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A Multiplicative Model for the Analysis of Vital Statistics Rates
Author(s) -
Osborn John
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2346706
Subject(s) - statistics , multiplicative function , econometrics , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Summary In the study of the effects of several factors on vital rates, the single‐factor specific rates can be misleading if the factors are not independent. Maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters of a multiplicative model are derived and the model is fitted to data of stillbirth rates to estimate the independent effects of maternal age and parity.