Section outline

    • 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
      1. 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).
      2. PRESTON HANDBOOOK: CHAPTER 2, with particular attention to age- standardization and decomposition.
      • VIDEO:
      1. Age standardised mortality rate (Greg Martin, University of Limerick)
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    • Lezione 6. Age specific rates and standardization File

      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

    • Lezione 7_Kitagawa decomposition, File

      Kitagawa decomposition

    • I-RAT Chapter 1-2 Quiz
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    • T-RAT Chapter 1-2 Quiz
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      MATERIAL FOR THE T-APP1

    • T-APP 1- The case of the Pharmarceutical Company File
    • T-APP1 - DATA Folder
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      MATERIAL FOR THE T-APP2

    • T-APP2 THE CASE OF THE ISTAT PRESIDENT File
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