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Changes in timing of fertility—a Canadian experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Fernando Rajulton ,
T. R. Balakrishnan  and
Jiajian Chen
Fernando Rajulton
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
T. R. Balakrishnan
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Jiajian Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Summary

This paper examines the patterns of timing of births of women using data from the Canadian Fertility Survey of 1984. Semi-Markovian schemes are applied to the maternity histories of the 5315 sample women in their reproductive ages in order to measure the intensity and timing of childbearing. Age-and-duration-specific transition probabilities are found to have substantially changed for the more recent birth cohorts compared to the older cohorts.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 33 - 42
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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