Heather Booth
Biographic Data
| ID | 3797222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather Booth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather |
| FAMILY NAME | Booth |
| SIGNATURE | BOOTH H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8356-0534 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 114 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Inequalities in life expectancy in Australia according to education level: A whole-of-population record linkage study
Education-related inequalities in life expectancy from age 25 years in Australia are substantial, particularly for men. Those with the lowest education level have a life expectancy equivalent to the national average 15-20 years ago. These vast gaps indicate large potential for further gains in life expectancy at the national level and continuing opportunities to improve health equity
Factors associated with regional variation in disability-free life expectancy based on functional difficulty among older persons in the Philippines
This study describes regional differences in the prevalence of functional difficulty among older persons in the Philippines. Using this measure, the study examines regional variation in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and investigates the factors associated with this variation. Data are drawn from the 2010 Philippine Census of Population and Housing and the 2010 Philippine regional life tables. Disability-free status is defined as having n…
The Mechanism Underlying Change in the Sex Gap in Life Expectancy at Birth: An Extended Decomposition
The relationship between differential mortality rates and differences in life expectancy is well understood, but how changing differential rates translate into changing differences in life expectancy has not been fully explained. To elucidate the mechanism involved, this study extends existing decomposition methods. The extended method decomposes change in the sex gap in life expectancy at birth into three components capturing the effects of the …
Projections of multi-morbidity in the older population in England to 2035: Estimates from the Population Ageing and Care Simulation (Pacsim) model
Background: models projecting future disease burden have focussed on one or two diseases. Little is known on how risk factors of younger cohorts will play out in the future burden of multi-morbidity (two or more concurrent long-term conditions). Design: a dynamic microsimulation model, the Population Ageing and Care Simulation (PACSim) model, simulates the characteristics (sociodemographic factors, health behaviours, chronic diseases and geriatri…
Who cares? Provision of Care and Assistance Among Older Persons in the Philippines
The Filipino family remains faithful to its filial duty toward older persons, but who provides care and the way it is provided are likely to change due to the demographic changes and values shifts that have swept the country
Sanitary improvement and mortality decline in Sydney, New South Wales, 1857–1906: Drinking water and dunnies as determinants
Two corollaries of the rapid growth of Sydney, New South Wales, during the nineteenth century were degradation of the water supply and inadequate sanitation. Reform was slow to arrive: a new scheme began to supply clean water from 1886, while connections to the sewerage system increased gradually from less than 25% of the population in 1889 to 80% by 1906. Examination of mortality trends during 1857–1906 shows that decline began in the mid 1880s,…
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Cardiovascular mortality sex differentials in selected East Asian and Western populations
BACKGROUND: Explaining patterns in the sex ratio (male/female) of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality would improve understanding of mortality transitions under modernisation. Little research has examined secular trends in this ratio across populations, taking age and cohort into account. We examine cohort effects in the ratios of CVD mortality (including ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease) among 4 East Asian populations that …
Self-rated Health of older persons in Indonesia: Sex and ethnic differences
This study contributes to expanding the knowledge of the health of older persons living in Indonesia, a country with limited welfare benefits. The research employs a variable, ‘self-rated health’ (SRH), to investigate socio-cultural factors linked to the health of older Indonesians. The data presented in this study are based on fieldwork collected using a mixed-method approach. Sex-difference in SRH in older age is shown to be predominantly a res…
The changing contribution of smoking to educational inequality in female mortality
Coherent Mortality Forecasting: The Product-Ratio Method With Functional Time Series Models
When independence is assumed, forecasts of mortality for subpopulations are almost always divergent in the long term. We propose a method for coherent forecasting of mortality rates for two or more subpopulations, based on functional principal components models of simple and interpretable functions of rates. The product-ratio functional forecasting method models and forecasts the geometric mean of subpopulation rates and the ratio of subpopulatio…
Learning from Occupy: A DC Roundtable
This issue's Contemporary Affairs section is a roundtable discussion of the Occupy Wall Street movement, held in Washington, DC, in December 2011. Moderated by historian-activist Paul Adler, the discussion combines reflections by full-time Occupiers James Ploeser and Vasudha Desikan with veteran grassroots organizer Heather Booth and engaged political scientist Dorian Warren. Together, they explore the sources, popular appeal, and likely future d…
Point and interval forecasts of mortality rates and life expectancy: A comparison of ten principal component methods
