The total fertility rate (TFR) is ?
Correct answer: B. The number of children born to the average woman during her reproductive years.
- A. The total number of children born in a country in given year a divided by labor force
- B. The number of children born to the average woman during her reproductive years.
- C. The number of births in a country divided by total population in a given year.
- D. The number of woman age 15-45 in a country divided by total population
Explanation
TFR estimates the average number of children a woman would have over her reproductive lifetime under current age-specific fertility rates. It is not the crude birth rate, which divides annual births by the total population.
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