Reproductivity and age-specific fertility rates in Pakistan after 1981

Type Journal Article - Pak. J. Statist
Title Reproductivity and age-specific fertility rates in Pakistan after 1981
Author(s)
Volume 25
Issue 3
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2009
Page numbers 251-263
URL http://121.52.159.157/Documents/Stat/Tahir/t9.pdf
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to observe the trends and the patterns of reproductivity in Pakistan using the secondary data on age-specific fertility rates after 1981. Also, the fertility pattern in Pakistan has been described since 1960s. To experience the modest change in reproductivity, the estimated total fertility rate, gross reproduction rate and mean age of childbearing are computed for the above-mentioned period corresponding to the data available for the different years. Further, models have been fitted to the data on age-specific fertility rate and its forward and backward cumulative distributions. Finally, the cross validity prediction power technique has been used to check the validity of these models.

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