The Relationship of the Crude Birth Rate and its Components to Social and Economic Development
- 1 August 1974
- journal article
- Published by Duke University Press in Demography
- Vol. 11 (3) , 457-472
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2060438
Abstract
Using well-known techniques of regression analysis, we decompose the crude birth rate into six analytical components, indicating illegitimacy, the marriage rate, legitimate fertility, and sex and age composition. All the components except sex structure are important in determining differences in crude birth rates across countries of the world. The model is elaborated by showing how economic development affects the crude birth rate through its basic demographic components.Keywords
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