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Acknowledgments with regression models for fertility estimation. Demography
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We are grateful to the United Nations Department of
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Health Surveys program for providing free access to the Bongaarts, J. (2015). Modelling the fertility impact of the
original data. proximate determinants: Time for a tune-up. Demographic
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Funding https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.19
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Conflict of interest Academic Press
The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Bongaarts, J. (1982). The fertility-inhibiting effects of the
intermediate fertility variables. Studies in Family Planning,
Author contributions 13(6/7):178-189.
Conceptualization: Mezgebo Gebregeorgis, Kinfe Abraha Bongaarts, J. (1978). A framework for analyzing the proximate
Formal analysis: Mezgebo Gebregeorgis determinants of fertility. Population and Development
Investigation: Mezgebo Gebregeorgis Review, 4(1):105-132.
Methodology: Mezgebo Gebregeorgis, Krishna Murthy https://doi.org/10.2307/1972149
Ponnapalli, Kinfe Abraha
Writing – original draft: All authors Central Statistical Agency (CSA) [Ethiopia], & ICF. (2016).
Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Addis Ababa,
Writing – review & editing: Mezgebo Gebregeorgis, Kinfe Ethiopia, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: CSA and ICF.
Abraha, Mache Tsadik
Central Statistical Agency [Ethiopia] and ICF International.
Ethics approval and consent to participate (2012). Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2011.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Calverton, Maryland, USA:
In our study, we obtained permission to use the data from Central Statistical Agency and ICF International.
the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Central Statistical Agency [Ethiopia] and ORC Macro. (2006).
Affairs and the Demographic and Health Surveys program. Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2005. Addis
However, obtaining ethical approval is not applicable. Ababa, Ethiopia and Calverton, Maryland, USA: Central

Consent for publication Statistical Agency and ORC Macro.
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Ababa, Ethiopia and Calverton, Maryland, USA: Central
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