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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 S. 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 S. Measuring ethnic differences: are surveys up to the job?, Survey Research Methods.
Brown, M S. (2007). When ancient meets modern: the relationship between postpartum non-susceptibility and contraception in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biosocial Science,
Brown, M S. (2006). hen Ancient meets modern: the relationship between postpartum non-susceptibility and contraception in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biosocial Science published (forthcoming in print – published on the Cambridge University Press 'Journals Online' website on 7th September 2006,
Simpson, L., Brown, M S. (2006). Census fieldwork - the bedrock for a decade of social analysis. Environment and Planning A,
Simpson, L., Brown, M S. (2006). Census fieldwork - the bedrock for a decade of social analysis. Environment and Planning A,
Tranmer, M., Pickles, A R., Fieldhouse, E A., Elliot, M J., Dale, A., Brown, M S., Martin, D, Steel, D.G, Gardiner, C. (2005). Proposals for Small Area Microdata. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A, 168(1), 29-49. Full text doi:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2004.00334.x
Brown, M S. (2000). Quantifying the Muslim Population in Europe: Conceptual and Data Issues. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice, 3,2, 87-101.
Brown, M S. (2000). Estimating the size and distribution of South Asian 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 S. (2000). Coitus, the proximate determinant of conception: inter-country variance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biosocial Science, 32, 145-59.
Brown, M S. (2000). Religion and Economic Activity in the South Asian Population. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 23,6, 1035-1061.
Brown, M S. Minority Ethnic Housing Needs in Manchester, First Report: Views from the Black and Minority Ethnic Registered Social Landlords (RSLs). 1999. Housing Corporation.
Brown, M S. (1996). Research Review 2: Fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa? International Journal of Population Geography, 2:1, 1-22.
Brown, M S. (1996). Contraceptive prevalence and fertility: a different relationship in Sub-Saharan Africa?. In Powell, R. Mwageni, A. Ankomah, A.(Ed.) Population Dynamics. (44-52).