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Population Trends Population Trends Contents In brief 3 Population Trends and Health Statistics Quarterly; Local Authority Boundary Changes from 1 April 2009; Social Trends 39; Ageing – ensuring research and statistics meet the needs of a changing society; Mid-2008 Population Estimates for Scotland; Wales’ Population: A Demographic Overview 2009; Wales Population Newsletter; 2011 Census update; Revisions to adjust mid-year population estimates by marital status for marriages abroad; UK National Statistics Migration Homepage and the Migration Statistics Quarterly Report; Seminars on improvements to mid-2008 population estimates; Online online access to older Population Trends articles Recent and forthcoming releases 8 Demographic indicators 9 Features A comparison of the characteristics of childless women and mothers in the ONS Longitudinal Study 10 Martina Portanti and Simon Whitworth Analysis of longitudinal data allows comparisons between mothers and women who remain childless in England and Wales Estimating the cohabiting population 21 Ben Wilson This article presents an update on the estimation of numbers of people cohabiting and highlights new trends in cohabitation in England and Wales Have women born outside the UK driven the rise in UK births since 2001? 28 Nicola Tromans, Julie Jefferies and Eva Natamba Investigates whether the rise in births in the UK since 2001 can be attributed to the fertility of an increased proportion of mothers who were born abroad Subnational analysis of the ageing population 43 Sarah Blake Demonstrates the progression of ageing of the population at the regional and local level The 2011 Census taking shape part II: Methodological and technological No 136 developments 64 Summer 2009 Ian White Presents the design of the 2011 Census as outlined in the newly launched Office for National Statistics Census White Paper Tables List of tables 73 Tables 1.1-9.3 74 Notes to tables 102 Reports Patterns of fatherhood in England and Wales, 1964–2007 103 Decennial life tables (2000-02) 108 2006-based Marital Status & Cohabitation Projections for England & Wales 112 Marriages and divorces during 2006, and adoptions in 2007: England and Wales 121 Contact points 126 Recent and future articles 127 ISBN 978-0-230-57987-3 Subscriptions ISSN 0307–4463 Annual subscription £116, single issue £32.50 A National Statistics publication To subscribe, contact Palgrave Macmillan, tel: 01256 357893, www.palgrave.com/ons National Statistics are produced to high professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. 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Typeset by Academic + Technical, Bristol Contacts Dates for submissions This publication Issue For information about this publication, contact the Editor, Dr Christopher Title Spring Summer Autumn Winter Smith, tel: 01329 444683, email: [email protected] Health Statistics Quarterly by 11 Sep by 11 Dec by 22 Mar by 21 June Other customer and media enquiries Population Trends by 14 Dec by 31 Mar by 30 June by 29 Sept ONS Customer Contact Centre Tel: 0845 601 3034 Please send to: International: +44 (0)845 601 3034 Population Trends Minicom: 01633 812399 Office for National Statistics Email: [email protected] Room 2300 Fax: 01633 652747 Segensworth Road Post: Room 1015, Government Buildings, Titchfield Cardiff Road, Newport, South Wales NP10 8XG Hampshire PO15 5RR www.statistics.gov.uk Population Trends 136 Summer 2009 in brief Sedgefield, Teesdale and Wear Valley Population Local Authority District Councils. ● Northumberland UA was formed from Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Trends and Boundary Valley, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale and Health Statistics Changes from Wansbeck District Councils. ● Shropshire UA was formed from Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Quarterly 1 April 2009 Shrewsbury & Atcham and South ONS are considering a possible merger of On 1 April 2009 a reorganisation of local Shropshire District Councils. Population Trends and its sister journal Health government created nine new unitary authorities Statistics Quarterly (HSQ) into one larger and (UAs) in England. Five of these were created ● Wiltshire UA was formed from Kennet, more comprehensive quarterly journal at the from county councils and their district councils. North Wiltshire, Salisbury and West start of 2010. The remaining four were created by splitting Wiltshire District Councils. Cheshire and Bedfordshire respectively into two HSQ has been published for more than 10 each along district council boundaries. The nine As a result of these boundary changes, years, shares similar values to Population unitary authorities are, therefore, all aggregates Cornwall UA with a population of around Trends, but concentrates on topical of former local authorities. Further details of the 530,000 is now the fourth largest local authority health-related issues. For example, the most reorganisation are: in terms of population, behind Birmingham, recent issue (No 42, Summer 2009) explores Leeds and Sheffield. social inequalities in adult female mortality ● Bedford UA was formed from Bedford and updates the measurement of chronic District Council This reorganisation has implications for statistics illness. for the former local authorities, as well as creating ● Central Bedfordshire UA was formed from the need to support the new administrative bodies. Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire The intention is that for statistical publications The new combined title would offer a broader District Councils. and releases, where practically possible, and more complementary cross section of statistics will be available for the new UAs and news items, articles and data covering both key ● Cheshire East UA was formed from former district councils until the 2011 Census demographic/population and health issues. All Congleton, Crewe & Nantwich and results are released in 2013. material on fertility, mortality, migration and Macclesfield District Councils. other population themes currently found in this volume would be retained. ● Cheshire West and Chester UA was formed from Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston, The proposed title of a new journal is and Vale Royal District Councils. Population and Health Review. Social Trends 39 ● Cornwall UA was formed from Caradon, This annual publication draws together statistics Comments from readers of both journals are Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith from a wide range of government departments welcomed. Further details will be published and Restormel District Councils (note the and other organisations to paint a broad picture later in the year. Isles of Scilly remains separate).
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