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Applications of the concepts of affinity and distance to population problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Aleyamma George  and
A. M. Mathai
Aleyamma George
Affiliation:
University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India
A. M. Mathai
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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This article applies the statistical concepts of affinity and distance to live-birth data and suggests that the method may be of relevance in population problems. The distributions among villages in Kerala, south-west India, of the number of live births in each religious grouping are compared, and measures of affinity and distance among these distributions calculated. Such distances calculated for three successive periods show secular trends which may indicate changing patterns of group behaviour.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , July 1974 , pp. 347 - 356
Copyright
Copyright © 1974, Cambridge University Press

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