Order-Specific Fertility Rates for Germany<br>Estimates from Perinatal Statistics for the Period 2001-2008<br>

Until 2008, Germany’s vital statistics did not include information on the biological order of each birth. This resulted in a dearth of important demographic indicators, such as the mean age at first birth and the level of childlessness. Researchers have tried to fill this gap by generating order-spe...

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Main Authors: Michaela Kreyenfeld, Rembrandt Scholz, Frederik Peters, Ines Wlosnewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federal Institute for Population Research 2011-02-01
Series:Comparative Population Studies
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Online Access:http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/31