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Estimating the completeness of death registration: An empirical method
[PLOS one]This paper presents a novel empirical method to estimate completeness of death registration at the national and subnational levels. -
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Marriage & Divorce Registration
[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa]This resource explains the value of registration of marriage and divorce for the issuance of legal documents used to establish and protect civil rights, and to assess social and demographic progress.
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Are inequities decreasing? Birth registration for children under five in low-income and middle-income countries, 1999–2016
[BMJ Journals]Although global birth registration coverage has improved from 58% to 71% among children under five globally, inequities in birth registration coverage by wealth, urban/rural location, maternal -
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Statistics on Marriages and Divorces, 2019
[The Singapore Department of Statistics]Statistics on Marriages and Divorces, 2019 is an annual publication presented by the Singapore Department of Statistics in two parts. Part One analyses the marriage trends, and characteristics of -
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Demographic Surveillance Sites and Emerging Challenges in International Health
[World Health Organization]This WHO bulletin draws attention to the challenges and need for improvement in data quality for demographic surveillance systems.
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