1. Changes in timing of fertility--a Canadian experience.
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Rajulton, Fernando, Balakrishnan, T. R., Chen, Jiajian, Rajulton, F, and Chen, J J
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HUMAN fertility , *BIRTH intervals , *MOTHERHOOD , *COHORT analysis , *CONTRACEPTION , *PROBABILITY theory , *MARKOV processes , *AGE distribution , *LIFE expectancy , *LONGITUDINAL method , *STATISTICS , *TUBAL sterilization - Abstract
This paper examines the patterns of timing of births of women using data from the Canadian Fertility Survey of 1984. Semi-Markovian schemes are applied to the maternity histories of the 5315 sample women in their reproductive ages in order to measure the intensity and timing of childbearing. Age-and-duration-specific transition probabilities are found to have substantially changed for the more recent birth cohorts compared to the older cohorts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 1990
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