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tfr

Compute total fertility rate from fertility rates

Description

Compute total fertility rates from age-specific fertility rates contained in a demogdata object.

Usage

tfr(data, PI = FALSE, nsim = 500, ...)

Arguments

data

Demogdata object of type "fertility" such as obtained from read.demogdata, forecast.fdm.
PI

If TRUE, produce a prediction interval.
nsim

Number of simulations to use when computing a prediction interval.
...

Other arguments passed to simulate when producing prediction intervals.

Value

If data are of class demogdata, the function returns a time series of fertility rates. If data are from forecast.fdm, the function returns an object of class forecast containing point forecasts and (optionally) prediction intervals.

Author(s)

Rob J Hyndman

See Also

Examples

plot(tfr(aus.fert))
ausfert.fcast <- forecast(fdm(aus.fert))
plot(tfr(ausfert.fcast,PI=TRUE,nsim=400))
demography

Forecasting Mortality, Fertility, Migration and Population Data

v1.22
GPL (>= 2)
Authors
Rob J Hyndman with contributions from Heather Booth, Leonie Tickle and John Maindonald.
Initial release

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