title: Estimating mortality in Benin from a multi-round survey (1981-83).
abstract: "We shall in the present study proceed as follows: first, present the methodology used for the Benin Multi-Round Survey (BMRS); second, analyse the quality of the data, by evaluating the impact of mobility on the results, by a critical assessment of the levels obtained for several mortality indicators and by using indirect methods to estimate the coverage of deaths occurring between rounds; third, construct the first life tables for Benin based on raw data. We shall then consider in what these life tables are specific, and where they diverge from the standard life tables."
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Laourou
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000354:Africa, Western; D001541:Benin; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D015993:Life Tables; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Benin; Data Analysis; Data Quality; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Estimation Technics; French Speaking Africa; Indirect Estimation Technics; Life Table Method; Life Tables; Measurement; Migration; Mortality; Population; Population Dynamics; Reliability; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Studies; Survey Methodology; Surveys; Western Africa