Order-Specific Fertility Rates for Germany<br>Estimates from Perinatal Statistics for the Period 2001-2008<br>
Until 2008, Germany’s vital statistics did not include information on the biological order of each birth. This resulted in a dearth of important demographic indicators, such as the mean age at first birth and the level of childlessness. Researchers have tried to fill this gap by generating order-spe...
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| author | Michaela Kreyenfeld Rembrandt Scholz Frederik Peters Ines Wlosnewski |
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| description | Until 2008, Germany’s vital statistics did not include information on the biological order of each birth. This resulted in a dearth of important demographic indicators, such as the mean age at first birth and the level of childlessness. Researchers have tried to fill this gap by generating order-specific birth rates from survey data, and by combining survey data with vital statistics. This paper takes a different approach by using Perinatal Statistics to generate birth order-specific fertility rates for the period 2001 to 2008. Perinatal Statistics includes information on births that took place in German hospitals. Out-of-hospital births, which account for about 2 % of all births, are not included in the Perinatal Statistics. In a sensitivity analysis, we show how robust our estimates are to the inclusion of out-of-hospital births. Our general assessment is that the Perinatal Statistics is a valuable source for generating order-specific fertility rates, regardless of whether out-of-hospital births are included. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe97b436959f4879a0905a3f46da501a2022-12-21T22:15:19ZengFederal Institute for Population ResearchComparative Population Studies1869-89801869-89992011-02-0135214Order-Specific Fertility Rates for Germany<br>Estimates from Perinatal Statistics for the Period 2001-2008<br>Michaela Kreyenfeld0Rembrandt Scholz1Frederik Peters2Ines Wlosnewski3Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, RostockMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research, RostockMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research, RostockMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research, RostockUntil 2008, Germany’s vital statistics did not include information on the biological order of each birth. This resulted in a dearth of important demographic indicators, such as the mean age at first birth and the level of childlessness. Researchers have tried to fill this gap by generating order-specific birth rates from survey data, and by combining survey data with vital statistics. This paper takes a different approach by using Perinatal Statistics to generate birth order-specific fertility rates for the period 2001 to 2008. Perinatal Statistics includes information on births that took place in German hospitals. Out-of-hospital births, which account for about 2 % of all births, are not included in the Perinatal Statistics. In a sensitivity analysis, we show how robust our estimates are to the inclusion of out-of-hospital births. Our general assessment is that the Perinatal Statistics is a valuable source for generating order-specific fertility rates, regardless of whether out-of-hospital births are included.http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/31Birth orderFertilityGermanyEastern and Western GermanyPerinatal Statistics |
| spellingShingle | Michaela Kreyenfeld Rembrandt Scholz Frederik Peters Ines Wlosnewski Order-Specific Fertility Rates for Germany<br>Estimates from Perinatal Statistics for the Period 2001-2008<br> Comparative Population Studies Birth order Fertility Germany Eastern and Western Germany Perinatal Statistics |
| title | Order-Specific Fertility Rates for Germany<br>Estimates from Perinatal Statistics for the Period 2001-2008<br> |
| title_full | Order-Specific Fertility Rates for Germany<br>Estimates from Perinatal Statistics for the Period 2001-2008<br> |
| title_fullStr | Order-Specific Fertility Rates for Germany<br>Estimates from Perinatal Statistics for the Period 2001-2008<br> |
| title_full_unstemmed | Order-Specific Fertility Rates for Germany<br>Estimates from Perinatal Statistics for the Period 2001-2008<br> |
| title_short | Order-Specific Fertility Rates for Germany<br>Estimates from Perinatal Statistics for the Period 2001-2008<br> |
| title_sort | order specific fertility rates for germany br estimates from perinatal statistics for the period 2001 2008 br |
| topic | Birth order Fertility Germany Eastern and Western Germany Perinatal Statistics |
| url | http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/31 |
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