Guranich, Gregory and Cahill, Niamh and Alkema, Leontine
(2021)
Fpemlocal: Estimating family planning indicators in R for a single population of interest.
Gates Open Research, 5.
p. 24.
ISSN 2572-4754
Abstract
The global Family Planning Estimation model (FPEM) combines a
Bayesian hierarchical model with country-specific time trends to yield
estimates of contraceptive prevalence and unmet need for family
planning for countries worldwide. In this paper, we introduce the R
package fpemlocal that carries out the estimation of family planning
indicators for a single population, for example, for a single country or
smaller area. In this implementation of FPEM, all non-population-
specific parameters are fixed at outcomes obtained in a prior global
FPEM run. The development of this model was motivated by the
demand for computational efficiency, without loss of model accuracy,
when estimates and projections from FPEM were needed only for a
single country. We present use cases to produce estimates for a single
population of women by union status or all women based on package-
provided data bases and user-specified data. We also explain how to
aggregate estimates across multiple populations. The R package
forms the basis of the Track20 Family Planning Estimation Tool to
monitor trends in family planning indicators for the FP2020 initiative.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Family Planning estimation tool; global versus local model fitting; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics |
| Item ID: |
16954 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13211.1 |
| Depositing User: |
Niamh Cahill
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| Date Deposited: |
21 Feb 2023 11:27 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Gates Open Research |
| Publisher: |
F1000Research |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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