Toward a unified approach to expounding demographic indices

Namboodiri, K.

Janasamkhya 5(1): 1-25

1987


PMID: 12281211
Document Number: 356072
"Based on the notion that duration of occupancy of a demographic state is a random variable and defining demographic behaviours in terms of hazard rates or transitional intensities, this review paper shows that a framework of piecewise exponentials can provide a unified approach in expounding demographic indices." The primary focus is on mortality.

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