title: An alternative procedure for fitting relational model life tables.
abstract: "The paper considers the problem of fitting a relational model life table to mortality data which does not include reliable estimates of infant and child mortality. This type of data could arise from indirect estimation of adult mortality using orphanhood or widowhood, or from adjustment of incomplete registration data using growth balance methods in a population recently de-stabilized by falls in fertility. The proposed fitting technique can give equal weight to all the age specific mortality risk information available, rather than giving more weight to the information for younger ages, as is the case with the traditional method. An application to Brazilian data is presented."  (SUMMARY IN ITA AND FRE)
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authors.lastname: Zaba
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authors.lastname: Paes
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001938:Brazil; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D007843:Latin America; D015993:Life Tables; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D013020:South America; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Age Specific Death Rate; Americas; Brazil; Data Collection; Data Sources; Death Rate; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Estimation Technics; Latin America; Life Table Method; Life Tables; Measurement; Mortality; Population; Population Dynamics; Reliability; Research Methodology; South America