Abstract
This paper presents a new method for estimating the time of the onset of marital fertility decline. The proposed method produces a maximum likelihood least squares estimate for the point of change in a sequence of marital fertility indexes. It is suggested that the proposed method has certain advantages over previous attempts to estimate the time of the onset of marital fertility decline.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 37-49 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Mathematical Population Studies |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1993 |
Keywords
- Estimation
- fertility decline
- maximum likelihood
- multiple regression analysis
- point of change