| Autor: |
Bermúdez S; Instituto de Estadística de Andalucía, Seville, Spain., Blanquero R, Hernández JA, Planelles J |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Population studies [Popul Stud (Camb)] 2012 Nov; Vol. 66 (3), pp. 297-310. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jul 12. |
| DOI: |
10.1080/00324728.2012.695802 |
| Abstrakt: |
What is the optimum way of describing the age-specific fertility pattern by mathematical functions? We propose a parametric fitting model, based on a mixture of Weibull functions, which performs well for countries where the fertility curve shows a non-traditional pattern. We also consider a simplified version of this model with a reduced number of parameters that can be applied to fit fertility curves in countries where the fertility pattern exhibits a classical shape. To test the new model, fertility curves for a range of countries and years are fitted empirically. The results show that both versions of the new model outperform existing procedures in most cases. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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