3106.0 - Demography News, Sep 2001

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/09/2001

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Contents Population Growth Rates Marriages and Divorces Northern Territory Population Projections Indigenous Demographic Trends Courses Issues in Estimating the Indigenous Population Understanding Demographic Data Courses Access to Demography Data in Electronic Form Overseas Arrivals and Departures Births and Deaths Internal Migration What the ABS Demography Program Produces Key Contacts About this release	ISSUES IN ESTIMATING THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION Estimates of the Indigenous population are 'experimental' in that the estimates are affected by changes in the propensity of people to identify as being of Indigenous origin on census forms and satisfactory data on births, deaths and migration are not generally available. 'Experimental' reflects the uncertainty involved. For further information see Demography Working Paper 2001/4 - Issues in Estimating the Indigenous Population Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.