Measuring the Prevalence of Multipartner Fertility Independent of Fertility Level

Robert Schoen ()
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Robert Schoen: Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University

Chapter Chapter 12 in Analyzing Contemporary Fertility, 2020, pp 287-292 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The prevalence of multipartner fertility (W) depends on both the level of fertility (TFR) and the likelihood (s) that a woman has a birth of parity 2 or higher by a different partner. The relationship between those factors is analyzed, and the joint variability of W with TFR and s is shown for a range of contemporary values. Similar calculations are made for the fraction of children with a maternal half sibling. Index S is then proposed as a measure that can approximate the probability that a woman has a birth by a different partner based on the TFR and the observed prevalence of multipartner fertility or children with half siblings.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48519-1_12

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