Scholarly Works

A Dynamic Extension of the Period Life Table

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

Publication Date

October 19, 2011

DOI

10.4054/demres.2011.24.34

ISSN

1435-9871

Associated Experts

Byron Grant Spencer

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences

Frank Trevor Denton

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences

Labels

Fields of Research (FoR)

44 Human society 4403 Demography 35 Commerce, management, tourism and services 42 Health sciences

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

3 Good Health and Well Being

View published work (Non-McMaster Users)

View published work (McMaster Users)

Contact the Experts team

Get technical help

or

Provide website feedback