EVALUATING THE SLAVONIAN CENSUS OF 1698 .2. A MICROSIMULATION TEST AND EXTENSION OF THE EVIDENCE

An adjusted 17th C. census based on critical reading of the historical text is the basis for indirect estimation of uncounted persons. The c ensus states no ages and excludes many categories of household residen ts. Microsimulation based on historically and ethnographically plausib le rates and household formation scenarios produces simulated househol ds that match the observable portions of households in the adjusted ce nsus. Microsimulation results permit estimation of the uncounted popul ation, of the kinship and age composition of households under extant f rontier conditions, and the probable future composition of households as the frontier stabilized and land shortage began to exert pressure f or greater density and household complexity.