A re-look at the methods for decomposing the difference between two life expectancies at birth

zbMATH Open1193.62189MaRDI QIDQ987080FDOQ987080

Authors: Krishna Murthy Ponnapalli 

Publication date: 13 August 2010

Published in: Sankhyā. Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

decompositionArriaga methodChandra Sekar methodPreston method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Mathematical geography and demography (91D20)

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