Study on human fertility models find those based on economics the most reliable

(Phys.org) —A team made up of American anthropologists and zoologists along with a demographer from Bangladesh has been comparing various models that have been developed over the years to explain population growth, and has found that those based on economics appear to be the most reliable. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team explains that by examining data collected through various studies and interviewing women in Bangladesh, they've found that economic fertility models appear to best reflect the reality of population growth.

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