"In this study, cultural, economic as well as certain crucial demographic factors are considered as the determinants for projecting the average family size in rural India.... The Analytic Hierarchy Process [is used] to analyze influences of the factors which enter implicitly in a rural couple's decision-making to determine the number of children they want to have as time goes by. [The authors] did not attempt to make distinctions among the regional differences in rural India. The outcome projected in [this] analysis compares favorably with the results of other demographic studies."

中文翻译：

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通过层次分析法预测印度农村的平均家庭规模

“在这项研究中，文化、经济以及某些关键的人口因素被认为是预测印度农村平均家庭规模的决定因素...... 层次分析过程 [用于] 分析隐式进入的因素的影响在一对农村夫妇的决策中，随着时间的推移，他们决定想要生几个孩子。[作者]没有试图区分印度农村的地区差异。[本]分析中预测的结果比较有利与其他人口统计研究的结果。”