Scientific Report Number:25

Book : Scientific Report Number:25

Author : * --

Language : English

Library : Population

Publish Place : London

Publish Date : November 1981

Publisher : World Fertility Survey

Original Language : Turkish

Book Type : Periodical

Book Number : 6629

INDEX

PREFACE
1 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