The crude birth rate______________?

Correct answer: D. is the number of live births per 1000 members of a population in a given year

  • A. is the annual number of live births per 1000-woman age 15-44?
  • B. Is the potential number of children that could be born if every woman of childbearing age bore all the children she possibly could?
  • C. enables researchers to see important difference among races. ethnic groups, classes, age groups, and other categories with in the population
  • D. is the number of live births per 1000 members of a population in a given year

Explanation

The crude birth rate counts live births in a year per 1,000 members of the total population. A rate based only on women aged 15 to 44 is the general fertility rate, not the crude birth rate.

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