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Article: Indigenous population data for evaluation and performance measurement: a cautionary note.
- Article from:
- Australian Aboriginal Studies
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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Abstract: I outline the status of population census counts for Indigenous peoples, identifying information on Indigenous births and deaths, and internal migration estimates. I comment on the 'experimental' Indigenous population projections and question the rationale for having two sets of projections. Program managers and evaluators need to be mindful of limitations of the data when using these projections for monitoring, evaluating and measuring Indigenous programs.
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