The 'Own Children' fertility estimation procedure: A reappraisal

Population Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-183

  Avery, Christopher ^a   St Clair, Travis ^b   Levin, Michael ^a   Hill, Kenneth ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

birth history; estimation; fertility; Own Children; total fertility rate

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

EID: 84879553814     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2013.769616     Document Type: Article

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