Effects of ethnicity and marital status on mortality in Singapore

• Main Authors: Boey, Jeremy Chee Mun, Chan, Yee Jen, Chia, Junli
• Other Authors: Wong, Yoke Wai
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9699
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report attempts to investigate the interaction effects between social demography and mortality in Singapore, in particular ethnicity and marital status. Using the Census Method, mortality rates were computed for the various groups under investigations.