Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems and legal identity systems have become increasingly recognized as catalytic both for inclusive development and for monitoring population dynamics spanning the entire life course. Population scientists have a long history of contributing to the strengthening of CRVS and legal identity systems and of using vital registration data to understand population and development dynamics. This paper provides an overview of the Genus thematic series on CRVS systems. The series spans 11 research articles that document new insights on the registration of births, marriages, separations/divorces, deaths and legal residency. This introductory article to the series reviews the importance of population perspectives and demographic methods in strengthening CRVS systems and improving our understanding of population dynamics across the lifecourse. The paper highlights the major contributions from this thematic series and discusses emerging challenges and future research directions on CRVS systems for the population science community.
【저자키워드】 Mortality, Fertility, vital statistics, death registration, Population register, Civil registration, Birth registration, Marriage registration, Legal identity, Nuptiality, 【초록키워드】 Population, Research, death, Community, identity, Perspective, genus, article, highlight, Course, provide, contributing to, increasingly, catalytic, 【제목키워드】 Population, Perspective,