1. Estimation of fertility and mortality of the Kuwaiti population.
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El-Shalakani, M. H.
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HUMAN fertility , *KUWAITIS , *BIRTH rate , *DEATH rate , *BIRTH intervals , *CHILDLESSNESS , *ECONOMIC policy , *DEMOGRAPHIC surveys , *DEMOGRAPHY , *FERTILITY , *MORTALITY - Abstract
Indirect techniques are applied to estimate the current level of fertility and mortality among Kuwaiti nationals in Kuwait during 1980–85. The various methods discussed provide estimates in the vicinity of 45 per thousand for birth rate and 8 per thousand for death rate. While child spacing by birth order in Kuwait is about 2 years, the proportion of childlessness is very low (1%). As a consequence of lower mortality and stable high fertility, the Kuwaiti population remains young. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 1989
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