Research Areas:
Population Studies;
Research Methods; Population Estimates & Projections;
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Research Areas: Population Studies;
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Don Kerr Ph.D.
University of Western Ontario
M.A., B.A. Concordia University
Biographical Note
Don Kerr received his undergraduate training in anthropology prior to shifting into sociology and demography in graduate school. He came to King's College in July 2003 after teaching for three years in the Sociology Department on the main campus. Prior to 2000, he worked for several years as a population analyst for Development and Demographic Methods Section, Demography Division at Statistics Canada in Ottawa. His research interests lie in the area of population studies, with a particular interest in Canadian demography. He is also currently a Professional Associate at the Population Studies Center at the University of Western Ontario.
Publications and Conference Presentations
Books and Research Monographs:
Roderic Beaujot and Don Kerr. 2004 Population Change in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Don Kerr. 1998. Alternate Methodologies in the Evaluation of Census Coverage: Canada, the United States, Britain and Australia, Demographic Document Series, no. 5. Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 91F0015MPF, Ottawa, Ontario, 1998.
Don Kerr, Andy Siggner and J.P. Bourdeau. 1997. “An Overview of Canada’s Aboriginal Population, 1981-1991”. Aboriginal Research Studies Series. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario.
M.J. Norris, Don Kerr and Francois Nault. 1997. “Projections of the Population with Aboriginal Identity in Canada, 1991-2016”. Aboriginal Research Studies Series. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario.
Don Kerr and Nelson Kopustus. 1995. Projections of Households and Families for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1993-2016. Statistics Canada, Catalogue 91-522 Occasional, Ministry of Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Don Kerr and Bali Ram. 1994. Population Dynamics in Canada. Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice Hall and Statistics Canada.
Chapters in books:
Don Kerr, Eric Guimond and M.J. Norris 2003. Perils and Pitfalls of Aboriginal Demography: Lessons Learned from the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Projections, in Jerry White, Paul Maxim and Dan Beavon (eds.) Aboriginal Conditions: The Research Foundations for Public Policy. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
Geoff Rowe and Don Kerr. 1997. The Use of Demographic Methods in the Evaluation of Coverage in the Canadian Census”. Studies in Applied Demography, K.V.Rao (ed.), Population and Society Research Centre, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1997.
Papers in refereed journals:
Don Kerr (forthcoming). An Alternate Approach to Evaluating and Generating Population Estimates. Genus.
Don Kerr (forthcoming) Family Transformations and Well-Being of Children: Recent Evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Children and Youth Journal of Comparative Family Studies
Jianye Liu and Don Kerr. 2003. Family Change and Economic Well-Being of Recent Immigrants to Canada. International Migration 41(4): 113-140.
Don Kerr and Roderic Beaujot. 2003. Child Poverty and Family Structure in Canada, 1981-1997. Journal of Comparative Family Studies
Don Kerr and Roderic Beaujot. 2003. Family Relations, Low Income and Child Outcomes: A Comparison of Canadian Children in Intact, Step and Female Lone Parent Families. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 43(2):134-152
Rejean Lachapelle and Don Kerr 2000, “A New Demographic Approach to Population Adjustment”, in Survey Methodology Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 43-52.
D. Kerr and D. Morrissette 1997 “Census Coverage Evaluation and Demographic Analysis”, Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 24( 1): 27-43.
Technical Reports and Working Documents:
Eric Guimond, Don Kerr and Roderic Beaujot. 2003. Charting the Growth of Canada's Aboriginal Population: Problems, Options and Implications. Discussion Paper 03-06
Statistics Canada. 2003. Population and Family Estimation Methods at Statistics Canada. Demography Division. Catalogue no. 91-528. (chapters 1 and 2).
Liu, Jianye and Don Kerr. 2003. Family Change and the Economic Well-Being in Canada: The Case of Recent Immigrants. Discussion Paper 03-08.
