Table 5. Age trims with the lowest median relative error in the simulations with and without age heaping.
Order | Without Age Heaping | Age Heaping, 5% | Age Heaping, 10% | Age Heaping, 20% | ||||
Age Trim | MRE | Age Trim | MRE | Age Trim | MRE | Age Trim | MRE | |
GGB | ||||||||
1 | 45–70 | 0.0636 | 45–70 | 0.063669 | 45–70 | 0.063545 | 45–70 | 0.063616 |
2 | 50–70 | 0.0639 | 50–70 | 0.063898 | 50–70 | 0.063869 | 50–70 | 0.063791 |
3 | 45–65 | 0.0643 | 40–70 | 0.064349 | 40–70 | 0.06443 | 40–70 | 0.064564 |
4 | 40–70 | 0.0644 | 45–65 | 0.064403 | 45–65 | 0.064606 | 45–65 | 0.064766 |
5 | 35–70 | 0.0662 | 40–75 | 0.066096 | 40–75 | 0.065963 | 40–75 | 0.065847 |
SEG | ||||||||
1 | 60–80 | 0.0809 | 60–80 | 0.080823 | 60–80 | 0.080716 | 60–80 | 0.080609 |
2 | 55–80 | 0.0869 | 55–80 | 0.086894 | 55–80 | 0.086842 | 55–80 | 0.08681 |
3 | 55–75 | 0.0917 | 55–75 | 0.09171 | 55–75 | 0.091671 | 55–75 | 0.09179 |
4 | 50–80 | 0.0938 | 50–80 | 0.093813 | 50–80 | 0.093839 | 50–80 | 0.093951 |
5 | 50–75 | 0.0991 | 50–75 | 0.09913 | 50–75 | 0.099233 | 50–75 | 0.099424 |
GGBSEG | ||||||||
1 | 60–80 | 0.0820 | 60–80 | 0.081414 | 60–80 | 0.080588 | 60–80 | 0.07941 |
2 | 55–80 | 0.0846 | 55–80 | 0.083923 | 55–80 | 0.083185 | 55–80 | 0.081934 |
3 | 55–75 | 0.0847 | 55–75 | 0.083988 | 55–75 | 0.083194 | 55–75 | 0.082023 |
4 | 50–80 | 0.0881 | 50–80 | 0.087424 | 50–80 | 0.086628 | 50–80 | 0.085277 |
5 | 50–75 | 0.0888 | 50–75 | 0.088041 | 50–75 | 0.087206 | 50–75 | 0.085958 |