A Note on the Calculation of Random RP and Its Sampling Variance

Document Type

Article

Authors

Ranajit Chakraborty, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston Texas

Abstract

The proportion of repeated pairs of surnames (RP) of married couples reflects the substructuring of populations. Interpretation of RP depends on the relationship of observed levels to those expected by random union of men and women. This note presents methods for analytically determining random expectation (RPr) and the sampling variance of RP and RPr.

Recommended Citation

Chakraborty, Ranajit (1985) "A Note on the Calculation of Random RP and Its Sampling Variance," Human Biology: Vol. 57: Iss. 4, Article 17.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol57/iss4/17