1. Pearsonian type I curve and its fertility projection potentials.
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Mitra, S. and Romaniuk, A.
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FERTILITY ,REPRODUCTION ,POPULATION ,LABOR (Obstetrics) ,DEMOGRAPHY ,AGE distribution ,MATHEMATICAL models ,MATHEMATICS ,RESEARCH methodology ,META-analysis ,STATISTICS ,THEORY - Abstract
New procedures are developed in this article for estimating parameters of the Pearsonian Type I curve which are particularly adaptive to factors influencing the pattern of age-specific fertility rates. It is shown that with this model the number of parameters required for the graduation and simulation of these rates can be reduced to only three--total fertility rate, mean and modal ages of fertility. The reduction in the number of fertility parameters offers considerable operational and analytical advantages, and makes the Pearsonian Type I curve particularly appropriate for the construction of a parametric model for fertility projections. In light of the results of empirical tests based on fertility data for Canada, the model's potential for birth projections appears quite promising. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1973
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