The total fertility rate in a economy is defined as:

The total fertility rate in a economy is defined as:
  1. the number of children born per 1000 people in the population in a year.
  2. the number of children born to couple in their lifetime in a given population.
  3. the birth rate minus death rate.
  4. the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.

Solution

TFR is defined as the average number of children a woman would have over her reproductive lifetime (typically 15-49 years) if she experienced the prevailing age-specific fertility rates.

Asked in: UPSC Prelims 2024

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