HFD: Scaled SVD Components from Human Fertility Database

In bage: Bayesian Estimation and Forecasting of Age-Specific Rates

Scaled SVD Components from Human Fertility Database

Description

An object of class "bage_ssvd" holding scaled SVD components derived from data from the Human Fertility Database. HFD holds 5 components.

Usage

HFD

Format

Object of class "bage_ssvd".

Versions:

• "v2025" (default) Data published on 2025-07-24

• "v2024" Data published on October 2024-10-23

Source

Derived from data from the Human Fertility Database. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany) and Vienna Institute of Demography (Austria). Code to create HFD is in folder ‘data-raw/ssvd_hfd’ in the source code for the bage package.

See Also

• Scaled SVDs Overview of scaled SVDs implemented in bage

• SVD() A prior based on a scaled SVD

bage documentation built on Nov. 19, 2025, 9:07 a.m.