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The Use of Multi-State Life Tables in Estimating Places for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists A Technical Paper (1997) / Chapter Skim
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DEMOGRAPHIC MODELING: AN OVERVIEW
Pages 5-6

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... Life tables can be used to generate projections of the size and characteristics of future populations based on some initial base populations. In the simple example above, where the projection is made over a single period for a single cohort, the lifetable contains two elements: Pt and ~ - fit.
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... These models are typically called "incrementdecrement" models because, given both inflows and outflows, the population can either increase or decline, clepending on whether inflows exceed or fall short of outflows. Life tables for these models would include estimates of rates of inflow and outflow.
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  • survival rates
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  • initial population
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  • require survival
  • analyzed using
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  • death rates
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  • population changes
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  • example attrition

  • age composition
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  • considering multiple
  • female population


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