Table 2 Local parameters and local error (E_i,2 and E_i,1) resulting from fitting model (1) to the estimated smoking prevalence (\(\hat {x}\))

Country

Local parameters and local error (E_i,2 and E_i,1)

(i)

a _i

x _i,0

u _i,0

u _i,∞

E _i,2

E _i,1