Journal article
A Dynamic Extension of the Period Life Table
Abstract
The standard period life table is based entirely on the death probabilities of the given period. Popular (not expert) usage of life expectancies from a period table typically ignores the fact that the expectancies make no allowance for future declines
Authors
Denton FT; Spencer BG
Journal
Demographic Research, Vol. 24, , pp. 831–854
Publisher
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
DOI
10.4054/demres.2011.24.34
ISSN
1435-9871