Analyse démographique des biographies
Abstract
This book constitutes the first review of the techniques of event history analysis in demography. During the 1970s, the amount of reliable data made available as a result of surveys increased enormously. At the same time, statistical and computational techniques developed to allow the new data to be handled.
This treatment of the subject gives a detailed treatment of the techniques of event history analysis. It provides not only a thorough description of models, but also a theoretical presentation of this new research path without losing sight of the underlying application to population dynamics.
It will serve as a handbook of methodology for demographers and other social scientists interested in the study of the timing of events in individual lives.
Contents
- I. Extending the scope of longitudinal analysis
1. Observation of event histories
2. Formalization of the analysis
3. Methods of estimation using censored observations
4. Study of a single event
5. Reciprocical study of interactions between two events
6. Extending to more complex situations
- II. Extending the scope of regression models
7. Statistical formalization of parametric analysis
8. Methods of estimation of parametric models
9. Methods of semi-parametric models
10. Conclusion