A simple measure of fertility control

We describe a simple measure of fertility control: the proportion of all births from the age-specific fertility schedule that occurs among women by age 35. This measure has broad applicability because it does not require information on marital fertility rates. When both the proportion of births by a...

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Published inDemography Vol. 29; no. 3; p. 343
Main Authors Anderson, B A, Silver, B D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1992
Subjects
Adult
Age Factors
Birth Rate
Family Planning Services - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Marriage
Middle Aged
Parity
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Summary:We describe a simple measure of fertility control: the proportion of all births from the age-specific fertility schedule that occurs among women by age 35. This measure has broad applicability because it does not require information on marital fertility rates. When both the proportion of births by age 35 and the most commonly used measure of fertility control, m, are calculated for a population over time, they are correlated very highly. Because of increasing levels of nonmarital fertility in several developed countries, measures of fertility control that are based on marital fertility are less appropriate now than in the past.
ISSN:0070-3370
DOI:10.2307/2061822