title: Estimation of parity progression ratios from the distribution of births by order and age of the mother.
abstract: "This paper presents a methodology for estimating parity progression ratios (the probability that a woman after delivering...any particular birth will ever proceed to the next birth), utilizing data on births tabulated by birth order and age of the mother in a particular year.  This approach...does not need estimates of [gross reproductive rate] as well as the infant mortality rate but it requires knowledge of the growth rate of the population." The technique is illustrated with data from the 1984-1987 Pakistan Fertility Survey.
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005298:Fertility; D008722:Methods; D010154:Pakistan; D010298:Parity; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Methodological Studies; Pakistan; Parity; Parity Progression Ratio; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Southern Asia