Kerr, Don, Mary-Jane Norris and E. Guimond. 2002. Difficulties Encountered in Projecting Canada's Aboriginal Population. Population Studies Centre, University of Western Ontario. Discussion Paper 02-01
Kerr, Don. An Alternate Strategy for Evaluating and Generating Censal Estimates. December 2002. Population Studies Centre, University of Western Ontario. Discussion Paper 02-11
Kerr, Don and Roderic Beaujot. Child Poverty and Family Structure in Canada. 2001. Population Studies Centre, University of Western Ontario. Discussion Paper 01-7
Kerr, Don and Roderic Beaujot. Family Relations, Low Income and Child Outcomes: A Comparison of Canadian Children in Intact, Step and Lone Parent Families. 2001. Population Studies Centre, University of Western Ontario. Discussion Paper 01-8
Don Kerr , 2002. Family Transformations and Well-Being of Children: Recent Evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Children and Youth. Proceedings of the Meeting of the Federation of Canadian Demographers (FCD), Ottawa, Ontario.
Statistics Canada. 2000. Annual Demographic Statistics. Demography Division. Catalogue no. 91-213-XPB. (Part of methodological appendix).
R. Lachapelle and D. Kerr“ Direct Estimates Evaluation: A Decomposition of Closure Error”. Report prepared by Demography Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1998.
R. Lachapelle and D. Kerr. 1998. “Reverse Record Check Estimates of Demographic Growth”. Report prepared by Demography Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1998.
R. Lachapelle and D. Kerr. 1998. “Coverage Studies Evaluation Using Demographic Estimates”. Report prepared by Demography Division, Statistics Canada.
D. Kerr. 1998. “Returning Emigrants and Temporarily Abroad: Adjustment for Net Undercount, 1996”. Report prepared by Demography Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
D. Kerr “Comparisons of the 1996 Census with Postcensal Estimates, Canada, Provinces and Territories”. Report prepared by Demography Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1997.
C. Dionne and D. Kerr “Alternate Techniques for Evaluating Census Counts: Methodological Proposals and Applications” . Report prepared by Demography Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1995.
C. Dionne and D. Kerr “Use of Intergenerational Approach for Adjusting Census Counts: Methodological Proposals and Applications”. Report prepared by Demography Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1995.
M.J. Norris, D. Kerr and F. Nault “Projections of the Aboriginal Population Identity Population in Canada, 1991-2016”. Report prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Ontario, 1995.
D. Kerr, A. Siggner and J.P. Bourdeau. “Canada’s Aboriginal Population, 1981-1991”. Report prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Ontario, 1995.
Submitted Manuscripts:
Eric Guimond, Don Kerr and Roderic Beaujot. Charting the Growth of Canada's Aboriginal Population: Problems, Options and Implications.
Don Kerr.
The Evolving Family Living Arrangements of Canada’s Children: Consequences for Child Poverty and Child OutcomesPresentations at Professional Meetings/ Workshops
Eric Guimond, Don Kerr and Roderic Beaujot. 2003. Charting the Growth of Canada's Aboriginal Population: Problems, Options and Implications. Population Association of America Meetings, Minnesota.
Jianye Liu and Don Kerr. 2003. Family Change and the Economic Well-Being of Recent Immigrants to Canada. Canadian Population Society Meetings, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Don Kerr Dec 2002 Population Projections: Methodological Difficulties in a Context of Changing Aboriginal Identities. Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, Ottawa, ON.
Rejean Lachapelle, Don Kerr and D. Morissette. June 2002. An Alternate Strategy for Generating Censal Estimates. Canadian Population Society, Toronto, ON.
Don Kerr, Eric Guimond and Mary Jane Norris. June 2002. Perils and Pitfalls of Aboriginal Demography: Lessons Learned from the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Projections. Canadian Popualtion Society, Toronto, Ontario.
Don Kerr. 2002. Population Estimates, Censal Estimates and Data Quality. Census Data Workshop, The Southwest Region Health Information Partnership, London, Ontario.
Don Kerr. July 2002. Behavioural and Emotional Difficulties Among Young Children in Canada: Reconsidering the Relevance of Family Structure and Low Income. World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane, Australia.
