title: Estimation of parameters of the inflated geometric distribution for rural out-migration.
abstract: "Several attempts have been made in the past at studying trends in rural-urban migration through the use of probability models.... In this paper, an alternative method (based on maximum likelihood) of estimating the parameters of the inflated geometric distribution is proposed.... Section 2 describes the model. The method of estimating the parameters and the associated variance-covariance matrix is contained in section 3. Section 4 gives an illustrative example. Section 5 contains the conclusion." Data are from a 1978 survey conducted in three types of villages in India.
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007194:India; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Estimation Technics; India; Mathematical Model; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Rural-urban Migration; Southern Asia