title: Population growth with variable family size.
abstract: "The Sharpe-Lotka continuous time deterministic model of population growth is developed to take account of some possible forms of mother-daughter fertility association.... Model specific results relating the intergenerational fertility effect to the long term population growth rate and magnitude are established.  The quantitative implications of the theory are illustrated by a consideration of a general bilinear form of A and in this context numerical results illustrating the finite time growth and also the long term distribution of fertility levels in the stable female population are obtained.  In particular, it is shown that different fertility specific subpopulations can coexist indefinitely."
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005298:Fertility; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009035:Mothers; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010290:Parents; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D013995:Time; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Daughters; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Fertility; Intergenerational Transfers; Longterm Effects; Mathematical Model; Microeconomic Factors; Models, Theoretical; Mothers; Parents; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Research Methodology; Time Factors; World