Bayesian reconstruction of two-sex populations by age: Estimating sex ratios at birth and sex ratios of mortality

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 977-1007

  Wheldon, Mark C ^a   Raftery, Adrian E ^b   Clark, Samuel J ^b   Gerland, Patrick ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Population projection; Sex ratio at birth; Sex ratio of mortality; Two sex model; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942368371     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12104     Document Type: Article

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