Using the age- and sex-specific data of 14 developed countries, we compare the point and interval forecast accuracy and bias of ten principal component methods for forecasting mortality rates and life expectancy. The ten methods are variants and extens
Ethnic differentials in the timing of family formation: A case study of the complex interaction between ethnicity, socioeconomic level, and marriage market pressure
Ethnic differentials in the timing of family formation in Fiji cannot be adequately explained by the norms, characteristics, minority group, and interaction hypotheses. The missing dimensions are socioeconomic level within ethnicity and time, including
Demographic forecasting: 1980 To 2005 in Review
Lee-Carter mortality forecasting: A Multi-Country Comparison of Variants and Extensions
We compare the short- to medium-term accuracy of five variants or extensions of the Lee-Carter method for mortality forecasting. These include the original Lee-Carter, the Lee-Miller and Booth-Maindonald-Smith variants, and the more flexible Hyndman-Ul
Applying Lee-Carter under conditions of variable mortality decline
The Lee-Carter method of mortality forecasting assumes an invariant age component and most applications have adopted a linear time component. The use of the method with Australian data is compromised by significant departures from linearity in the time component and changes over time in the age component. We modify the method to adjust the time component to reproduce the age distribution of deaths, rather than total deaths, and to determine the o…
Sociodemographic determinants of energy, fat and dietary fibre intake in Australian adults
Objective To examine the relationship between sociodemographic factors (sex, age, education, occupation and region of birth) and absolute levels of energy, fat and fibre intake in adults at the national level. Design, setting and subjects The 1983 National Dietary Survey of Adults (NDSA), covering six Australian capital cities, collected food and nutrient intake data using the 24-hour recall method, from subjects aged 25–64 years (n = 6255). Resu…
Pacific Island Suicide in Comparative Perspective
All available data for thirteen Pacific Island nations are used in a comparative analysis of suicide levels and characteristics. Age, sex and method of suicide are examined in detail. Global comparison shows Pacific rates are amongst the highest reported. Female youth rates exceed male rates in Western Samoa and amongst Fiji Indians. Method of suicide (paraquat ingestion) is instrumental in determining high rates in Western Samoa, especially in f…
Les Populations Océaniennes au XIXème et XXème Siècles
The New Populism
I call myself a populist. It avoids the goddamn liberal label. Radical means get to the root of things. Conservative means to conserve .... So I call myself a radical conservative. I want to get to the roots of things .... Populism is taking part in your community. Populism is in the best interest of a great many people, if theycan determine what their best interests are .... Populism can go both ways. It's not always good. It can also be racist.…
Here for Good
Here for Good: Western Europe's New Ethnic Minorities
Here for Good: Western Europe's New Ethnic Minorities
Western Europes population increased by 10 million people between 1950 and 1975 largely due to labor migration from less developed countries. This development stage requiring mass labor migration ended in the early 1970s beginning a period of economic stagnation and social crisis. Many of the migrants became settlers and sent for their dependents to join them forming new ethnic minorities in the receiving countries. This book examines migration p…
Applying Lee-Carter under conditions of variable mortality decline
The Lee-Carter method of mortality forecasting assumes an invariant age component and most applications have adopted a linear time component. The use of the method with Australian data is compromised by significant departures from linearity in the time component and changes over time in the age component. We modify the method to adjust the time component to reproduce the age distribution of deaths, rather than total deaths, and to determine the o…
Coherent Mortality Forecasting: The Product-Ratio Method With Functional Time Series Models
When independence is assumed, forecasts of mortality for subpopulations are almost always divergent in the long term. We propose a method for coherent forecasting of mortality rates for two or more subpopulations, based on functional principal components models of simple and interpretable functions of rates. The product-ratio functional forecasting method models and forecasts the geometric mean of subpopulation rates and the ratio of subpopulatio…
Lee-Carter mortality forecasting: A Multi-Country Comparison of Variants and Extensions
We compare the short- to medium-term accuracy of five variants or extensions of the Lee-Carter method for mortality forecasting. These include the original Lee-Carter, the Lee-Miller and Booth-Maindonald-Smith variants, and the more flexible Hyndman-Ul
Point and interval forecasts of mortality rates and life expectancy: A comparison of ten principal component methods
Using the age- and sex-specific data of 14 developed countries, we compare the point and interval forecast accuracy and bias of ten principal component methods for forecasting mortality rates and life expectancy. The ten methods are variants and extens
Transforming gompertz's function for fertility analysis: The development of a standard for the relational gompertz function
The relational Gompertz function improves upon the Gompertz for fertility analysis by achieving a better fit in the tails of the distribution. This is obtained by a transformation of the age scale corresponding to an empirical standard. This standard is developed from Coale and Trussell's model and is appropriate for use with populations of high fertility. The model is tested on two sets of data and is shown to produce good estimates of completed…
