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Age-Specific Fertility Rates in Iran

Source: R/datasets.R
iran_fertility.Rd

Estimates of age-specific fertility rates, (births per 1000 person-years lived) for rural and urban areas, in Iran, 1986-2000. Calculated by Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Peter McDonald from data from the 2000 Iran Demographic and Health Survey.

Usage

iran_fertility

Format

A tibble with 2010 rows and the following columns:

  • time Calendar year

  • age Five-year age group from "15-19" to "45-49"

  • area "Rural" or "Urban"`

  • rate Age-specific fertility rate

Source

Tables 4.1 and 4.2 of Abbasi-Shavazi, M J, McDonald, P (2005). National and provincial level fertility trends in Iran, 1972–2006. Australian National University. Working Papers in Demography no. 94.