Table 8 Estimates of parameters of Modified Skew Normal Model for India and 6 selected states.

From: Experiments in modeling recent Indian fertility pattern

Region

Modified Skew Normal Model

λ

s1

δ

s2

θ

India

21.3305

2.4382

2.8960

6.4817

0.1924

Punjab

23.0761

2.8307

2.4989

5.9163

0.1460

Uttar Pradesh

22.5175

2.4965

2.9761

7.0375

0.2275

West Bengal

18.8777

1.7939

3.3029

6.9201

0.1612

Tripura

19.0693

2.2651

3.5001

8.0211

0.1318

Gujarat

21.9311

2.6643

1.4815

6.0231

0.1864

Karnataka

20.9544

2.1678

1.5237

5.7689

0.1793