The paper examines the problem of the estimation of the correct probabilities needed as input to a multiregional life table. A variety of alternative methods are examined by use of an expanded notation and a hypothetical test case. This theoretical investigation suggests that methods proposed by previous researchers are in error and an alternative method is proposed. However, this error is likely to be small in cases where the probabilities of transition from one region to another are small.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
IllingworthD R, 1975“Demographic accounts and their relationship to the life histories of individuals” WP-103, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds
2.
IllingworthD R, 1977“Testing some new concepts in population accounting and related fields” PhD thesis, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds (in preparation)
3.
ReesP H, 1974“A family of demographic accounts” WP-68, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds
4.
ReesP H, 1975“A family of demographic accounts and models” WP-119, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds
5.
ReesP HWilsonA G, 1975“Accounts and models for spatial demographic analysis 3: Rates and life tables”Environment and Planning A7199–231
6.
ReesP HWilsonA G, 1977Spatial Population Analysis (Edward Arnold, London)
7.
RogersA, 1968Matrix Analysis of Inter-regional Population Growth and Distribution (University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif.)
8.
RogersA, 1973a“The multi-regional life table”Journal of Mathematical Sociology3127–137
9.
RogersA, 1973b“The mathematics of multiregional demographic growth”Environment and Planning53–29
10.
RogersA, 1975Introduction to Multi-regional Mathematical Demography (John Wiley, New York)
11.
RogersALedentJ, 1976“Increment–decrement life tables: A comment”Demography13287–290
12.
SchoenR, 1975“Constructing increment–decrement life tables”Demography12313–324
13.
WillekensFRogersA, 1976“Computer programs for spatial demographic analysis” RM-76-58, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
