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APPENDIX G: MULTISTATE LIFE TABLE METHODOLOGY AND PROJECTIONS
Pages 149-152

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... Individuals are followed until they reach a certain cutoff point that depends on the survey year at which they entered [typically 42 years after the Ph.D., although in recent SDR waves, Hey are followed until they reach age 70 or until they drop out for over reasons (nonresponse or deathly. The form of the data on which the life tables are based consists mostly of large sets of transition tables constructed from the SDR by National Research Council (NRC)
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... Let Nx y represent the number of individuals in the specified Ph.D. population in each employment state at age X for 150 a given year Y
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... To illustrate the use of life table analysis in generating projections of workforce variables, Me Panel, as an exploratory exercise, chose to generate estimates of job openings. Given We uncertainty associated with efforts to project demand, Me Panel examined three growth rate scenarios based on the average annual growth in the biomedical and behavioral science workforces between 1981 and 1991: zero growth; one-half the 1981-1991 average annual growth; and the average annual growth.5 Estimates of "net separations"6 were generated using the life tables.
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... National Research Council Forthcoming 1991 SDR Methodological Report. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
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