Which 'Ethnic Question'? The Development of Questions Identifying Ethnic Origin in Official Statistics
Questions identifying foreigners have been included in official statistics since the census of 1841 when place of birth was first asked. This question has since been used in many sources. It was later supplemented by a question on each parent's birthplace so that the children of immigrants could be identified. More recently, direct questions on ethnic origin have been introduced. One notable exception to the use of a direct question is the census…
Who cares? Provision of Care and Assistance Among Older Persons in the Philippines
The Filipino family remains faithful to its filial duty toward older persons, but who provides care and the way it is provided are likely to change due to the demographic changes and values shifts that have swept the country
The Mechanism Underlying Change in the Sex Gap in Life Expectancy at Birth: An Extended Decomposition
The relationship between differential mortality rates and differences in life expectancy is well understood, but how changing differential rates translate into changing differences in life expectancy has not been fully explained. To elucidate the mechanism involved, this study extends existing decomposition methods. The extended method decomposes change in the sex gap in life expectancy at birth into three components capturing the effects of the …
Sanitary improvement and mortality decline in Sydney, New South Wales, 1857–1906: Drinking water and dunnies as determinants
Two corollaries of the rapid growth of Sydney, New South Wales, during the nineteenth century were degradation of the water supply and inadequate sanitation. Reform was slow to arrive: a new scheme began to supply clean water from 1886, while connections to the sewerage system increased gradually from less than 25% of the population in 1889 to 80% by 1906. Examination of mortality trends during 1857–1906 shows that decline began in the mid 1880s,…
Ethnic differentials in the timing of family formation: A case study of the complex interaction between ethnicity, socioeconomic level, and marriage market pressure
Ethnic differentials in the timing of family formation in Fiji cannot be adequately explained by the norms, characteristics, minority group, and interaction hypotheses. The missing dimensions are socioeconomic level within ethnicity and time, including
Factors associated with regional variation in disability-free life expectancy based on functional difficulty among older persons in the Philippines
This study describes regional differences in the prevalence of functional difficulty among older persons in the Philippines. Using this measure, the study examines regional variation in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and investigates the factors associated with this variation. Data are drawn from the 2010 Philippine Census of Population and Housing and the 2010 Philippine regional life tables. Disability-free status is defined as having n…
Self-rated Health of older persons in Indonesia: Sex and ethnic differences
This study contributes to expanding the knowledge of the health of older persons living in Indonesia, a country with limited welfare benefits. The research employs a variable, ‘self-rated health’ (SRH), to investigate socio-cultural factors linked to the health of older Indonesians. The data presented in this study are based on fieldwork collected using a mixed-method approach. Sex-difference in SRH in older age is shown to be predominantly a res…
Information extraction from brief verbal displays: Half‐field and serial position effects for children, normal and illiterate adults
Adults learning to read for the first time and two groups of control subjects (matched for reading age or chronological age) were tachistoscopically presented with three types of vertically oriented letter string in the left or right visual field. Contrary to predictions that age or deprivation from textual experience would affect differential hemispheric processing, there were no significant differences between the three groups in the size or di…
A Piece of the Pie: Blacks and White Immigrants since 1880
Global Trends in Migration: Theory and Research on International Population Movements
Books
Travelling people Judith Okely, The Traveller Gypsies. Cambridge University Press, 1983, 254 pp., £19.50 (hb), £6.50 (pb). Is Battersea unique? Sandra Wallman and Associates, Living in South London: Perspectives on Battersea 1971–1981, Gower, for the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1982, 229 pp., £13.50 (hb), £4.00 (pb., available to individuals only from Resource Options Unit, LSE). Sparrow, Kitch and calypso Keith Q. Warner, T…
Ethnic and racial questions in the Census: The home affairs committee report
Peer-reviewed
Abandoning logic and classifying ethnicity: A rejoinder to Bulmer
Peer-reviewed
Transforming gompertz's function for fertility analysis: The development of a standard for the relational gompertz function
The relational Gompertz function improves upon the Gompertz for fertility analysis by achieving a better fit in the tails of the distribution. This is obtained by a transformation of the age scale corresponding to an empirical standard. This standard is developed from Coale and Trussell's model and is appropriate for use with populations of high fertility. The model is tested on two sets of data and is shown to produce good estimates of completed…
Growth and Structure of Human Population in the Presence of Migration
Here for Good: Western Europe's New Ethnic Minorities
