Probability distributions of number of children and maternal age at various order births using age-specific fertility rates by birth order.

Autor: Pasupuleti, Samba Siva Rao, Chattopadhyay, Asis Kumar
Zdroj: Sankhya B; Nov2013, Vol. 75 Issue 2, p374-408, 35p
Abstrakt: In this study, a simple analytical framework to find the probability distributions of number of children and maternal age at various order births by making use of data on age-specific fertility rates by birth order was proposed. The proposed framework is applicable to both the period and cohort fertility schedules. The most appealing point of the proposed framework is that it does not require stringent assumptions. The proposed framework has been applied to the cohort birth order-specific fertility schedules of India and its different regions and period birth order-specific fertility schedules, including the United States of America, Russia, and the Netherlands, to demonstrate its usefulness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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