title: On estimating fertility using first and second order births.
abstract: "An attempt has been made to present two regression equations for estimating total fertility rate from the birth order data.  While one of the equations has been derived from the longitudinal data of Malaysia another has been obtained from cross sectional data on Mother's total fertility rate...and births of orders one and two.  These equations are used to estimate the [total fertility rate] for the districts of [Uttar Pradesh, India,] which are quite close to the estimates obtained by using other methods."
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001722:Birth Order; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005298:Fertility; D007194:India; D008296:Malaysia; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Asia; Birth Order; Birth Rate; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Estimation Technics; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Rate; India; Malaysia; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Southeastern Asia; Southern Asia; Total Fertility Rate