title: Fertility pattern of women in China:  a parity progression analysis.
abstract: "Using the 1% sample data from China's fourth census and [the] period parity progression method...,this paper analyzes the reproductive age and parity patterns of Chinese women.  In addition to the commonly used period parity progression and the total fertility rate obtained through the usage of this method, some other frequently ignored means of deducing and calculating statistical indexes are introduced here."
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001723:Birth Rate; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005298:Fertility; D010298:Parity; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Age Factors; Asia; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Estimation Technics; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Parity; Parity Progression Ratio; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Reproductive Behavior