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According to eligible couple registers and national family welfare targets, which of the following demographic indices is defined as the average numb…
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According to eligible couple registers and national family welfare targets, which of the following demographic indices is defined as the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates through her lifetime and survive from birth to the end of her reproductive life?
- A.Gross Reproduction Rate (GRR)
- B.Total Fertility Rate (TFR)Correct answer
- C.General Fertility Rate (GFR)
- D.Net Reproduction Rate (NRR)
Solution
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is the average number of children a woman would have by the end of her reproductive years if she bore children at the current age-specific fertility rates. NRR takes into account the mortality of mothers up to the reproductive age and is a measure of generational replacement.
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