Forecasting cohort incomplete fertility: A method and an application

Population Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-320

  Li, Nan ^a   Wu, Zheng ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort fertility; Fertility forecast; SVD model

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING;

EID: 0344552263     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472032000137826     Document Type: Article

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