The Frontiers of Applied Demography

Introduction.- Part I: Demographic Information for Decision-Making: Case Studies.- 1. Demographic-Based Market Analysis, China and India.- 2. Health Trend Drivers in the UK.- 3. Projecting VA Benefit Use in Texas.- 4. Fire Injuries in Anchorage.-5. Projecting the Need for Courtroom Service Provision in Australia.- 6. Projecting Assisted Living in Us.- 7. Projecting the Elderly in Australia. Part II: Data:  Issues and Analyses.- 8. An Assessment of Historical Demographic Analysis Estimates for the Black Male Birth Cohorts of 1935-39. 9. Reporting of Race Among Hispanics: Analysis of ACS Data.- 10. Promises and Pitfalls of the Puerto Rico Community Survey: Lessons From Persons-per Household and Household Distributions. 11. State Longitudinal Data Systems: Applications to Applied Demography.- 12. How Does Access to Primary Care Vary by Type of Insurance and By Rural and Urban Counties in Mississippi? 13. Lifetime Migration in the United States As of 2006-2010: Measures, Patterns, and Applications.- 14. Census Costs: Rationale for Re-Designing Traditional Census Data Collection Methodology with the Census-Enhanced Master Address File.- Part III: Projection & Estimation Methods: Evaluations, Examples And Discussions.- 15. How Accurate Are Japan's Official Subnational Projections? Comparative Analysis of Projections in Japan, English-Speaking Countries, and the EU.- 16. Integrated Local Demographic Forecasts Constrained by the Supply of Housing Or Jobs: Practice in the UK.- 17. Demographic Forecasting for Local Governments in Queensland, Australia - Difficult, But Effective.- 18. Population Projections by Ethnicity: Challenges and Solutions for the United Kingdom.- 19. Revising Long-Standing Population Estimates in Australia: Reasons, Methods and Implications.- 20. Creating Population Surfaces for the Analysis of Small Area Change.- 21. Small-Area Population Forecasting: A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach.- 22. A New Method for Estimating Small Area