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Parity progression ratios

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129: 67: 191: 162: 56: 124:{\displaystyle a_{x}={\text{(women with at least }}x+1{\text{ children ever born) }}/{\text{ (women with at least }}x{\text{ children ever born)}}} 164:(or the proportion of women with two children who go on to have a third) is of critical importance in determining overall fertility levels. 31:
of women with a certain number of children who go on to have another child. Calculating the PPR, also known as
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Hinde, A (1998) "Demographic Methods", Hodder Arnold Publication.
59: 23:(PPR) is a measure commonly used in demography to study 193:
is simply the proportion of women who become mothers.
172: 143: 70: 37: 185: 156: 123: 50: 217: 137:where two-child families are seen as the norm 16:Measure used in demography to study fertility 58:, can be achieved by using the following 218: 13: 14: 237: 110: (women with at least  100: children ever born)  203: 1: 196: 7: 10: 242: 86:(women with at least  118: children ever born) 27:. The PPR is simply the 21:parity progression ratios 187: 158: 125: 52: 188: 186:{\displaystyle a_{0}} 159: 157:{\displaystyle a_{2}} 126: 53: 51:{\displaystyle a_{x}} 170: 141: 68: 35: 135:developed countries 183: 154: 121: 48: 119: 111: 101: 87: 233: 210: 207: 192: 190: 189: 184: 182: 181: 163: 161: 160: 155: 153: 152: 130: 128: 127: 122: 120: 117: 112: 109: 107: 102: 99: 88: 85: 80: 79: 57: 55: 54: 49: 47: 46: 241: 240: 236: 235: 234: 232: 231: 230: 226:Human pregnancy 216: 215: 214: 213: 208: 204: 199: 177: 173: 171: 168: 167: 148: 144: 142: 139: 138: 116: 108: 103: 98: 84: 75: 71: 69: 66: 65: 42: 38: 36: 33: 32: 17: 12: 11: 5: 239: 229: 228: 212: 211: 201: 200: 198: 195: 180: 176: 151: 147: 115: 106: 97: 94: 91: 83: 78: 74: 45: 41: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 238: 227: 224: 223: 221: 206: 202: 194: 178: 174: 165: 149: 145: 136: 131: 113: 104: 95: 92: 89: 81: 76: 72: 63: 61: 43: 39: 30: 26: 22: 205: 166: 132: 64: 20: 18: 197:References 29:proportion 25:fertility 220:Category 133:In more 60:formula 222:: 62:: 19:A 179:0 175:a 150:2 146:a 114:x 105:/ 96:1 93:+ 90:x 82:= 77:x 73:a 44:x 40:a

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fertility
proportion
formula
developed countries
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Human pregnancy

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