported in the Demographic Yearbook are national population and housing censuses, population-related statistics from national administrative recording systems and population and household surveys reported by national statistical authorities.