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Details and results of the internal review leading to changes in the methodology

Release date:
4 April 2016

About this article

This methodology paper details the process that ONS went through to update the methodology used to produce the Population Estimates by Marital Status.

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  • Details and results of the internal review leading to changes in the methodology of Population Estimates by Marital Status (pdf, 182.0 kB)

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