Fertility estimation from open birth-interval data.

A maximum likelihood method for estimating fertility from open-interval data is proposed as an alternative to the standard approach. The new estimators have lower variances and smaller biases than standard estimators for open-interval data. As a result, the new method is more likely to produce cor...

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Publicado en:	Demography Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 505 - 520
Autor principal:	Schmertmann, Carl P.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Science & Business Media B.V. November 1999
Materias:	Statistics Demography methodology Birth intervals Fertility, Human Mathematical models Brazil
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