Life table construction with a modified logit model using Philippine 2000 census of population and housing data

• Main Author: Alba, Maria Carina Teresa P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Mortality > Philippines; Physical Sciences and Mathematics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2344
• Institution: De La Salle University

The researcher applied the modification of the Brass logit model made by Pruphetkaew, Tongkumchum, and Choonpradub to the Philippine setting to obtain estimates for the age-specific death rates of the entire population. The estimates for the age-specific death rates were then used to construct life...