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Statistical modeling of selected aspects of the childbearing process with application to World Fertility Survey

A D Horne, M N El-khorazaty, C M Suchindran

    Mathematical Population Studies
    |January 1, 1990
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Age FactorsAge Specific Fertility RateBirth IntervalsBirth RateBirth SpacingDemographic FactorsDeveloping CountriesEconomic FactorsEducational Status--womenEstimation TechnicsFamily PlanningFertilityFertility MeasurementsFertility RateFertility SurveysMathematical ModelModels, TheoreticalPopulationPopulation CharacteristicsPopulation DynamicsReproductionReproductive PeriodResearch MethodologySocioeconomic FactorsSocioeconomic StatusWorld Fertility Surveys

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