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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