Table 2. Simulation measurement model parameter distributions.
Parameter | Mean | Minimum | Maximum |
Completeness of Census 1 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 1.00 |
Completeness of Census 2 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 1.00 |
Completeness of VR | 0.65 | 0.30 | 1.00 |
β in Census 1 | 0.00 | −0.07 | 0.07 |
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1.99 | 0.00 | 2.89 |
β in Census 2 | 0.00 | −0.07 | 0.08 |
σ12 in Census 2 | 1.99 | 0.00 | 2.86 |
β in VR | 0.00 | −0.06 | 0.07 |
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1.99 | 0.00 | 2.76 |
Stochastic age misreporting is captured as a random draw for each individual for each measurement from a normal distribution with mean zero and variance . Systematic age misreporting is captured by the function
where a
m is the misreported age, a
t is the true age, and β is drawn from a normal distribution.
VR, vital registration.