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Re: Calculating fertility rates [message #11069 is a reply to message #11066] Mon, 24 October 2016 10:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
schoumaker is currently offline  schoumaker
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You should use UGIR60FL.DTA as below.
Bruno


. use "C:\12.DATA\DHS\IR\UGIR60FL.DTA", clear

. tfr2
weight variable is v005
Preparing table of events and exposure for 3 year(s) preceding the survey
Period covered: 8/2008 to 7/2011
Central date is 2010.1378
Number of cases (women): 8634
Number of person-years (weighted): 23918.096
Number of events (weighted): 4916.5352

ASFRs - TFR


events Coef. Std. Err. z P>z [95% Conf. Interval]

Rate_1519 .1344827 .0048509 27.72 0.000 .1249751 .1439904
Rate_2024 .3132275 .008087 38.73 0.000 .2973772 .3290778
Rate_2529 .2914675 .0082319 35.41 0.000 .2753333 .3076017
Rate_3034 .2323487 .0085758 27.09 0.000 .2155404 .249157
Rate_3539 .1716094 .0077221 22.22 0.000 .1564743 .1867444
Rate_4044 .0742423 .0063143 11.76 0.000 .0618665 .0866181
Rate_4549 .0230467 .0043584 5.29 0.000 .0145044 .031589
TFR 6.202124 .0933726 66.42 0.000 6.019117 6.385131



Bruno Schoumaker
Centre for Demographic Research
Université catholique de Louvain
 
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