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e page1994 - NUMBER 75
94.04.01 - English - Daniel CAPRON
A Review of 1992
This review summarises recent changes in the size and composition of the population of England and Wales for the year 1992. Particular emphasis is place on the statistics for migration, fertility, conceptions, abortions, marriages and divorces, and deaths during 1992 which provide the background to the change in population. (ENGLAND, WALES, POPULATION SITUATION)
94.04.02 - English - John CHARLTON, Merryl WALLACE and Ian WHITE
Long-Term Illness: Results from the 1991 Census
A question on limiting long-term illness was included in the Census for the first time in 1991. This article gives an overview of the reasons for including the question and presents a brief analysis of the results. A comparison is made between the Census results and those from the General Household Survey. (UNITED KINGDOM, POPULATION CENSUSES, PUBLIC HEALTH)
94.04.03 - English - Barbara NOBLE and John CHARLTON
Homicides in England and Wales
This article explains some of the complications of the classification of deaths as homicides in Office of Population Censuses and Surveys publications, and points out the differences between OPCS and Home Office published statistics. It also discusses recent trends in deaths due to homicides and makes some international comparisons. (ENGLAND, WALES, CAUSES OF DEATH, HOMICIDE)
94.04.04 - English - John CRAIG
Centenarians: 1991 Estimates
This article updates previous articles in Population Trends by giving an estimate for 1991, and the trend since 1951, of the number of centenarians living in England and Wales. The geographical distribution of centenarians is also examined. (ENGLAND, WALES, CENTENARIANS)
1994 - NUMBER 76
94.04.05 - English - Barbara NOBLE
Deaths Associated with the Use of Alcohol, Drugs, and Volatile Substances
This article notes the well-established link between suicides and the misuse of alcohol and drugs, and explores other causes of death linked to the misuse of these and other substances. (UNITED KINGDOM, CAUSES OF DEATH, ALCOHOLISM, NARCOTICS)
94.04.06 - English - John HASKEY
Stepfamilies and Stepchildren in Great Britain
This article analyses data from two surveys - the Omnibus Survey and the General Household Survey - which provide information on stepfamilies and stepchildren in Great Britain. The article also describes a life table analysis to estimate the proportion of children who would become stepchildren, by certain ages, were 1991-92 age-specific transition probabilities to persist unchanged. (UNITED KINGDOM, FAMILY COMPOSITION, HALF-BROTHERS, HALF-SISTERS)
94.04.07 - English - Daniel DORLING, Department of Georgraphy, Daysh Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU (U.K.)
Visualising the Geography of the Population with the 1991 Census
The author of this article takes as his starting point the argument that conventional maps may give a misleading visual impression of spatial information about a population. Using improved techniques, he then presents new and arguably less misleading maps which have been devised by an innovative computer algorithm to visualise 1991 Census data for Great Britain. (UNITED KINGDOM, MAPPING, POPULATION CENSUSES)
94.04.08 - English - Anna McCORMICK
The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on the Population of England and Wales
This article considers the effect of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on mortality and the population structure in England and Wales, and discusses the likely effects in the future. (ENGLAND, WALES, AIDS)
94.04.09 - English - Daniel CAPRON
How Good Are Subnational Population Forecasts?
This article examines how accurately subnational population projections for England, of about ten years earlier, predicted populations in 1991 as measured by the mid-1991 population estimates based on the 1991 Census. (UNITED KINGDOM, POPULATION PROJECTIONS, EVALUATION, REGIONAL DEMOGRAPHY)
1994 - NUMBER 77
94.04.10 - English - Suzanne HEATH and Angela DALE, Census Microdata Unit, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 6JP (U.K.)
Household and Family Formation in Great Britain: The Ethnic Dimension
Using microdata from the Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs) from the 1991 Census, this article explores the extent to which patterns of household composition and family formation among young people in Great Britain aged 16-35 vary, not only with gender but also in relation to ethnicity, higher education qualifications and whether born in the United Kingdom. (UNITED KINGDOM, FAMILY FORMATION, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, ETHNIC ORIGIN)
94.04.11 - English - Tony CHAMPION and Daniel DORLING, Department of Georgraphy, Daysh Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU (U.K.)
Population Change for Britain's Functional Regions, 1951-1991
This article highlights results derived from an aggregation of 1991 Great Britain Census data to the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies' functional regional framework (which is designed to portray the functional realities of Britain's settlement pattern.) Changes in the metropolitan/freestanding, urban/rural, and core/ring dimensions of the functional regions framework from 1981 to 1991 are analysed and compared with earlier trends in the geographical patterns of population change in Great Britain. (UNITED KINGDOM, REGIONAL DEMOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION)
94.04.12 - English - Chris SHAW, Government Actuary's Department, 22 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JP (U.K.)
Accuracy and Uncertainty of the National Population Projections for the United Kingdom
This article considers how accurate recent national population projections for the United Kingdom, made since 1971, have turned out to be. The overall size of the population has generally been forecast fairly accurately, although this has been a consequence of compensating errors in births, deaths and migration. There is evidence that accuracy, at least over the short term, has improved in more recent projections. The article also discusses "variant" projections, the traditional method of illustrating uncertainty in national population projections. (UNITED KINGDOM, POPULATION PROJECTIONS, EVALUATION)
94.04.13 - English - Bob ARMITAGE, OPCS, St Catherine's House, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JP (U.K.)
Retrospective Revisions to Population Estimates for 1981-1990
This article explains why revisions have recently been made to population estimates for the 1980s in England and Wales, and describes how the revisions were made to both national and local estimates. A summary analysis is given of the sizes of various revisions - for example 0.4% for the total 1991 national population in England and Wales, and an average 2.5% for corresponding estimates for local authority districts. (ENGLAND, WALES, POPULATION ESTIMATES, QUALITY OF DATA)
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