Age specific rates, standardization, decomposition
Schema della sezione
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- Period-age specific rates
- Age standardization: direct and indirect
- Decomposition of differences between rates and proportions
- Longitudinal and cross section analysis
- Death probability
- Infant mortality rate
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- READING MATERIAL
PRESTON HANDBOOOK: CHAPTER 1 (it is a review of the basic tools of Demography). Easy for those who have already studied demography, a bit more challanging for the others (the PRB e-book can help).- PRESTON HANDBOOOK: CHAPTER 2, with particular attention to age- standardization and decomposition.
- VIDEO:
- Age standardised mortality rate (Greg Martin, University of Limerick)
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Period age specific rates.The influence of age structure on demographic processes. How to compare processes across time and spaces correctly. Direct and indirect standardization
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Kitagawa decomposition
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