Estimation of adult male mortality in Turkey by the widowhood method.
"In this paper, the [widowhood] method is applied to Turkish data to estimate adult male mortality.  First, the method and its assumptions are briefly discussed.  Secondly, the data source and its major characteristics are described and the method is applied; the resulting mortality measures estimated with the method are compared with findings from other sources, and the reliability of the results, the applicability of the method to the Turkish case, and possible biases risked with the application of the method are elaborated in the final section of the paper." (SUMMARY IN TUR)
Hancioglu
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D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014421:Turkey
Asia; Comparative Studies; Data Collection; Data Sources; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Mortality--men; Error Sources; Estimation Technics; Evaluation; Indirect Estimation Technics; Measurement; Mediterranean Countries; Mortality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Reliability; Research Methodology; Sex Factors; Studies; Turkey; Western Asia