Scientific Report Number:25
INDEXPREFACE1 Background and Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Historical Account of Fertility Levels, Trends and Differentials in Sri Lanka 1.3 An Outline of the Survey and its Main Findings on Fertility 1.4 Subgroups for the Present Study 2 QUALITY OF THE DATA 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Age Reporting 2.3 Nuptiality Data 2.4 Birth History Data 2.5 Conclusions 3 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 3.1 Age-Period-Specific Fertility Rates (ASFR) 3.2 Age-Period-Specific Marital Fertility Rates (ASMFR) 3.3 Duration-Period-Specific Marital Fertility Rates (DSMFR) 3.4 Decomposition of Changes in Fertility Levels 3.5 Sampling Errors of Estimates 4 Fertility Levels and Trends 4.1 Fertility Levels and Trends at the National Level 4.2 Trends for Subnational Components 5 SUMMARY AND DlSCUSSION APPENDDt A Vital Registration System APPENDDCB BaseTables REFERENCES TABLES
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