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Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being

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Project

Estimating Fertility Indicators by Using Digital Trace Data and Targeted Online Surveys

Jessica Donzowa, Emilio Zagheni, Daniela Perrotta

In many low- and middle-income countries, timely and accurate information on fertility indicators is still lacking. We fill these gaps by using aggregate data from Facebook and by collecting primary data via targeted online surveys.  Detailed Description

Prediction of mean age at childbearing for men in 2017 based on data from Facebook’s Advertising Platform

Prediction of Male mean age at childbearing in 2017 for countries without UN ground truth data. © MPIDR

Research Keywords:

Data and Surveys, Fertility Development

Region keywords:

Senegal, World

Publications

Rampazzo, F.; Zagheni, E.; Weber, I. G.; Testa, M.R.; Billari, F. C.:
In: Proceedings of the Twelfth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2018): 25-28 June 2018, Stanford, California, 672–675. Palo Alto, CA: AAAI Press. (2018)    
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