| Description |
v, 126 pages ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1. Assessing Australian immigration statistics, 1932-1993 -- Immigration statistics, 1932-1958 -- Weaknesses in the statistics: the changes of 1958-59 -- Problems with the new statistics -- Further problems: VAc, lag and category jumping -- The migration models -- Ethnic and birthplace differences -- using the model statistics in later periods: some warnings -- Settler loss in the 1960s and 1970s -- Policy changes 1972 onwards: statistical consequences -- Estimates, 1965-1991 -- A time for reexamination -- Lag -- Sampling -- Net overseas migration: ABS estimates -- The 1983-93 model -- Methods of estimation -- The Australian-born -- Comparing the new results with other totals -- Assessing the 1983-93 statistics -- A final short-cut method -- pt. 2. Age pyramids: the immigration element, 1947-1993 -- The third generation -- The Debbie-Susies -- The Jessie-Janes -- Estimating the total population -- Emigration -- Final numbers and future pyramids -- pt. 3. The ethnic composition of the Australian population -- Definitions -- Measures of ethnic origin -- Country of birth -- Citizenship -- Language -- Religious affiliation -- Racial origin -- Ancestry -- Paternal line and surname -- Naturalisation records -- Immigration records -- Other countries of settlement -- Australians born aborad -- The next step -- 'Unmixed descent', 'total descent', 'ethic strength' -- Maternal and paternal line -- Generation cohorts and lines -- Converting birthplace origins to ethnic origins -- Projecting the 1987 results -- Ancestry: a final word -- Intermixture: total descent -- pt. 4. Project population by ethnicity, 2025 -- Motives for projections -- Assumptions and calculations: the total population -- Ethnic assumptions and calculations -- Converting birthplace to ethnic origins.ong çÀ.ations -- A |
| Analysis |
Australia overseas comparisons |
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Australian ethnic groups |
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Demography |
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Ethnic composition |
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Federal issue |
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Immigration |
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Population composition |
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Statistics |
| Notes |
"Published ... with financial support from the Australian Population Association":-T.p. verso |
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"This report was prepared for the former Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research ... "-Inside front cover |
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Includes tables |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Commonwealth of Australia 1996 |
| Subject |
Ethnicity -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Immigrants -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Immigrants -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504 -- Statistics.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003690
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Australia -- Population http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114319 -- Statistics.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003690
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| Author |
Australia. Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural, and Population Research.
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Australia. Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.
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Australian Population Association.
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| ISBN |
0642260001 |
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