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Population perspectives and demographic methods to strengthen Civil Registration and Vital Statistics systems

Edited by:

Romesh Silva, United Nations Population Fund, New York, USA


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Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems and legal identity systems have become increasingly recognized as catalytic both for inclusive development and for monitoring population dynamics spanning the entire life course. This collection of papers showcases demographic methods and population perspectives that are becoming critical for the progressive strengthening and ongoing maintenance of robust civil registration and vital statistics systems. The series provides new insights on the registration of births, marriages, separations/divorces, deaths and legal residency, and discusses emerging challenges and future research directions on CRVS systems for the population science community.


Romesh Silva
Population perspectives and demographic methods to strengthen CRVS systems: introduction 
Genus 78, 8 (2022) 
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-022-00156-8


Siow Li Lai & Nai Peng Tey
Deficiency in civil registration and vital statistics reporting in remote areas: the case of Sabah, Malaysia
Genus 77, 22 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00132-8


Amanda R. Cheong & Mary Anne K. Baltazar
Too precarious to walk: an integrated “three delays” framework for modeling barriers to maternal health care and birth registration among stateless persons and irregular migrants in Malaysia
Genus 77, 18 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00129-3


M. Pasqualini & G. Bazzani
Residence registration to cope with homelessness: evidence from a qualitative research study in Milan
Genus 77, 37 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00147-1


Antonella Guarneri, Francesca Rinesi, Romina Fraboni & Alessandra De Rose
On the magnitude, frequency, and nature of marriage dissolution in Italy: insights from vital statistics and life-table analysis
Genus 77, 28 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00138-2 


Atoumane Fall, Bruno Masquelier, Khadim Niang, Samba Ndiaye & Alphousseyni Ndonky
Motivations and barriers to death registration in Dakar, Senegal
Genus 77, 21 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00133-7 


Aashish Gupta & Sneha Sarah Mani
Assessing mortality registration in Kerala: the MARANAM study
Genus 78, 1 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00149-z 


M. Moinuddin Haider, Nurul Alam, Mamun Ibn Bashar & Stéphane Helleringer
Adult death registration in Matlab, rural Bangladesh: completeness, correlates, and obstacles
Genus 77, 13 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00125-7


Helena Cruz Castanheira & José Henrique Costa Monteiro da Silva
Examining sex differences in the completeness of Peruvian CRVS data and adult mortality estimates 
Genus 78, 3 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00151-5


Everton E. C. Lima, Estevão A. Vilela, Andrés Peralta, Marília Rocha, Bernardo L. Queiroz, Marcos R. Gonzaga, Mario Piscoya-Díaz, Kevin Martinez-Folgar, Víctor M. García-Guerrero & Flávio H. M. A. Freire
Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries
Genus 77, 30 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00139-1


Rob E. Dorrington, Tom A. Moultrie, Ria Laubscher, Pam J. Groenewald & Debbie Bradshaw
Rapid mortality surveillance using a national population register to monitor excess deaths during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in South Africa
Genus 77, 19 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00134-6