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Table 5 Reported period and adjusted total fertility rates for conventional age groups, total population, women in POOREST wealth quintiles, 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)

Poorest wealth quintile

          

15-19

892

247

112

0.2769

0.1256

0.6280

0.2726

0.1513

1.0160

0.1680

20-24

820

1554

269

1.8951

0.3280

2.2680

1.5862

0.3359

1.1948

0.3730

25-29

793

2650

254

3.3417

0.3203

3.8695

3.2662

0.3142

1.0231

0.3489

30-34

602

2837

141

4.7126

0.2342

5.0405

4.5998

0.2272

1.0245

0.2523

35-39

482

2792

82

5.7925

0.1701

5.8910

5.5291

0.1685

1.0476

0.1871

40-44

348

2357

52

6.7730

0.1494

6.6380

6.3634

0.1394

1.0644

0.1548

45-49

334

2406

14

7.2036

0.0419

6.8475

6.7995

0.0330

1.0594

0.0366

Total

4271

   

1.3696

    

1.5208

Total Fertility Rate

6.848

    

7.604

    
  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.