Stochastic Population Forecasts for the United States: Beyond High, Medium, and Low
美国人口的随机预测:超越高、中、低情景
Conventional population projections use “high,” “medium,” and “low” scenarios to indicate uncertainty, but probability interpretations are rarely given, and in any event the resulting ranges for vital rates, births, deaths, age groups sizes, age ratios, and population size cannot possibly be probabilistically consistent with one another. This article presents and implements a new method for making stochastic population forecasts that provide consistent probability intervals.…