Western Europes population increased by 10 million people between 1950 and 1975 largely due to labor migration from less developed countries. This development stage requiring mass labor migration ended in the early 1970s beginning a period of economic stagnation and social crisis. Many of the migrants became settlers and sent for their dependents to join them forming new ethnic minorities in the receiving countries. This book examines migration p…
Which 'Ethnic Question'? The Development of Questions Identifying Ethnic Origin in Official Statistics
Questions identifying foreigners have been included in official statistics since the census of 1841 when place of birth was first asked. This question has since been used in many sources. It was later supplemented by a question on each parent's birthplace so that the children of immigrants could be identified. More recently, direct questions on ethnic origin have been introduced. One notable exception to the use of a direct question is the census…
Here for Good
Here for Good: Western Europe's New Ethnic Minorities
The New Populism
I call myself a populist. It avoids the goddamn liberal label. Radical means get to the root of things. Conservative means to conserve .... So I call myself a radical conservative. I want to get to the roots of things .... Populism is taking part in your community. Populism is in the best interest of a great many people, if theycan determine what their best interests are .... Populism can go both ways. It's not always good. It can also be racist.…
Les Populations Océaniennes au XIXème et XXème Siècles
Pacific Island Suicide in Comparative Perspective
All available data for thirteen Pacific Island nations are used in a comparative analysis of suicide levels and characteristics. Age, sex and method of suicide are examined in detail. Global comparison shows Pacific rates are amongst the highest reported. Female youth rates exceed male rates in Western Samoa and amongst Fiji Indians. Method of suicide (paraquat ingestion) is instrumental in determining high rates in Western Samoa, especially in f…
Sociodemographic determinants of energy, fat and dietary fibre intake in Australian adults
Objective To examine the relationship between sociodemographic factors (sex, age, education, occupation and region of birth) and absolute levels of energy, fat and fibre intake in adults at the national level. Design, setting and subjects The 1983 National Dietary Survey of Adults (NDSA), covering six Australian capital cities, collected food and nutrient intake data using the 24-hour recall method, from subjects aged 25–64 years (n = 6255). Resu…
Applying Lee-Carter under conditions of variable mortality decline
The Lee-Carter method of mortality forecasting assumes an invariant age component and most applications have adopted a linear time component. The use of the method with Australian data is compromised by significant departures from linearity in the time component and changes over time in the age component. We modify the method to adjust the time component to reproduce the age distribution of deaths, rather than total deaths, and to determine the o…
Demographic forecasting: 1980 To 2005 in Review
Lee-Carter mortality forecasting: A Multi-Country Comparison of Variants and Extensions
We compare the short- to medium-term accuracy of five variants or extensions of the Lee-Carter method for mortality forecasting. These include the original Lee-Carter, the Lee-Miller and Booth-Maindonald-Smith variants, and the more flexible Hyndman-Ul
Ethnic differentials in the timing of family formation: A case study of the complex interaction between ethnicity, socioeconomic level, and marriage market pressure
Ethnic differentials in the timing of family formation in Fiji cannot be adequately explained by the norms, characteristics, minority group, and interaction hypotheses. The missing dimensions are socioeconomic level within ethnicity and time, including
Point and interval forecasts of mortality rates and life expectancy: A comparison of ten principal component methods
Using the age- and sex-specific data of 14 developed countries, we compare the point and interval forecast accuracy and bias of ten principal component methods for forecasting mortality rates and life expectancy. The ten methods are variants and extens
Learning from Occupy: A DC Roundtable
This issue's Contemporary Affairs section is a roundtable discussion of the Occupy Wall Street movement, held in Washington, DC, in December 2011. Moderated by historian-activist Paul Adler, the discussion combines reflections by full-time Occupiers James Ploeser and Vasudha Desikan with veteran grassroots organizer Heather Booth and engaged political scientist Dorian Warren. Together, they explore the sources, popular appeal, and likely future d…
Coherent Mortality Forecasting: The Product-Ratio Method With Functional Time Series Models
When independence is assumed, forecasts of mortality for subpopulations are almost always divergent in the long term. We propose a method for coherent forecasting of mortality rates for two or more subpopulations, based on functional principal components models of simple and interpretable functions of rates. The product-ratio functional forecasting method models and forecasts the geometric mean of subpopulation rates and the ratio of subpopulatio…
The changing contribution of smoking to educational inequality in female mortality
Self-rated Health of older persons in Indonesia: Sex and ethnic differences
This study contributes to expanding the knowledge of the health of older persons living in Indonesia, a country with limited welfare benefits. The research employs a variable, ‘self-rated health’ (SRH), to investigate socio-cultural factors linked to the health of older Indonesians. The data presented in this study are based on fieldwork collected using a mixed-method approach. Sex-difference in SRH in older age is shown to be predominantly a res…
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