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Variance Estimation of Change in Poverty Rates: an Application to the Turkish EU-SILC Survey

Journal of Official Statistics
Volume 31 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)
By: Melike Oguz Alper and  Yves G. Berger  
Open Access
|Jun 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2001-7367
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Language: English
Page range: 155 - 175
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2013
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Accepted on: Apr 1, 2014
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Published on: Jun 27, 2015
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Linearisation,
multivariate regression,
stratification,
unequal inclusion probabilities.
Related subjects:
Mathematics,
Probability and statistics

© 2015 Melike Oguz Alper, Yves G. Berger, published by Sciendo
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