Some Statistical Analysis Issues at the World Fertility Survey

Authors
Little, Roderick J. A.
Citation
A. Little, Roderick J., Some Statistical Analysis Issues at the World Fertility Survey, American statistician , 42(1), 1988, pp. 31-36
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
42
Issue
1
Year of publication
1988
Pages
31 - 36
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
The World Fertility Survey carried out cross-sectional probability surveys of fertility in more than 40 developing countries between 1972 and 1984.Statistical issues in regression analysis of the data are reviewed, including treatment of interactions, the selection of regressor variables, and appropriate linear models for rate variables.Similar issues arise in many other applications of regression to observational data.