title: Aboriginal population prospects.
abstract: The authors examine data from the 1986 and 1991 Australian censuses to assess discrepancies between the census data and past projections of the size and structure of the Aboriginal population.  They also "comment on ways in which determinants of Aboriginal population change are diverging from the parameters used for previous projections.  We pay particular attention to mortality prospects.... We note the evidence for under-enumeration of the Aboriginal population in particular age groups in the 1991 Census as in previous censuses, and estimate the size of adjustments necessary to correct for some, but not all, of these deficiencies. The analysis shows that Aboriginal fertility increased in the second half of the 1980s."
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001315:Australia; D019352:Censuses; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005006:Ethnicity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005298:Fertility; D005544:Forecasting; D009026:Mortality; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Age Distribution; Age Factors; Australia; Census; Census Methods; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Data Adjustment; Data Analysis; Data Quality; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Error Sources; Estimation Technics; Ethnic Groups; Evaluation; Evaluation Methodology; Fertility; Indigenous Population; Measurement; Mortality; Oceania; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics--determinants; Population Projection; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; Studies; Undercount