The role of reductions in old-age mortality in old-age population growth
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The variable-r model provides demographers with a way to explore the contributions of demographic components (fertility, mortality, migration) changes in populationsâ age structures. However, traditional methods require extremely long mortali
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عنوان ژورنال: Demographic Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2363-7064', '1435-9871']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4054/demres.2021.44.44