alphaRevSurv: Estimate alpha parameter for mortality

In josehcms/fertestr: Package for Fertility and Parity Estimation

Estimate alpha parameter for mortality

Description

Estimate alpha parameter for mortality of past years basedon provided qx and lx_standard parameters for women and children

Usage

alphaRevSurv(lx_std, qx, type)

Arguments

lx_std	standard values for mortality estimation
qx	3 element vector of child mortality (q0_5) or women adult mortality (q15_45) data
type	'child' if estimating values for children or 'women' for adult women

Value

alpha, vector of three coefficient elements for 0-4, 5-9 and 10-14 years prior reference date

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