A problem in household composition

Mathematical Population Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-18

  Akkerman, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility; Household composition; Household growth; Leslie model; Nonnegative matrices; Population growth

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION; LESLIE MODEL; MATRIX PRESENTATION; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; POPULATION GROWTH;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY SIZE; HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLDS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORLD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; WORLD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 0030444477     PISSN: 08898480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08898489609525418     Document Type: Article

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