The general fertility rate fell between 1964 and 2000 because of_______________?
Correct answer: C. increases in the age of marriage and the age at which childbearing begins
- A. errors in the measurement of birth rates and production of statistics
- B. there being fewer women of childbearing age than there were in the first half of the century
- C. increases in the age of marriage and the age at which childbearing begins
- D. the risk diseases caused by poverty poor housing and bad sanitation
Explanation
The general fertility rate declined as people married later and began childbearing at older ages, shortening the period available for having children. The other options do not explain the main demographic shift over this period.
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