Correlations between frequencies of kin

Pullum, T.W. & Wolf, D.A. (1991). Correlations between frequencies of kin. Demography 28 (3) p. 391. 10.2307/2061464.

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Abstract

Recent years have seen the development of formal and microsimulation models of the structure and dynamics of kin networks. These models generally assume uncorrelated fertility within and across generations. Several sets of real data, however, show positive correlations between the frequencies of various categories of kin. This paper uses formal models to calculate the correlations that will exist between certain categories of kin even if mothers and daughters have independent fertility. Mechanisms by which fertility might be transmitted from mothers to their daughters are considered and the implications for kin correlations are evaluated.

Item Type:	Article
Research Programs:	World Population (POP)
Depositing User:	Romeo Molina
Date Deposited:	03 May 2016 14:39
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 17:26
URI:	https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/13081

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