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Fitting Age-Period-Cohort Models Using the Intrinsic Estimator: Assumptions and Misapplications

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  1. Department of Sociology and Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 327 Ketchum 214, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

    Ryan K. Masters

  2. Department of Sociology and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Daniel A. Powers

  3. Department of Sociology and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Robert A. Hummer

  4. Department of Sociology and Center for Health Equity Research and Policy, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

    Audrey Beck

  5. Institute for Behavioral and Community Health (IBACH), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

    Shih-Fan Lin

  6. Department of Sociology and Southern California Population Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Brian Karl Finch

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Masters, R.K., Powers, D.A., Hummer, R.A. et al. Fitting Age-Period-Cohort Models Using the Intrinsic Estimator: Assumptions and Misapplications. Demography 53, 1253–1259 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-016-0481-y

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