title: Small area population estimation:  a note on the state of the art.
abstract: "Inadequacies of the present migration data supply system in Scotland have been recently highlighted.  The purpose of the present item is to enlarge upon problems of monitoring migration and in particular to draw attention to difficulties encountered in the use of the Register of Sasines as a migration data source.  Finally, recent progress among Scottish local authorities in the matter of small area population estimation is documented."
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mccleery
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005843:Geography; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D012606:Scotland; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Estimation Technics; Europe; Geographic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; Northern Europe; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth Estimation; Research Methodology; Scotland; United Kingdom