African-American mortality at older ages: results of a matching study.
A study was conducted to establish accurate ages at death for the African-American population at advanced ages. A sample of death certificates of persons aged 65 and over in 1985 was linked to records for the same individuals in U.S. censuses of 1900, 1910, and 1920 and to records of the Social Sec...
| Publicado en: | Demography Vol. 33; pp. 193 - 210 |
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Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
May 1996
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