Profile analysis of population based on age-group in Sumatra

The aims of this study is going to analyze the profile of the population in Sumatra based on the age-groups of the population. The Sumatra Island was divided into ten provinces. The profile analysis is going to use to compare the profile of the proportion of age-groups population among the ten provi...

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Main Authors: Usman, Mustofa, Barusman, Yusuf S., Elfaki, Faiz Ahmed Mohamed, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IDOSI Publications 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/30713/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/30713/1/MEJSR_Jamal-2.pdf
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Summary:The aims of this study is going to analyze the profile of the population in Sumatra based on the age-groups of the population. The Sumatra Island was divided into ten provinces. The profile analysis is going to use to compare the profile of the proportion of age-groups population among the ten provinces. The test of parallel for the profiles, some provinces are significantly different. The variations of the age-goup1 to age-group8 are more variation than the age-group9 to age-group16. The multiple comparison by Tukey’s LSD methods also shows that there are significant difference of proportion of age-groups for some provinces.