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Table 4 Reported period and adjusted total fertility rates for conventional age groups, total population, Malawi, MDHS, 2010

From: Differential effect of wealth quintile on modern contraceptive use and fertility: evidence from Malawian women

Age

FP(i)

CEB(i)

BIPY

P(i)

f(i)

φ(i)

F(i)

f+(i)

P/F

f*(i)

Total population

          

15-19

5005

1140

556

0.2278

0.1111

0.5555

0.2400

0.1347

0.9490

0.1480

20-24

4554

7349

1332

1.6137

0.2925

2.0180

1.4329

0.2958

1.1262

0.3249

25-29

4400

13095

1090

2.9761

0.2477

3.2565

2.7815

0.2437

1.0700

0.2678

30-34

3250

13750

668

4.2308

0.2055

4.2840

3.8902

0.2016

1.0875

0.2214

35-39

2521

13734

405

5.4478

0.1607

5.0875

4.7759

0.1566

1.1407

0.1720

40-44

1730

10830

174

6.2601

0.1006

5.5905

5.3894

0.0927

1.1616

0.1018

45-49

1558

10774

54

6.9153

0.0347

5.7640

5.7236

0.0277

1.2082

0.0304

Total

23018

   

1.1527

    

1.2664

Total fertility rate

5.7635

    

6.332

    
  1. FP(i): Women’s population; CEB(i) : Children ever born; BIPY : Births in the past one year prior the survey; P(I) : Average parities reported; f(i) : Preliminary fertility schedule; φ(i) : Cumulated fertility schedule for a period; F(i) : Average parity equivalents for a period; f + (i) : Fertility Schedule for conventional five-year age groups; f*(i) : The adjusted total fertility rate.