Estimating population proportions from imputed data

✍ Scribed by Svein Nordbotten

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 960 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-9473
• DOI: 10.1016/s0167-9473(98)00011-5

✦ Synopsis

Imputation estimates based on imputed values obtained from neural network models used in an "impute first-aggregate next" approach, have been computed from Norwegian population census and administrative register data. The imputation estimates were compared with simple unbiased estimates obtained by the traditional "aggregate first-estimate next" approach and found to be superior for estimating proportions in small subgroups. Predictors for predicting the accuracy of such imputation estimates were proposed. Results are promising for estimating small subgroup or area proportions.