A new relational method for smoothing and projecting age-specific fertility rates: TOPALS
Age-specific fertility rates can be smoothed using parametric models or splines. Alternatively a relational model can be used which relates the age profile to be fitted or projected to a standard age schedule. This paper introduces TOPALS (tool for projecting age patterns using linear splines), a ne...
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| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/18/ |