An assessment of recent Iranian fertility trends using parity progression ratios
<b>Background</b>: In 2013 a draft population bill was introduced in the Iranian Parliament. Based on the presumption that fertility in Iran had fallen to a very low level, the bill proposed a wide range of pronatalist policies with the aim of increasing fertility to 2.5 births per woman...
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Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2015-06-01
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Series: | Demographic Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol32/58/ |