Survival Trees: An Alternative Non-Parametric Multivariate Technique for Life History Analysis

European Journal of Population

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-241

  De Rose, A ^a   Pallara, A ^a  

^a ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; LIFE HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURSIVE PARTITIONING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RESEARCH; FAMILY SIZE; ITALY; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE AGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORSHIP; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RESEARCH; ITALY; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE CYCLE; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE AGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SURVIVORSHIP;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MARRIAGE; METHODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ITALY;

EID: 0031394733     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005844818027     Document Type: Article

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