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Demography (2011) 48 (4): 1377–1400.
Published: 01 November 2011
...Adeline Delavande; Susann Rohwedder Abstract Cross-country comparisons of differential survival by socioeconomic status (SES) are useful in many domains. Yet, to date, such studies have been rare. Reliably estimating differential survival in a single country has been challenging because it requires...
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in Comparing Cohort Survival in Good Health: A Research Note on Decomposing Sex Differentials in the United States
> Demography
Published: 01 December 2022
Fig. 1 Overall cohort survival and health-adjusted cohort survival for two selected birth cohorts in the United States, cohorts 1931 and 1939 observed until 2019. Source: Authors' calculations based on data from the Gateway to Global Aging Data (2022) and Human Mortality Database (2022).
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in Short Lives: The Impact of Parental Death on Early-Life Mortality and Height in the Netherlands, 1850–1940
> Demography
Published: 01 February 2023
Fig. 3 Kaplan–Meier survival curve of boys' survival after parental loss at various ages. N = 17,866. Sources: HSN (2010a , 2010b ).
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Published: 13 November 2014
Fig. 3 Survival rates, by health and by education. Predicted yearly survival rates at a given age for the sample of white males. Because estimates correspond to two-year survivals, we report the square root of the predictions from our logit regressions. NHSD refers to no high school diploma; HSG
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Published: 13 November 2014
Fig. 4 Survival rates, by health and education jointly. Predicted yearly survival rates at a given age for the sample of white males. Because estimates correspond to two-year survivals, we report the square root of the predictions from our logit regressions. NHSD refers to no high school diploma
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in The Predictive Validity of Subjective Mortality Expectations: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
> Demography
Published: 15 November 2012
Fig. 1 In-sample survival rates and probabilities of survival to target ages, as implied by life tables and subjective forecasts. “Target ages” for subjective and life-table forecasts refer to the age to which respondents report their subjective probability of surviving; these target ages equal
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in The Predictive Validity of Subjective Mortality Expectations: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
> Demography
Published: 15 November 2012
Fig. 2 Subjective survival forecasts, cohort survival forecasts, and actual life tables, by age. The estimation sample includes all 2006 HRS respondents who provided valid responses to special module questions about cohort subjective survival forecasts and revised subjective survival forecasts
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Published: 17 April 2019
Fig. 2 Predicted survival functions of unemployment. The survival function reports the probability of remaining unemployed beyond month m . At any month, the survival function gives the percentage of the population remaining unemployed. These predictions are obtained using the estimated
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Demography (2006) 43 (3): 569–585.
Published: 01 August 2006
...Emmanuela Gakidou; Gary King Abstract The widely used methods for estimating adult mortality rates from sample survey responses about the survival of siblings, parents, spouses, and others depend crucially on an assumption that, as we demonstrate, does not hold in real data. We show that when...
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Women’s autonomy and child survival: A comparison of muslims and non-muslims in four Asian countries
Demography (2003) 40 (3): 419–436.
Published: 01 August 2003
... the Muslim disadvantage in children’s survival. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2003 2003 Child Mortality Child Survival Muslim Woman Muslim Community National Family Health Survey Women s Autonomy and Child Survival 419 Demography, Volume 40-Number 3, August 2003: 419...
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Demography (2001) 38 (4): 551–561.
Published: 01 November 2001
... years through decennial censuses. Differential survival is inferred from changes in the relative proportions of a cohort in each education category as the cohort ages. In cross-section, younger persons generally show stronger education effects on survival, although this pattern is clearer for women than...
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Demography (1999) 36 (3): 339–353.
Published: 01 August 1999
...Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni; Katharine M. Donato Abstract We apply multilevel methods to data from Mexico to examine how village migration patterns affect infant survival outcomes in origins. We argue that migration is a cumulative process with varying health effects at different stages of its...
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Demography (1994) 31 (1): 81–93.
Published: 01 February 1994
..., Dependent Demise? Survival Analysis of Husbands and Wives* Ken R. Smith Cathleen D. Zick Family and Consumer Studies, 228 AEB University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Past research has found that married individuals have substantially lower risks of mortality than their single counterparts. This paper...
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Demography (1983) 20 (2): 227–234.
Published: 01 May 1983
... for the Scientific Study of Population, Manila. DEMOGRAPHY© Volume 20, Number 2 May 1983 A SIMPLE MODEL FOR LINKING LIFE TABLES BY SURVIVAL· MORTALITY RATIOS S. Mitra Department of Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 Abstract-Patterns of variation in mortality can be studied by measuring changes...
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Demography (1989) 26 (1): 15–35.
Published: 01 February 1989
...John B. Casterline; Elizabeth C. Cooksey; Abdel Fattah E. Ismail Abstract This article uses household-level economic and fertility survey data to examine the relationship between household income and child survival in Egypt. Income has little effect on infant mortality but is inversely related...
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Demography (1990) 27 (4): 601–616.
Published: 01 November 1990
...Martin Brockerhoff Abstract Analysis of the 1986 Senegal Demographic and Health Survey reveals that mothers may be able to improve their children’s survival chances by migrating from the countryside to the city. Children of urban migrants, however, continue to experience a much higher risk...
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 243–258.
Published: 01 May 2005
...Siu Lan Karen Cheung; Jean-Marie Robine; Edward Jow-Ching Tu; Graziella Caselli Abstract Three dimensions of the survival curve have been developed: (1) “horizontalization,” which corresponds to how long a cohort and how many survivors can live before aging-related deaths significantly decrease...
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Demography (2004) 41 (3): 443–464.
Published: 01 August 2004
... Opportunities to Survive: Education and Regional Disparities in Brazil . Rio de Janeiro : Instituto de Pesquisa Econô mica Aplicado . Bonilla-Chacin M. , & Hammer J. ( 1999 ). Life and Death Among the Poorest . Washington, DC : World Bank . Braveman P. , Starfield B...
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Demography (2017) 54 (4): 1503–1528.
Published: 24 July 2017
.... In this article, we introduce the network survival method , a new approach for estimating adult death rates. We derive the precise conditions under which it produces consistent and unbiased estimates. Further, we develop an analytical framework for sensitivity analysis. To assess the performance of the network...
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Demography (2017) 54 (2): 673–699.
Published: 09 March 2017
... to understand the concept of probability, responses are sensitive to framing effects and to own versus hypothetical-person effects. We find that overall, people are pessimistic about their survival probabilities compared with state-specific life tables and that socioeconomic status does influence beliefs about...
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