alabama_1970 {migest}

Alabama population totals in 1960 and 1970 by age, sex and race

Description

Population data for Alabama by age, sex and race in 1960 and 1970

Usage

alabama_1970

Format

Data frame with 68 rows and 6 columns:

age_1970

Age group in 1970

sex

Sex from 'male' or 'female'

race

Race from 'white' or 'non-white'

pop_1960

Enumerated population in 1960. Number of births in first and second half of 1960s used for age groups '0-4' and '5-9'.

pop_1970

Enumerated population in 1970

us_census_sr

Census survival ratio based on US population

Source

Data scraped from Figure 2.3 and Table 1-3A of Bogue, D. J., Hinze, K., & White, M. (1982). Techniques of Estimating Net Migration. Community and Family Study Center. University of Chicago.