Fertility rates and associated disparity estimation

Apr 27, 2016
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I build statistical models to estimate the disparities in fertility rates across countries over time.

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Fengqing Chao
Fengqing Chao
Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science

My research interests include statistical demography, global health, Bayesian modeling, and time series analysis.

Publications

Levels and trends in fertility rates among adolescents aged 10–14 and 15–19 in 201 countries and areas from 1950 to 2023
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Levels and trends in fertility rates among adolescents aged 10–14 and 15–19 in 201 countries and areas from 1950 to 2023
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Levels and trends in fertility rates among adolescents aged 15–19 in 21 States and Union Territories in India from 1990 to 2050: A Bayesian Modelling Study
This is a preprint that is under peer review currently.
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Levels and trends in fertility rates among adolescents aged 15–19 in 21 States and Union Territories in India from 1990 to 2050: A Bayesian Modelling Study
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Estimating age-specific fertility rate in the World Population Prospects: A Bayesian modelling approach
As part of its work in revising population estimates and projections for the biennial publication of the World Population Prospects …
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