title: Updating small area population estimates in England and Wales.
abstract: "Population estimates have important implications for resource allocation within government and commerce, and are often assumed to be without error. Currently, central government provides annual population estimates for all the local and health authority districts in Britain, but estimates are needed for smaller areas, typically for electoral wards and postal sectors. Small area estimates are provided by some local authorities and commercial organizations, using different methods; the accuracy of these estimates is modelled here within a multilevel framework. Certain characteristics of the small area and of the method of estimation are included as explanatory variables. Results show that the method of estimation used is of great importance."
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tonkin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tye
mesh_terms: D019049:Developed Countries; D004739:England; D005060:Europe; D008722:Methods; D011158:Population Growth; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom; D014852:Wales
keywords: Area Analysis; Developed Countries; England; Estimation Technics; Europe; Measurement; Methodological Studies; Northern Europe; Population Growth Estimation; Reliability; Research Methodology; United Kingdom; Wales