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Dr Mark Brown
Teaching Fellow in Quantitative Methods and Demography
Tel: 0161 275 4780
Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 4722
Email: Mark.Brown@manchester.ac.uk
Room G24 CCSR School of Social Sciences Kantorovich Building Humanities Bridgeford Street University of Manchester MANCHESTER M13 9PL
I am a geographer and demographer
by training. My main research interests include demographic
transition, with a focus on fertility change in developing
countries, and the demography and statistical representation
of minority ethnic populations in the UK.
Current
and recently completed projects
Expanding
and Increasing Access to a Programme of Quantitative Methods
Training
Funded by ESRC Methods Programme (2002 to 2006)
Using
the SARS for Teaching and Learning
Funded by JISC (2000 to 2003)
Small
Area Microdata
Funded by ESRC (completed December 2000)
Ethnicity,
Religion and Group Identities: Issues of Statistical Representation
Funded by ESRC (completed June 1999)
Recent Publications
Brown, M. (Forthcoming) When Ancient meets modern: the relationship between postpartum non-susceptibility and contraception in Sub-Saharan Africa Journal of BioSocial Science.Linda, S, Myles, I , Carter, J, Durham, H, Brown, M., Russell, L, Wathan, J. (forthcoming) Learning and Teahcing online with the UK census Journal of Geography in Higher Education 28. 229-245
Wathan, J., Brown, M., Williamson, L, Payne, G, Williams, M. (Forthcoming) Increasing secondary analysis in undergraduate dissertations: a pilot project London, , SAGE.
Simpson, L., Brown, M. (2008) Census fieldwork - the bedrock for a decade of social analysis Environment and Planning A 40. 2132-2148
Williamson, L, Brown, M., Wathan, J., Higgins, V. (2008) Secondary Analysis for Social Scientists.
Brown, M. (2006) Sex and susceptibility in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for the measurement of unmet need for family planning, (submitted to Studies in Family Planning).
Brown, M. (2006) Measuring ethnic differences: are surveys up to the job?' (submitted to Survey Research Methods).
Tranmer, M., Pickles, A., Fieldhouse, E., Elliot, M. J., Dale, A., Brown, M., Martin, D., Steel, D. G., Gardiner, C. (2005) The Case for Small Area Microdata Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A 168. 29-49
Gardiner, C., Brown, M. (2004) Informing Policy Making at sub-local authority spatial levels: using Small Area Microdata from the 2001 Census Local Government Studies 30.
Gould, M. I., Carter, J, Durham, D, Brown, M., Russell, L, Wathan, J. (2004) Learning and teaching on-line with the UK census Journal of Geography in Higher Education 28. 229-245
Purdam, K, Li, Y., Brown, M., Wathan, J. (2003) The Housing and Socio-Economic Circumstances of Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Wales. Cardiff, National Assembly for Wales.
Brown, M. (2000) Estimating the size and distribution of religious minorities in Britain: is there an alternative to a religion question in the Census? International Journal of Population Geography 6. 87-109
Brown, M. (2000) Quantifying the Muslim Population in Europe: Conceptual and Data Issues International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Theory and Practice 3, No.2. 87-101
Brown, M. S. (2000) Coitus, the proximate determinant of conception: inter-country variance in Sub-Saharan Africa Journal of BioSocial Science 32. 145-159
Brown, M. S. (2000) Religion and economic activity in the South Asian population Ethnic and Racial Studies 23, No.6.
Tranmer, M., Fieldhouse, E., Elliot, M., Dale, A., Brown, M. (2000) Small Area Microdata.
Karn, V., Mian, S., Brown, M. S., Dale, A. (1999) Minority Ethnic Housing Needs in Manchester: Tradition and Change , , Housing Corporation.
Brown, M., Dale, A. (1998) A survey of SAR users, their requirements for 2001 SARs and their view on dissemination and support.. Manchester, University of Manchester.
Brown, M. S., Karn, V. (1998) Minority Ethnic Housing Needs in Manchester, First Report: Views from the Black and Minority Ethnic Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) , , North British Housing Association.
Brown, M. S., Powell, R. A., Mwageni, E. A., Ankomah, A. (1996) Contraceptive prevalence and fertility: a different relationship in Sub-Saharan Africa? Exeter, , Institute of Population Studies, University of Exeter.
Gould, W. T. S., Brown, M. S. (1996) Research Review 2: Fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa? International Journal of Population Geography 2:1. 1-23
Brown, M. S., Cronin, N. (1995) Children in Britain London, , Family Policy Studies Centre.
Burghes, L., Brown, M. S. (1995) Single lone mothers: problems, prospects and policies London, , Family Policy Studies Centre.