Q. The total fertility rate in an economy is defined as:

[A] the number of children born per 1000 people in the population in a year.

[B] the number of children born to a couple in their lifetime in a given population.

[C] the birth rate minus death rate.

[D] the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.

Answer: D
Notes:

Exp) Option d is the correct answer.

The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is the average number of children who would be born to any women in her lifetime. It is the average number of children a women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.

Source: https://www.business-standard.com/podcast/current-affairs/india-s-fertility-rate-dips-below-replacement-level-what-does-it-mean-122051800062_1.html

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