A sensitivity analysis of the Bongaarts-Feeney method for adjusting bias in observed period total fertility rates

Demography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-28

  Yi, Zeng ^a,b,c   Land, Kenneth C ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035260871     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088285     Document Type: Article

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