title: [[A re-examination of Raffles's statistics on the population of Java in the early nineteenth century]].
abstract: The author analyzes the accuracy of the population data published by Sir Thomas Raffles concerning early nineteenth-century Java, Indonesia. Specific topics considered include "a. errors in computation, b. distribution of household size by sub-district, c. distribution of sex-ratio by sub-district, d. variation of age-structure by sub-district, [and] e.  problems of Chinese population.  Special attention was given to the consistency of the definition of categories and the distribution patterns of the reported figures." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
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authors.lastname: Tsubouchi
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D007214:Indonesia; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012744:Sex Ratio
keywords: Age Distribution; Age Factors; Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Error Sources; Family And Household; Historical Survey; Households; Indonesia; Measurement; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Statistics; Reliability; Research Methodology; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Sex Ratio; Southeastern Asia