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The latent roots of the population projection matrix
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Demography (1966) 3 (1): 259–275.
Published: 01 March 1966
.... Latent Root Real Root Quadratic Formula Matrix Algebra Characteristic Matrix References 1. Leslie P. H. ( 1945 ). On the Use of Matrices in Certain Population Mathematics . Biometriks , XXXIII , 183 – 212 . 10.1093/biomet/33.3.183 2 For example, see N. Keyfitz, “Mathematical...
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An elementary approach to the population projection-matrix, to the population reproductive value, and to related topics in the mathematical theory of population growth
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 382–409.
Published: 01 March 1968
... of population growth associated with the reverse projection-matrix, the stable age-distribution that pertains to the projection-matrix, the characteristic equation of the projection-matrix, and the latent roots of the characteristic equation. We also introduce some new indices that measure the “eventual...
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The population projection as a matrix operator
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Demography (1964) 1 (1): 56–73.
Published: 01 March 1964
... de poblicaón. Latent Root Matrix Operator Intrinsic Rate Population Projection Ordinary Method References 1. Leslie, P. H. “On the Use of Matrices in Certain Population Mathematics,” Biometrika , Vol. 33, pp. 184 ff. 2. Bernardelli, Harro. “Population Waves,” Journal...
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Trends in Mortality Decrease and Economic Growth
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Demography (2014) 51 (5): 1755–1773.
Published: 03 October 2014
..., the latent factor is orthogonal to the GDP series by construction. The forecast results are compared using the root mean squared forecast error (RMSFE). Specially, denote as y it the true death rate at age i and year t , and denote as the corresponding forecasted death rates. The RMSFE...
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Methods for measuring school performance through cohort analysis
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Demography (1972) 9 (4): 617–624.
Published: 01 November 1972
... as we find the value of Qi, it is easy to calculate (y) ', 622 DEMOGRAPHY, volume 9, number 4, November 1972 Indeed, the characteristic equation of our triangular sub-matrix Q can be writ- ten as follows: The latent roots Al = rI, A2 = r2, Ag = rg are identical to the repeating coefficients...
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Stable migration rates from the multiregional growth matrix operator
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 439–442.
Published: 01 March 1968
... with closed populations. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1968 1968 Matrix Operator Stable Population Closed Population Latent Growth Rate Dominant Root References 1 Rogers , Andrei ( 1966 ). The Multiregional Matrix Growth Operator and the Stable...
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Demography (2017) 54 (2): 485–511.
Published: 23 February 2017
... fit index. TLI = Tucker-Lewis reliability index. SRMR = standardized root mean square residual. Table 5 presents the parameter estimates D t I of the measurement Eq. ( 6 ) for the parental investment latent variables at ages 3 and 5 after we split the measures according...
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1423–1443.
Published: 01 August 2021
... . Muthén B. O. , du Toit S. H. C. , & Spisic D. ( 1997 ). Robust inference using weighted least squares and quadratic estimating equations in latent variable modeling with categorical and continuous outcomes (Unpublished technical report). Retrieved from https://www.statmodel.com...
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View articletitled, The Comparability of Perceived Physical and Mental Health Measures Across Immigrants and Natives in the United States
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Health Measurement in Population Surveys: Combining Information from Self-reported and Observer-Measured Health Indicators
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Demography (2011) 48 (2): 699–724.
Published: 20 April 2011
... and socioeconomic differentials in the health status of older people. We use data from the second wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) conducted in 2004 ( N = 8,870). Information from three observer-measured and three self-reported health indicators was combined, using a latent variable modeling...
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1547–1574.
Published: 01 August 2021
... for measurement error and identify the best-fitting, theoretically guided models describing SRH trajectories. Results support a hybrid model that combines the lagged effect of SRH with the enduring perspectives, fitted with a type of autoregressive latent trajectory (ALT) model. This model structure consistently...
