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Estimation of Infant Mortality Rates Categorized by Social Class for an Australian Population
Author(s) -
Quine M. P.,
Quine S.
Publication year - 1993
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 - 10.2307/2986236
Subject(s) - multivariate statistics , confidence interval , population , statistics , sample (material) , infant mortality , demography , estimation , multivariate analysis , asymptotic distribution , sample size determination , birth rate , distribution (mathematics) , mathematics , econometrics , research methodology , sociology , economics , chemistry , management , chromatography , estimator , mathematical analysis
SUMMARY Estimates are derived for infant mortality rates (including neonatal and post neonatal) categorized by father's occupational category. The only random components in the data come from a random sample of births, and these appear in the denominators of the estimates. We derive simultaneous confidence intervals for the estimates for each social class category. The implication for epidemiological research is noted, as is the possibility of other applications.