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possib le, and theoretically preferable, to think of other ways,<br />

because an age-specific vorsion offers plenty of scnpo to<br />

introduce methodological sophisticati on as wel 1 as L i nkag e between<br />

TFRA and CPA (which i s not possib Le in an aggregate modelj.<br />

Our specific comment is t hat the simple procedure of<br />

considering ASF R[ t] as E n input shouLd be repLaced by a more<br />

complicated procedure which is j us ti fied by i ts capability to<br />

yield batter resu Lts. sf coursu, the revi sed procedure wi tl have<br />

to be viewed as a sequence of steps.<br />

Let us consider the possibi lity of introducing<br />

simultoneous and inte r-dependent changes over time in ASFR as welL<br />

as in age-specific CP A<br />

such that the ratio<br />

I -<br />

ASFFn( t)<br />

s.u(tja(t)<br />

. . . . . . [3 . 5]<br />

takes values which can bu predicted, s being the age-specific<br />

sterility correction factor, u is the age-specific CPR and a is<br />

the age-speci fic use-e ffectiveness of the contraceptive methods.<br />

In the terminology arid<br />

notation of the Population Council's model,<br />

the ratio (3.5) represents<br />

A S F Ii( t, a)<br />

C (t,a]<br />

C<br />

-I -- referring to age-group and it can be<br />

assumed to take the value<br />

ASFRI (0,a) C (t,a] C (t,o) C (tie]<br />

m a i<br />

C (O. C (o,a C (oa C (oae<br />

c m a i

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