Table 1 Comparison of TFRs using direct method and relational Gompertz model for Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
From: Pattern and trends of the total and age-specific fertility rates during 1990–2018 in Pakistan
Country | Survey | TFR | |
|---|---|---|---|
Direct | Indirect (Relational Gompertz model) | ||
Pakistan | PDHS 1990–91 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
PDHS 2006–07 | 4.1 | 4.8 | |
PDHS 2012–13 | 3.8 | 4.4 | |
PDHS 2017–18 | 3.6 | 4.0 | |
India | NFHS1992-93 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
NFHS 1998–99 | 2.8 | 3.9 | |
NFHS 2005–06 | 2.7 | 3.5 | |
NFHS 2015–16 | 2.2 | 2.7 | |
Bangladesh | BDHS 1993–94 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
BDHS 1996–97 | 3.3 | 4.6 | |
BDHS 1999–00 | 3.3 | 4.2 | |
BDHS 2004 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |
BDHS 2007 | 2.7 | 3.6 | |
BDHS 2011 | 2.3 | 3.2 | |
BDHS 2014 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |