Evaluating Methods for Detecting Fertility Control

Coale and Trussell's Model and Cohort Parity Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4267299
AutoresBarbara S Okun (0000-0002-9709-5055, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, autor de correspondencia)
Año1994
Volumen48
Número2
Páginas193-222
Fecha de publicación1994-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0032472031000147766
OpenAlexW2086737156
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26

In their attempts to distinguish empirically between the innovation/diffusion and adaptation views of fertility transition, researchers have pointed out that evidence of fertility control practised by a significant proportion of women in pre-transition populations would render claims that fertility fell as a result of innovative behaviour less convincing. This paper uses simulation techniques to evaluate the ability of two indirect measures of fertility control, Coale and Trussell's model (M & m) and Cohort Parity Analysis (CPA), to identify the presence or absence of fertility controllers, as well as to detect changes in the extent of control. We conclude that neither M & m nor CPA can be relied on to identify accurately a minority of controllers in a population of interest. These findings suggest the need for a reassessment of some of the evidence cited in the debate over alternative theories of fertility decline

Birth control · Cohort · Family planning · Fertility · Parity (physics) · Physics · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Statistics · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Mathematics · Psychology