Table 1 Data used for model calibration and parameter estimation^a

Fertility

National Family Health Survey waves 1–3 (NFHS): 1992–3, 1998–9, 2005–6) [24–26]

Number of total children ever born to mother, by maternal age and urban/rural residence, Additional file 1: Table AF1

Mortality

Sample Registration System (SRS): 1972–2008 [23]

Probability of death by calendar year, age, sex, and urban/rural residence, Additional file 1: Table AF2

Educational attainment

NFHS 1–3 (1992–3, 1998–9, 2005–6) and District-Level Household Survey wave 3 (DLHS-3): 2007–8 [24–27]

Prevalence of no education, primary school, secondary school, and greater than secondary school education, by age, sex, and urban/rural residence, Additional file 1: Table AF3

Migration

NFHS 2 and 3 (1998–9, 2005–6) [25, 26]

Proportion of women who had migrated from urban to rural areas or vice versa within the last 6 years, 12 years, and ever in their lifetime, stratified by age, sex, and urban/rural residence, Additional file 1: Table AF4

Population size

United Nations Population Division, 1992–2010 [6]

Absolute population size by calendar year, stratified by urban/rural residence, Additional file 1: Table AF5