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      A cohort history of mortality in New Zealand

      Pool, Ian; Cheung, Jit
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      Pool, I. (2004). A cohort history of mortality in New Zealand. New Zealand Population Review, 29(2), 107-138.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6335
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      This paper uses the generational life tables to track historical mortality experience for New Zealand Pakeha and Māori. The key research questions we seek to explore concern with why was Pakeha life expectation so high so early, and why did this survival advantage disappeared by the mid 20th century and what has happened since? For the Māori population what was the impact of contact on Māori mortality, what were the changes that have occurred and why, and what has happened to Māori mortality recently? A key finding from the cohort mortality analysis is that gains in survivorship have momentum effects that propel this advantage forward as survivors move up through the age-groups. That said, however, periods of gain may be followed later by cohort deterioration occurring among the same generations later in their life cycle, and even by further cycles of reprise and deterioration. These cycles of gain, deterioration, reprise etc are more evident for males, and particularly for Māori. Policy implications of these findings are discussed.
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      2003
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      Journal Article
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      Population Association of New Zealand
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      Copyright © 2003 Population Association of New Zealand
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