Open AccessProvisional Abridged Life Tables for Urban and Rural Areas in Pakistan, Based on PGS 1968 and 1971
Author(s) -
Naseem Iqbal Farooqui,
Iqbal Alam
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v13i3pp.335-352
Subject(s) - fertility , population , estimation , sample (material) , geography , developing country , demography , statistics , socioeconomics , economic growth , mathematics , economics , sociology , chemistry , management , chromatography
As is the case in many other countries, mortality has beenundergoing substantial, though not precisely understood, changes inPakistan. In the absence of a reliable and adequate system of vitalregistration in the country, the precise measurement of these changes iswell nigh impossible. In Pakistan, an attempt to estimate levels offertility and mortality on a sample basis was made through thePopulation Growth Estimation (PGE) project undertaken from 1962 through1965 [5, 12]. Subsequently, another demographic survey, called thePopulation Growth Survey (PGS), was initiated and carried out from 1968through 1971 [13]. In the PGE a dual system of data collection wasutilized based on continuous (Longitudinal) registration and a periodic(Cross-Sectional) survey. In the PGS, data were collected throughperiodic surveys only. Data from the PGS have only recently been madeavailable to researchers. The present set of life tables is based on themortality statistics collected in 1968 and 1971 field operations of thePGS.