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Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Source: R/tfr.R
tfr.Rd

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Usage

tfr(fx, age.int = 1)

Arguments

fx

Numeric array of age specific fertility rates.

age.int

Numeric. Age group: 1 for one-year, 5 for five-year. Any age groups are allowed.

Value

A length-1 numeric value equal to the sum of age-specific fertility rates multiplied by age.int.

Examples

fx <- c(0.02, 0.08, 0.12, 0.09, 0.04, 0.01, 0.001)
tfr(fx, age.int = 5)
#> [1] 1.805