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Population Pyramids Yield Accurate Estimates of Total Fertility Rates.

The primary fertility index for a population, the total fertility rate (TFR), cannot be calculated for many areas and periods because it requires disaggregation of births by mother's age. Here we discuss a flexible framework for estimating TFR using inputs as minimal as a population pyramid. We deve...

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Published in:Demography (Springer Nature) Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 221 - 242
Main Authors: Hauer, Mathew E., Schmertmann, Carl P.
Format: journal article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2020
Subjects:
United States
Fertility
Human fertility
Demographic surveys
Maternal age
Birth certificates
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