Modelling the Distribution of Age at Last Conception of Females

Journal of Data Science

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Shruti Verma¹  Kaushalendra K. Singh¹ 

[1] Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University

关键词: Modelling;    conception;    stopping rules;    conception interval;    rate of conception;    contraceptive effectiveness;   

DOI  :  10.6339/JDS.201507_13(3).0005

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: JDS

【 摘 要 】

Social phenomena that are related to human beings cannot be performed under controlled conditions, making it difficult for policy planners to have an idea about the expected future conditions in the society under varying situations and forming policies. However, modelling can be really helpful to planners in these situations. The present paper attempts to find the distributions of age at last conception of women with the help of stochastic modelling for human fertility taking into consideration different parity progression behaviours among couples. This may be helpful to planners for having at least a rough idea of estimated proportion of women of different age groups who will be completing their childbearing and willing to go for sterilization after marriage under different stopping rules regarding desired family size and sex composition of children. Accordingly, these estimates will help planners to optimize the cost and service provision for sterilization programs for women.

【 授权许可】

CC BY