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Implements indirect methods for estimating adult mortality from orphanhood data: the Brass and Hill (1973) method, the regression-based method of Timaeus (1992) <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12317481/>, and the extended orphanhood method of Luy (2012) <doi:10.1007/s13524-012-0101-4> for low-mortality populations. Besides the coefficients published by Luy for Italy, the package derives context-specific coefficients (weighting factors, reference-period parameters and the conversion of the mean age at childbearing of surviving parents to that of all parents) for any population and survey date from user-supplied period fertility, population, cohort mortality and period life table data, following the procedure of Luy (2009) <https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Institute/VID/PDF/Publications/EDRP/edrp_2009_03.pdf>. Estimates are harmonized into comparable adult mortality indicators (30q30, 45q15 and e30) with a relational logit model, and diagnostic tools assess the sensitivity of results to the mean age at childbearing and to the choice of model life table family.