Mapping the Timing, Pace, and Scale of the Fertility Transition in Brazil

Between 1960 and 2000, fertility fell sharply in Brazil, but this transition was unevenly distributed in space and time. Using Bayesian spatial statistical methods and microdata from five censuses, we develop and apply a procedure for fitting logistic curves to the fertility transitions in more than...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Population and development review 2010-06, Vol.36 (2), p.283-307
Hauptverfasser:	Potter, Joseph E., Schmertmann, Carl P., Assunção, Renato M., Cavenaghi, Suzana M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bayesian analysis Birth Rate - ethnology Brazil Brazil - ethnology Brazilian people Census regions Censuses Censuses - history Cultural Characteristics Demographic change Demographics Demography Economic transitions Fertility Fertility decline Fertility rates Geographic regions Global education History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Internet Logistics Mapping Maximum likelihood estimation Population Dynamics Public Health - economics Public Health - education Public Health - history Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence Regional disparities Research methodology Social Change - history Social conditions & trends Social Conditions - economics Social Conditions - history Social Conditions - legislation & jurisprudence Space and Time Spatial analysis Stalls Statistical analysis Tempo Time Web sites
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