A new relational method for smoothing and projecting age-specific fertility rates: TOPALS

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 409-454

  de Beer, Joop ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79955576922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.18     Document Type: Article

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