The contribution of age-specific mortality towards male and female life expectancy differentials in India and selected States, 1970-2013

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-20

  Canudas Romo, Vladimir ^a,b   Saikia, Nandita ^c   Diamond Smith, Nadia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age decomposition; Causes of death; India; Life expectancy; Log quadratic model; Mortality; Sex gap

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; RESEARCH WORK; SEXUALITY;

INDIA;

EID: 84979537156     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/8ec0129d-en     Document Type: Article

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