Empirical Assessments and a Comparison with the Headship Rate Method

Yi Zeng, Kenneth C. Land, Danan Gu and Zhenglian Wang
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Yi Zeng: Duke University, Center for Study of Aging and Human Development Medical School
Kenneth C. Land: Duke University, Department of Sociology and Center for Population Health and Aging Population Research Institute
Danan Gu: United Nations, Population Division
Zhenglian Wang: Duke University, Center for Population Health and Aging Population Research Institute

Chapter Chapter 4 in Household and Living Arrangement Projections, 2014, pp 73-90 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract One useful way to validate a projection model and computer program is to project between two past dates for which the observations are known, and then compare the observed data with the projected data. We assessed the accuracy of the ProFamy method and program by projecting: (1) U.S. households by race from 1990 to 2000 (Zeng et al. 2006), (2) Chinese households by rural and urban areas from 1990 to 2000 (Zeng et al. 2008), and (3) Chinese households by rural and urban areas and Eastern, Middle, and Western regions from 2000 to 2010 (Zeng et al. 2013b).

Keywords: Forecast Error; Housing Unit; Mean Absolute Percent Error; Household Type; Family Household (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8906-9_4

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