Abstract Background Central to the study of populations, and therefore to the analysis of the development of countries undergoing major transitions, is the calculation of fertility patterns and their dependence on different variables such as age, education, and socio-economic status. Most epidemiological research on these matters rely on the often unjustified assumption of (generalised) linearity, or alternatively makes a parametric assumption (e.g. for age-patterns). Methods We consider nonlinearity of fertility in the covariates by combining an established nonlinear parametric model for fertility over age with nonlinear modelling of fertility over other covariates. For the latter, we use the semi-parametric method of Gaussian process regr...
MSoc Sc (Population and Sustainable Development), North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2019This s...
Aims: To analyse trends in fertility rates and net reproduction rates in Agincourt, a rural area of ...
This paper proposes a simple method that analytically links the parameters alpha and beta, which are...
Central to the study of populations, and therefore to the analysis of the development of countries u...
I analyze the effects of mothers7 education, household income, and child mortality on completed fert...
A rapid decline in mortality and fertility has become major issues in many developed countries over ...
This article presents a categorical model of fertility based on the statistical theory of the Genera...
Stalled fertility declines have been identified in several regions across the developing world, but ...
PhD (Population Studies), North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2016Marriage as one of the proxima...
Little is known about the dynamics of fertility transition in South Africa, though recent studies ha...
BACKGROUND: Literature is limited on the effects of high prevalence HIV on fertility in the absence ...
There has been concern in recent years about the impact of the child support grant on fertility in S...
BACKGROUND: Literature is limited on the effects of high prevalence HIV on fertilit...
Using longitudinal data from the Agincourt Health and socio-Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) i...
This paper proposes a simple method that analytically links the parameters alpha and beta, which are...
MSoc Sc (Population and Sustainable Development), North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2019This s...
Aims: To analyse trends in fertility rates and net reproduction rates in Agincourt, a rural area of ...
This paper proposes a simple method that analytically links the parameters alpha and beta, which are...
Central to the study of populations, and therefore to the analysis of the development of countries u...
I analyze the effects of mothers7 education, household income, and child mortality on completed fert...
A rapid decline in mortality and fertility has become major issues in many developed countries over ...
This article presents a categorical model of fertility based on the statistical theory of the Genera...
Stalled fertility declines have been identified in several regions across the developing world, but ...
PhD (Population Studies), North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2016Marriage as one of the proxima...
Little is known about the dynamics of fertility transition in South Africa, though recent studies ha...
BACKGROUND: Literature is limited on the effects of high prevalence HIV on fertility in the absence ...
There has been concern in recent years about the impact of the child support grant on fertility in S...
BACKGROUND: Literature is limited on the effects of high prevalence HIV on fertilit...
Using longitudinal data from the Agincourt Health and socio-Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) i...
This paper proposes a simple method that analytically links the parameters alpha and beta, which are...
MSoc Sc (Population and Sustainable Development), North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2019This s...
Aims: To analyse trends in fertility rates and net reproduction rates in Agincourt, a rural area of ...
This paper proposes a simple method that analytically links the parameters alpha and beta, which are...