[Changes in the age-specific fertility distribution in the GDR (German Democratic Republic) between 1968 and 1973].

The evolution of the agespecific fertility by its dependence of the order of life-births is analysed in this paper. These terms are further calculated on the basis of life-tables. It became evident that the behavior of reproduction of women of the GDR 1968-1973 is well described by the evolution of the structure of birth-order. It is calculated, that about 5% of all women at the age of fourteen participate the reproduction of the population up to the age of forty five. The trend to 1 respectively 2 children a women was increasely carried in the years 1972/1973 so that we have a real loss by life-births.