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  • Title: Statistical modeling of selected aspects of the childbearing process with application to World Fertility Survey countries.
    Author: Horne AD, El-khorazaty MN, Suchindran CM.
    Journal: Math Popul Stud; 1990; 2(3):183-207. PubMed ID: 12283027.
    Abstract:
    "A mathematical model for estimation of certain aspects of the childbearing process, which requires only data on age-specific fertility rates, is developed. Synthetic maternal childbearing indices, namely, mean ages at first and last birth, length of reproductive life span, inter-birth spacing, and proportion of childless women, in addition to the well-known mean age at childbearing, for the WFS [World Fertility Surveys conducted in developing] countries are obtained using the proposed model. The indices are free from age truncation effects, and, under certain assumptions, provide information about a cohort's completed fertility before the women stop reproducing. The effects of women's residence and education on fertility are also examined." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
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