Evaluation of the quality of birth and fertility data in Algeria

Abstract

At the beginning of the new millennium, Algeria witnessed a revolution in the collection of demographic data, the results of which were used to manage the affairs of the population. However, theoffice of national statistics bodies is their reliance on direct measurement as the method of analyzing their data. From this perspective, this paper sought to use some of the indirect methods for demographicestimates integrated into the population analysis spreadsheet of the US Census Bureau, the Mortpak of United Nations Population Division's and the demographic tools of the International Union for Population Studies, to evaluate the quality of births and fertility data in Algeria from 2002 to 2008. The assessment showed an improvement in the measurement of the national total fertility rate compared to its geographical and state variations. In contrast, internal and southern states reported a decrease in the estimate of the crude birth rates and over in the average age of maternity compared to the northern states of the country, as well as the weak performance of population policy in keeping with the return of the increase in births, which can only be explained as post-violence recovery and improvement in the economic and social conditions in Algeria