Seminar on adult mortality and orphanhood in the past: five Latin American cases.
This report concerns a seminar on adult mortality and orphanhood in the past in Latin America that was held in San Jose, Costa Rica, December 12-14, 1984.  The first part describes five historical studies presented at the seminar concerning Mexico, Chile, Peru, Brazil, and Argentina.  "The second part of this article is an explanation of the calculation involved in a life table derived from information on the incidence of orphanhood according to the age of newly married couples on their marriage."
Rabell
C
C
Necochea
N
N
Arretx
C
C
Salinas
R
R
Ferrando
D
D
Ponce
F
F
Burmester
A M
AM
De Macedo
I S
IS
Nadalin
S O
SO
D000569:Americas; D001118:Argentina; D001938:Brazil; D002489:Central America; D002677:Chile; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D007843:Latin America; D015993:Life Tables; D008393:Marriage; D008800:Mexico; D009026:Mortality; D009656:North America; D010568:Peru; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012942:Social Sciences; D013020:South America
Americas; Argentina; Brazil; Central America; Chile; Conferences And Congresses; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Historical Demography; Historical Survey; Latin America; Life Table Method; Life Tables; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Mexico; Mortality; North America; Nuptiality; Peru; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; South America