Revision as of 11:35, 5 September 2012

• German: 130-10| Français: 130-10 (help) Translated German term:

• German: Statistiche Auswertung. This term, expression or paragraph was not translated and was missing according to the 1987-standard (German). It has been translated and is added to the Category:Coherent with the 1987-standard (German):

Analysis promoted to a NewTextTerm as statistical analysis

• French: 132-5 (help) Translated French term:

• French: indices synthétiques. This term, expression or paragraph was not translated and was missing according to the 1981-standard (French). It has been translated and is added to the Category:Coherent with the 1981-standard (French):

Here we can detect the influence of Gérard Calot who wrote an important methodological book on descriptive statistics where indexes and complex indexes are introduced. When he moved to INED, he introduced the term indice synthétique de fécondité or sometimes somme des naissances réduites for all women (married and not married) in order to describe the sum of the age-specific fertility rates over the (reproductive) life span. This sum is the area under the fertility function. The dimension of this area is the product of a rate (inverse of a time) by a period length and thus has no dimension and is simply a number of children per woman. In the first edition there is no period indices but only cohort indices; the terminology used for the sum 63-2 is the cumulative fertility and cohort fertility. But in order to monitor the decline and fluctuation of fertility in Europe (the so-called conjoncture démographique research field was created), Calot had to sum the fertility rates over ages of a specific year introducing the notion of fictitious cohort. This period index in the second edition is named synthetic measure of fertility in paragraph 63-9 and thus exists in English. If the total fertility⁴ is introduced and corresponds to the French somme des naissances réduites, the improper terminology total fertility rate⁴ is also introduced with the same note number 4. As explained above a TFR is not a rate. It is like confusing a length in inches and a surface in square inches!--Nicolas Brouard 11:48, 20 April 2012 (CEST)

• The Trilingual Demographic Dictionary Arabic-English-French of 1988 uses synthetic index*.--Nicolas Brouard 19:26, 11 June 2012 (CEST)

In contrast to the basic data, these indices are referred to as results ⁶ or synthetic indices ^5★. --Nicolas Brouard 10:30, 5 September 2012 (CEST)

• German: 133-6| Français: 133-6 (help) Translated German term:

• German: Verhältniszahl. This term, expression or paragraph was not translated and was missing according to the 1987-standard (German). It has been translated and is added to the Category:Coherent with the 1987-standard (German):

Although this usage is recommended, the term has steadily acquired a wider meaning and is often incorrectly used as a synonym for ratio ^6★ (e.g. labor force participation rate, which is actually a proportion). (just an upgrade of ratio as a NewTextTerm, but adding a note). --Nicolas Brouard 11:35, 5 September 2012 (CEST)

• 6. The total fertility rate (TFR) is the sum of age-specific fertility rates (cf 633-9) over the age reproductive period and thus lost its inverse temporal dimension (per year). The difference is as important as between length and surface or velocity and acceleration. The term synthetic index (cf 132-5) is preferred in some languages to avoid the confusion with the inverse temporal dimension (per year) of a rate: number of demographic events divided by the time exposure or person-years. If used, the term rate in the expression total fertility rate refers to the implicit per woman, which is not enough to qualify as a rate but enough for a dimensionless ratio. - Note added -- --Nicolas Brouard 11:35, 5 September 2012 (CEST)
• Français: 135-2 English: 135-2 (help?) Missing French term:

• Français: taux par groupe d’âges (if not already translated to English or Spanish) --Nicolas Brouard 16:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

this is probably an omission because it is widely used and in all languages.--Nicolas Brouard 11:48, 20 April 2012 (CEST)

Remark: the English term quotient (coming from the Latin quotiens, quotient) did not exist in the first edition despite the origin of the notation 432-2 q_x.--Nicolas Brouard 12:04, 20 April 2012 (CEST)

• The Trilingual Demographic Dictionary Arabic-English-French of 1988 uses age group-specific rate*.--Nicolas Brouard 19:57, 11 June 2012 (CEST)

• Deutsch: 136-9 | English: 136-9 | Français: 136-9 (help?) Missing German term:

• Deutsch: Standardziffer (if not already translated to English)