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THE USE OF PER CAPITA MEASURES IN AGGREGATE DATA ANALYSIS HAS BEEN GIVEN LITTLE THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION. THIS PAPER ARGUES THAT UNLESS THERE IS SUCH A JUSTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUCH TRANSFORMATIONS CAN LEAD TO GREATLY DISTORTED RESULTS. IT IS ARGUED PER CAPITA TRANSFORMATIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS UNDESIRABLE, BUT THAT GREATER ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE PAID TO THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION.