A New Method in Household Demography

This paper presents a new approach to the description of household size distributions. It has been found that a Poisson distribution can be used to approximate the observed household size distribution in terms of a single parameter, namely the average household size, where empty habitable dwellings are counted as size zero households. The approach adopted in this paper is expressed in terms of the family life cycle.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Ironmonger, D.S. ; Jennings, V.E. ; Lloyd-Smith, C.W.
Institutions:	Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics
Subject:	HOUSEHOLD \| DEMOGRAPHY \| FAMILY SIZE

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Series:	Department of Economics - Working Papers Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 624 35 pages
Classification:	J1 - Demographic Economics ; J10 - Demographic Economics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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