title: A probability distribution for out-migration.
abstract: "Under certain simplifying assumptions, an inflated generalized Poisson distribution has been proposed to study the trends for out-migration. This distribution has been fitted to data estimating the parameters by (i) method of moments and (ii) maximum likelihood method....Asymptotic expressions for variance and covariance of the maximum likelihood estimates are obtained."  The method is tested using data from the Rural Development and Population Growth survey undertaken in Varanasi, India, in 1978.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007194:India; D008722:Methods; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Estimation Technics; India; Methodological Studies; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Southern Asia