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CBR Versus TFR in Cross-National Fertility Research

Author(s) -

Barbara Entwisle

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060952

Subject(s) - fertility , proxy (statistics) , total fertility rate , demography , econometrics , research methodology , computer science , population , economics , family planning , sociology , machine learning

This paper addresses the question of whether the crude birth rate (CBR) can be used as a proxy for more refined fertility measures in cross-national models of fertility determinants. It responds to a recent claim that the CBR represents an inappropriate fertility measure for these purposes. In the analysis, several strategies are used to assess the degree to which results based on the CBR are sensitive to lack of adjustment for age structure. The paper concludes that using the CBR as a proxy has minor and unimportant effects upon conclusions regarding fertility determinants.

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