Kevin McConway is a guru re More or Less & most other things. If he
don't know it, it ain't worth knowing!
I'll send Jay his email - others will easily find it online i guess.
JOHN B
On 1 July 2013 12:25, jay ginn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Did anyone pick up on R4 discussion last night 'More or Less'?
> It was stated that a large number of older people had 'disappeared' from
> records (census 2011?) but it was then explained that this was the rsult iof
> an artefact; the previous estimates of numbers living into their 90s had
> been flawed.
>
> I'd like to know more about this. 'Apocalyptic demography' has been used to
> serve all sorts of interests, including corporate, and I wonder if there has
> been some intentional skewing of figures?
>
> Jay ginn
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