Estimating trends in the total fertility rate with uncertainty using imperfect data: Examples from West Africa

Demographic Research

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 331-362

  Alkema, Leontine ^a   Raftery, Adrian E ^b   Gerland, Patrick ^c   Clark, Samuel J ^b,d,e   Pelletier, François ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (United States)

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EID: 84861147382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.26.15     Document Type: Article

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