pop.model
Class Fertility

java.lang.Object
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public class Fertility

extends PopulationCharacteristics

Age-specific fertility rates, including the proportion of births that are females.

Constructor Summary

Fertility(double[] rates, double proportion_female)
Basic constructor (one set of fertility rates, and a female-birth proportion).

Method Summary

int	maximum_fertile_age() Returns maximum fertile age.
int	minimum_fertile_age() Returns minimum fertile age.
double	proportion_female_births() Returns proportion of total births resulting in female children.
double	rate(int age) Returns age-specific fertility rate.
double[]	rates() Returns age-array of fertility rates.
void	set_proportion_female_births(double value) Sets proportion of births that are females to parameter value.
void	set_rates(double[] rates) Sets all fertility rates to values of input array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Fertility

public Fertility(double[] rates,
                 double proportion_female)

Basic constructor (one set of fertility rates, and a female-birth proportion). precondition: length of input array matches current model dimension.

Parameters:

rates - - array of fertility rates by age.

proportion_female - - proportion of births that will be females (0 to 1).

Method Detail

rate

public double rate(int age)

Returns age-specific fertility rate.

Parameters:

age - - 0 to maximum cohort age.

rates

public double[] rates()

Returns age-array of fertility rates.

proportion_female_births

public double proportion_female_births()

Returns proportion of total births resulting in female children.

minimum_fertile_age

public int minimum_fertile_age()

Returns minimum fertile age.

maximum_fertile_age

public int maximum_fertile_age()

Returns maximum fertile age.

set_rates

public void set_rates(double[] rates)

Sets all fertility rates to values of input array. Also sets minimum and maximum fertile ages. precondition: length of input array matches current model dimension.

Parameters:

rates - - array of fertility rates by age.

set_proportion_female_births

public void set_proportion_female_births(double value)

Sets proportion of births that are females to parameter value.