Symbol in context

$S_{a,t}$

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Article-grounded definition

the survival rate applied to that cohort.

P_{a+1,t+1} = P_{a,t}\, S_{a,t} + M_{a,t}

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S_{a,t}

the survival rate applied to that cohort.