The Human Life Indicator (HLI)

The Human Life Indicator (HLI)

Usage

hli(age, mx, ...)

Arguments

age

Numeric array of age intervals; for full life table = 0:100; for concise life table = c(0:1, seq(5,85,5))

mx

Numeric array with age specific mortality rates.

...

Optional. Additional arguments for LT() function.

Value

HLI value

Details

It is calculated as $$HLI = \prod_{x=\alpha}^{\omega}(x + a_x)^{d_x}$$ where \(\alpha, \omega\) are the first and last age groups, \(x\) is age, \(a_x, d_x\) are life table functions (s.t. \(\sum_{x=\alpha}^{\omega} d_x = 1\)).

References

Ghislandi, S., Sanderson, W.C., & Scherbov, S. (2019). A Simple Measure of Human Development: The Human Life Indicator. Population and Development Review, 45, 219–233.