M J Guilfoyle

Biographic Data

ID6044846
NAMEM J Guilfoyle
GIVEN NAMESM J
FAMILY NAMEGuilfoyle
SIGNATUREGUILFOYLE M J
AFFILIATIONSGriffith University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
H-INDEX1

  • Mortality levels and family fertility goals

    Open AccessRoy E Rickson, J-Y Parlange et al.ARTICLEDemography1985References: 1

    In our last paper (Parlange et al., 1983), we dealt with problem of estimating group fertility rates from expected probability of a child surviving to a given age of a parent. We showed that by incorporating birth order in a comprehensive model, we were able to predict group fertility rates more accurately than a competing model found in demographic literature (Krishnamoorthy, 1979). Our principal criticism of Krishnamoorthy model was that it was…

  • Mortality levels and family fertility goals

    Open AccessJ-Y Parlange, J Y Parlange et al.ARTICLEDemography1983Cited by: 1References: 7

    The relationship between mortality levels and family fertility goals is a fundamental problem in the theory of the demographic transition. This paper deals with the logical problems of estimating family fertility rates from the expected probability of a child surviving to a given age of a parent. The possibility of committing the ecological fallacy makes precise prediction difficult. We critically analyze an existing mathematical model of family …