E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten
Rau Seasonality in Human Mortality
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-540-44902-7
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
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A Demographic Approach
E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten
Reihe: Demographic Research Monographs
ISBN: 978-3-540-44902-7
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Seasonal fluctuations in mortality are a persistent phenomenon, but variations from culture to culture pose fascinating questions. This book investigates whether sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors play a role as important for seasonal mortality as they do for mortality in general. Using modern statistical methods, the book shows, for example, that in the United States the fluctuations between winter and summer mortality are smaller the more years someone has spent in school.




