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Analysis of completed parity using microsimulation modeling.

M Nakazawa·R Ohtsuka
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"This paper aims to construct a demographic microsimulation model, which is easily applicable to gene transmission..., and to examine the distribution of completed parity as a fertility measure at a population level according to the schedule of individual life course....The simulation model was applied to the data of the Gidra-speaking people living in the lowlands of Papua New Guinea."

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Birth RateDemographyDeveloping CountriesFamilyFamily CharacteristicsFertilityLife Cycle StagesMelanesiaModels, TheoreticalPacific IslandsPapua New GuineaParityPopulationPopulation DynamicsResearchDemographic FactorsFamily And HouseholdFamily ResearchFertility MeasurementsLife CycleOceaniaResearch MethodologyJournal Article

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M Nakazawa, R Ohtsuka. 1997. Analysis of completed parity using microsimulation modeling.. https://doi.org/10.1080/08898489709525431

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