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Statistical Models for the Twinning Rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J.O. Fellman  and
A.W. Eriksson
J.O. Fellman*
Affiliation:
Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Population Genetics Unit, Helsinki, Finland
A.W. Eriksson
Affiliation:
Institute of Human Genetics, Medical Faculty, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
*
Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Arkadiagatan 22, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

Abstract

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Linear regression models are used to explain the variations in the twinning rates. Data sets from different countries are analysed and maternal age, parity and marital status are the main regressors. The model building technique is also used in order to study the secular decline in the twinning rate. Linear regression technique makes it possible to compare the effect of different factors but the method requires sufficiently disaggregated data.

Keywords

Twinning ratesLinear regression modelsMaternal ageParityMarital status
Type
Research Article
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Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 297 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1987

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