Adjusting the 1986 Australian Census count for under-enumeration - ARCHIVED

In Australia, population estimates have been obtained from census counts, incorporating an adjustment for under-enumeration in 1976, 1981 and 1986. The adjustments are based on the results of a Post Enumeration Survey and demographic analysis. This paper describes the methods used and the results obtained in adjusting the 1986 census. The formal use of sex ratios as suggested by Wolter (1986) is examined as a possible improvement of the less formal use made of these ratios in adjusting census counts.