Fertility Change in Five Latin American Countries: A Covariance Analysis of Birth Intervals

Fertility Change in Five Latin American Countries: A Covariance Analysis of Birth Intervals

This paper analyzes patterns of childbearing throughout the reproductive career of Latin American women, using a hazards model of birth interval life tables. Data come from five fertility surveys of the World Fertility Survey Programme. The analysis, within each country and across time, assesses how...

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Veröffentlicht in:Demography 1987-02, Vol.24 (1), p.23-41
1. Verfasser: Moreno-Navarro, Lorenzo
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Actuarial Analysis
Age
Birth Intervals
Birth order
Birth spacing
Childbirth
Covariance
Demography
Female
Fertility
Gender equality
Humans
Infants
Latin America
Life tables
Musical intervals
Parity
Reproductive history
Statistics as Topic
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Zusammenfassung:This paper analyzes patterns of childbearing throughout the reproductive career of Latin American women, using a hazards model of birth interval life tables. Data come from five fertility surveys of the World Fertility Survey Programme. The analysis, within each country and across time, assesses how demographic factors of reproduction influence the fertility history of women throughout their reproductive lives.
ISSN:0070-3370
1533-7790
DOI:10.2307/2061506