coeff_trussell_ki: Coefficients for the estimation of child mortality...

In u5mr: Under-Five Child Mortality Estimation

Description

This is a dataset of coefficients used to estimate multipliers k(i) in the TRUSSELL version of the BRASS method, using Coale-Demeny mortality models.

Usage

data(coeff_trussell_ki)

Format

A data frame

Details

The basic estimation equation for the Trussell method (equation 4.3) is

k(i) = a(i) + b(i) P(1)/P(2) + c(i) P(2)/P(3)

• extracted from page 26, Table 4.

References

United Nations Population Studies (1990) Step-by-Step Guide to the Estimation of Child Mortality No.107:1-83 (United Nations)

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