The total fertility rate in an economy is defined as:

Options

1. (a) the number of children born per 1000 people in the population in a year.
2. (b) the number of children born to a couple in their lifetime in a given population.
3. (c) the birth rate minus death rate.
4. (d) the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.

Correct Answer

(d) the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.

Explanation

TFR measures the average number of children a woman is expected to have during her reproductive years.

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