A "standard" distribution for age-specific fertility
rates proposed in Booth (1984), and widely used for
estimating fertility rates in settings with high
fertility and limited data.
Usage
booth_standard
Arguments
Format
A tibble with 8 rows and the following columns:
age Five-year age group, from "10-14" to "45-49"
value Proportion of total fertility occurring within
the age group
Details
The key input for booth_standard
is 'Yx' from table 2 of Booth (1984).