Demosim's Population Projection Model: Updates and New Developments

This paper provides an overview of the main new features that will be added to the forthcoming version of the Demosim microsimulation projection model based on microdata from the 2011 National Household Survey. The paper first describes the additions to the base population, namely new variables, some of which are added to the National Household Survey data by means of data linkage. This is followed by a brief description of the methods being considered for the projection of language variables, citizenship and religion as examples of the new features for events simulated by the model.