Sparks, Corey - In: Demographic Research 21 (2009) 2, pp. 23-64
Scottish community during the 19th and early 20th centuries using the variable-r method allowing for net migration. Using this … rates than the non-farming population during a period of net population decline. I conclude by suggesting that the variable-r … method can be used in general cases where the relative growth of subpopulations or subpopulation reproduction is of interest. …