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Fertility as a Function of the Woman's Age and Year of Birth in Italy*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Flavia M. Mascioli  and
Carla Rossi
Flavia M. Mascioli
Affiliation:
Istituto di Matematica Guido Castelnuovo and Istituto di Calcolo delle Probabilità, University of Rome, Italy
Carla Rossi*
Affiliation:
Istituto di Matematica Guido Castelnuovo and Istituto di Calcolo delle Probabilità, University of Rome, Italy
*
Istituto di Calcolo delle Probabilità, Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche dell'Università, Rome, Italy

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A mathematical model is suggested to represent the trend of the fertility coefficient in the Italian woman as a function of her age and year of birth. The study has been based on data from the fertility tables by Livi Bacci-Santini interpreted by one single formula.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 1972 , pp. 257 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972

Footnotes

*

The present work has been carried out within the program of the G.N.A.F.A. of the Italian National Research Council (CNR).

Paragraphs 1 and 2 are due to C. Rossi (Istituto di Calcolo delle Probabilità); paragraphs 3, 4, and 5, to F.M. Mascioli (Istituto di Matematica Guido Castelnuovo); while introduction and conclusions are due to both. Both authors thank Professor B. de Finetti for suggesting and guiding the present work.

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