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Table 7 Fertility estimates using different methods

From: China’s fertility change: an analysis with multiple measures

Year

Variable-r

Variable-r_2

P/F (a census)

P/F(two censuses)

Reverse survival

1982

    

2.95

1990

  

2.29

 

2.63

2000

  

1.43

 

1.54

2010

  

1.50

  

1990–2000

1.58

1.74

 

1.35

 

2000–2010

1.68

1.52

 

1.32

 
  1. The first variable-r method in the second column uses the census data directly; the second variable-r method in the third column uses the census data by increasing the population aged 0–9 by 10 percent in 2000
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