Don Kerr December, 2001. Family Transformations and Well-Being of Children: Recent Evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Children and Youth Meeting of the Federation of Canadian Demographers (FCD), Ottawa, Ontario
Don Kerr. October, 2001 Child Outcomes in Lone Parent, Step Parent and Two Parent Households: 1994-1998. Canadian Centre for Studies of Children at Risk, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Don Kerr, Roderic Beaujot, Rajulton Fernando. August 2001. Conditions of Positive Child Outcomes in Non-Intact Families: Evidence from Canadian Longitudinal Data. Presentation at the 2001 Meetings of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Salvador, Brazil, August 2001.
Don Kerr and Roderic Beaujot. June 2001. Family relations, low income and child outcomes: a comparison of Canadian children in intact, step and lone parent families. Presentation at Family Transformation and Social Cohesion Workshop, Ottawa, June 2001.
Don Kerr & Roderic Beaujot. May 2001. Child Poverty and Family Structure in Canada. Presentation at 2001 Meetings of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Quebec City, May 2001.
Don Kerr. June 2000. “Family Changes and Transfers to Children: a Focus on Children with Lone Parents” Presentation at Family Transformation and Social Cohesion Workshop, Ottawa,
Rejean Lachapelle and Don Kerr. May 2001. "A New Demographic Approach to Population Adjustment” Paper presented at the 2000 Canadian Population Society Annual Meetings, Edmonton Alberta.
Don Kerr. May 2000. “Discussant on the Demographics of Ageing in the UNECE”, Economic Conference 2000, Expanding Horizons: Canada in an International Context.
Rejean Lachapelle and Don Kerr. 1998. “Direct Estimates Evaluation: A Decomposition of Closure Error”. Paper presented at the meetings of the Federal Provincial Committee on Demography, Ottawa, Ontario.
Rejean Lachapelle and Don Kerr. 1998. “Census Coverage Studies: A Demographic Evaluation”. Paper presented for the Advisory Committee on Demographic Statistics, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.
Rejean Lachapelle and Don Kerr. 1998. “Reverse Record Check Estimates of Demographic Growth”. Paper presented at the meetings of the Federal Provincial Committee on Demography, Ottawa, Ontario.
Don Kerr. 1998. “Coverage Studies Results Evaluation Using Demographic Estimates”, Workshop on the Results of the 1996 Coverage Studies, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Don Kerr. 1997. “Returning Emigrants and Temporarily Abroad: Adjustment for Net Undercount, 1996”. Paper presented at the Sept 1997 meetings of the Federal Provincial Committee on Demography, Ottawa, Ontario.
Denis Morrissette and Don Kerr. 1997. “La complétude de l’enregistrement des naissances au Canada depuis 1921”. Paper presented at the meetings of the Association des démographes du Québec.
Don Kerr. 1997. “Coverage Measurement”. Paper presented at the North American Demographic Workshop, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Don Kerr and Denis Morissette. 1997. Applications of Demographic Analysis in the Evaluation of 1996 Census Results. Paper presented at the 1997 Canadian Population Society Annual Meetings. St. John's, Newfoundland.
Don Kerr. 1996. Demographic Methods: Intergenerational Model”. Paper presented at the meetings of the Federal Provincial Committee on Demography, Ottawa, Ontario.
Don Kerr and Geoff Rowe. “The Use of Demographic Methods in the Evaluation of Coverage in the Canadian Census”. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Applied Demography, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
Claude Dionne and Don Kerr. 1996. Intergenerational Relationships and Population Estimation. Paper presented at the Canadian Population Society Annual Meetings, in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Claude Dionne and Don Kerr. 1996. The Use of an Intergenerational Approach for Adjusting Census Counts: Methodological Proposals and Applications. Paper presented at the Population Association of America’s annual meetings, New Orleans, U.S.A.
M.V. George and Don Kerr. 1995. Projections of Households and Families for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1993-2016”. Presentation to Statistics Canada’s Advisory Committee on Demographic Statistics, Ottawa, Ontario.
Claude Dionne and Don Kerr. 1995. “Estimates of Net Undercount using Demographic Approaches”. Presentation at the meetings of the Federal Provincial Committee on Demography, Ottawa, Ontario.