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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Methods Res. 2014 Dec 1;44(4):555–584. doi: 10.1177/0049124114554460

Table 2.

Three-Generation Prospective Models and Unadjusted and Adjusted Retrospective Models based on Monte Carlo Simulation

2.1
Prospective
Method
2.2
Retrospective
Method
2.3 Adjusted
Retrospective
Method
(weighting only)
2.4 Adjusted
Retrospective
Method (weighting
+ zero fertility)

Fertility f{G2,G1}
f{1,1} 0.844 (0.014) 1.851 (0.025) 1.484 (0.015) 0.845 (0.014)
f{2,2} 1.680 (0.026) 2.711 (0.040) 2.077 (0.025) 1.677 (0.026)
Mobility pG3|{G2,G1} *
p2|{1,1} 0.162 (0.006) 0.162 (0.006) 0.162 (0.006) 0.162 (0.006)
p2|{2,2} 0.530 (0.008) 0.530 (0.008) 0.530 (0.008) 0.530 (0.008)
The joint demographic and mobility effect f{2,2}p2|{2,2}f{1,1}p2|{1,1} 0.754 (0.021) 1.138 (0.034) 0.861 (0.024) 0.753 (0.021)
Bias (ref. model 2.1) -- 0.384 0.107 −0.001

Note: Figures in the parentheses are standard errors.

*

The mobility estimates are the same across all the models, because the prospective and the retrospective data yield the same results.