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View articletitled, Trajectories of Subjective Health: Testing Longitudinal Models for Self-rated Health From Adolescence to Midlife
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One step back in understanding racial differences in birth weight
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Demography (2001) 38 (4): 569–571.
Published: 01 November 2001
... the impact of genetic variation on demographic processes. The authors’ statistical results restate their anachronistic theory of race using latent variables that are not open to empirical testing. Although new data increase the opportunities for the examination of the relationship between biology...
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On the Beginning of Mortality Acceleration
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Demography (2015) 52 (1): 39–60.
Published: 25 December 2014
... regimes: “latent” and “manifest” aging. Up to a certain age, there is only latent aging: physiological senescence occurs, but its low level does not trigger any measurable increase in mortality. Past a certain level (and age), molecular damage is such that mortality risks start to increase. We first...
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Modeling and Forecasting Mortality With Economic Growth: A Multipopulation Approach
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Demography (2017) 54 (5): 1921–1946.
Published: 25 September 2017
...Tim J. Boonen; Hong Li Abstract Research on mortality modeling of multiple populations focuses mainly on extrapolating past mortality trends and summarizing these trends by one or more common latent factors. This article proposes a multipopulation stochastic mortality model that uses...
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Gradual Change, Homeostasis, and Punctuated Equilibrium: Reconsidering Patterns of Health in Later Life
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Demography (2019) 56 (6): 2323–2347.
Published: 11 November 2019
..., and the root mean squared error of approximation fit statistics (Raudenbush and Bryk 2002 ). Next, to allow for additional heterogeneity in health trajectories, we model the onset and accumulation of functional limitations using a latent class growth analysis (LCGA), which identifies qualitatively...
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Simultaneity in the use of maternal-child health care and contraceptives: evidence from developing countries
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Demography (2002) 39 (1): 75–93.
Published: 01 February 2002
... Behavior . Chicago : University of Chicago Press . Berry , W.D. ( 1984 ). Nonrecursive Causal Models . Beverly Hills, CA : Sage . Bollen , K.A. ( 1989 ). Structural Equations With Latent Variables . New York : John Wiley & Sons . Bollen , K.A. , Guilkey , D.K...
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Cohort Analysis’ Unholy Quest: A Discussion
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Demography (2013) 50 (6): 1981–1984.
Published: 17 October 2013
... because I see the failure of almost all these efforts as being rooted in the APC accounting model itself, and not with the method of estimation. We also appear to agree that the search for methodological solutions to the APC identity is an endless and fruitless quest. It is surely time to move onto...
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Dimensions of Reproductive Attitudes and Knowledge Related to Unintended Childbearing Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults
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Demography (2019) 56 (1): 201–228.
Published: 06 December 2018
...) and the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life study (RDSL). Although the specific survey measures and sample composition of the two data sets are different, the dimensionality of the concepts and the content of the items used to measure their latent factors are remarkably consistent across the two data sets...
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Biodemographic modeling of the links between fertility motivation and fertility outcomes in the NLSY79
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Demography (2010) 47 (2): 393–414.
Published: 01 May 2010
... phenotypic model shown in Figure 1 using the latent vari- able and the linear structural equation capabilities of LISREL (Joreskog and Sorbom 1996). We analyzed separate covariance matrices for males and females but tested the null hy- pothesis of no sex differences in both the measurement and the structural...
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Investigating the Structure of Son Bias in Armenia With Novel Measures of Individual Preferences
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Demography (2021) 58 (5): 1737–1764.
Published: 01 October 2021
... uninformative and that our implicit association tests indeed capture variation across participants that is closely related to their fertility preferences. We interpret the internal consistency of our two measures as evidence that both D scores and index values are useful proxies of latent son bias. We...
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Demography (2022) 59 (5): 1791–1819.
Published: 01 October 2022
... effects of unfair treatment. Finally, the social pain hypothesis predicts that chronic inflammation will mediate the health effects of low subjective status. Unfair treatment is enclosed within a circle to reflect that this variable will be measured as a latent construct with multiple indicators...
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