An Empirical Higher-Rank Analysis Model of the Age Distribution of Fertility.

Abstract

Empirical higher-rank (EHR) analysis of a 185-single-year sequence of Swedish age-specific overall fertility rates, and of a related 68-single-year marital fertility sequence, develops a time series model of the changing age distribution of births in cross-sectional and cohort perspectives. The procedure combines the data-guiding and flexibility of Tukey's exploratory data analysis (EDA) approach with robust/resistant methods of estimation to detect unifying patterns underlying the diverse distributions of fertility. the centrality of examination of residuals, in achieving optimal fits to the data, in detecting singular departures from fit, and in interpretation of the fitted descriptions, is emphasized. Techniques, new in their detailed application to demographic data, are described in some detail. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA070307

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  • John W. Tukey
  • Mary B. Breckenridge

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  • Princeton University

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  • C4I

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  • Age Distribution
  • Age Groups
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Birth
  • Capillary Electrophoresis
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Data Analysis
  • Differential Equations
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  • Fertility
  • Guidance
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • New Jersey
  • Square Roots
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