tfr {demography} | R Documentation |
Compute total fertility rate from fertility rates
Description
Compute total fertility rates from age-specific fertility rates contained in
a demogdata
object.
Usage
tfr(data, PI = FALSE, nsim = 500, ...)
Arguments
data |
Demogdata object of type |
PI |
If TRUE, produce a prediction interval. |
nsim |
Number of simulations to use when computing a prediction interval. |
... |
Other arguments passed to |
Value
If data are of class demogdata
, the function returns a time
series of fertility rates. If data are from forecast.fdm
, the
function returns an object of class forecast
containing point
forecasts and (optionally) prediction intervals.
Author(s)
Rob J Hyndman
See Also
Examples
plot(tfr(aus.fert))
ausfert.fcast <- forecast(fdm(aus.fert))
plot(tfr(ausfert.fcast,PI=TRUE,nsim=400))
[Package demography version 2.0 Index]