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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"civil registration"”.
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Evaluating the plausibility of the method of using both the civil registration and census data in estimating adult mortality at district level in South Africa, circa 2011
… is that neither of the death data sources (vital registration and census) are one hundred percent complete, that is, vital registration data is prone to incompleteness and deaths reported by household are subject to over- or under-reporting which may vary by age. Also, apart from issues with data …
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Determining stillbirth data reporting systems in Africa
… weight thresholds (<500g to <1000g), ambiguous civil registration laws (82% of countries), and fragmented national policies (only 27% with stillbirth-specific targets) highlight an urgent need for standardised definitions and consistent legal frameworks. These gaps perpetuate unreliable data, …
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Knowledge, Power, and International Development: Beyond Critique
… and power, focusing on my published work on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) as part of the international development agenda. From an anthropological perspective, CRVS documents such as birth and death registrations represent a mutual relationship between nation-states and …
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Assessment of death notification and registration process: Case study of Rundu district in Kavango east region, Namibia
… that are likely to have great impact. Vital registration systems provide an ongoing record of demographic events, such as births and deaths. It is requirement of the country’s law to register all deaths with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS). The same …
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Web service for 19th century Irish personal name matching
Before the first Irish civil registration on 1864, census materials were mostly lost or incomplete. So genealogical research uses parish records and also some ‘census substitute’ documents, such as land ownership and tenancy records. However, some of these documents may not contain enough …
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Bone age estimation using machine learning approach: An assessment using hand and wrist bones of South African children
… in rural areas where the fully functional civil registration system is limited. Many individuals remain unregistered on the national database, bringing about various challenges. This reduces the likelihood of unregistered children receiving favourable treatment in judicial cases or access …
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A social history of illegitimacy in Ireland from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century
… and regional persistence from the advent of civil registration until 1920. Irish illegitimacy ratios are placed within the context of European ratios. Within Ireland itself provincial ratios are compared and regional persistence within the twenty-six county area is explored. Narrowing the …
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Global mortality attributable to alcoholic cardiomyopathy
… For a few, predominately high-income countries, civil registries provide valuable information of ACM mortality. However, for the majority of countries and global population, the cardiomyopathy burden attributable to alcohol consumption needs to estimated. Established methods for estimating …