Different methods to complete datasets used for capture-recapture estimation: Estimating the number of usual residents in the Netherlands

We are interested in an estimate of the usual residents in the Netherlands. Capture-recapture estimation with three registers enables us to estimate the size of the total population, of which the usual residents are a part. However, usual residence cannot be used as a covariate because it is not available in one of the registers.We approach this as a missing data problem. There are different methods available to handle missing data. In this manuscript we use Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm and Predictive Mean Matching (PMM). The EM algorithm is often used in categorical data analysis,... Mehr ...