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Combining registration-system and survey data to estimate birth probabilities.

A study was conducted to estimate birth probabilities by combining registration-system and survey data. Data were gathered from combining panel survey data and birth registration data to estimate annual birth probabilities by parity. The results reveal that the general fertility rate obtained from...

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Published in:Demography Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 187 - 193
Main Authors: Handcock, Mark S., Huovilainen, Sami M., Rendall, Michael S.
Format: Article
Published: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. May 2000
Subjects:
Statistics
Demography methodology
Maximum likelihood statistics
Fertility, Human
Mathematical models
United Kingdom
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