Some Models of Age-Specific Fertility Rates

D B Pittenger
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D B Pittenger: The Demographics Laboratory, 2065 Lakemoor Drive, Olympia, Washington 98502, USA

Environment and Planning A, 1980, vol. 12, issue 10, 1145-1164

Abstract: This report deals with age-specific fertility rate (ASFR) models from the perspective of their possible use in subnational population forecasting, as opposed to graduating empirical data. Gompertz, beta-1, Mazur, Coale–Trussell, and Page models are discussed first, with attention being paid to correspondence of functional elements to empirical ASFR component behavior. New functional models or descriptions of natural fertility rates, cumulative nuptiality proportions, deviations from natural fertility, and mean age at nuptiality for females of various marriage durations are then presented. Existing model elements and the new functional forms are combined into three new ASFR models. The report concludes with an evaluation of all the models.

Date: 1980
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