high fertility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhighandfertility
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high
adjective
uk/haɪ/us/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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fertility
noun[U]
uk/fəˈtɪl.ə.ti/us/fɚˈtɪl.ə.t̬i/
(of animals and plants) the quality of being able to produce young ...
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(Definition ofhighandfertilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Highfertilityalso limited the potential number of multigenerational families.
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These figures do not suggest an abnormallyhighfertilitylevel.
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This group shows a different pattern ofhighfertilityto that exhibited by their younger counterparts, who have concentrated their high fertility into a much shorter time-span.
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The possible relationships amonghighfertility, malnutrition and high parasitic load are discussed.
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Such separation may result in relativelyhighfertilityrates at older ages.
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This period of sustainedhighfertilityhas been called the 'baby boom'.
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Previous authors have noted thehighfertilityof women who bear twins.
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Also, reduced periods of breastfeeding associated withhighfertilityrates could affect mortality.
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This depended in the long term onhighfertilityand safe reproduction.
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Despite this success, each year about 11 million new couples marry because of previoushighfertility.
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He accepted the connexion between rural life,highfertilityand the subjection of women.
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Differences in fecundity may, therefore, make a small contribution to thehighfertilityof the young age at marriage groups.
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Suchhighfertilityrates may well have been encouraged by a reasonably open or fluid land market.
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Although popular sayings promoted large families, notions discouraginghighfertilitywere also expressed from time to time.
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Unfortunately manyhighfertilityfamilies are problem families.
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This changes relations of production within the family and disintegrates the existing intrafamilial relations so thathighfertilitywill no longer be beneficial.
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This relates in part to the small number of surviving children at the end of the war and the subsequenthighfertility.
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The hypothesized need of pre-industrial societies for continuedhighfertilityis therefore decreasing in the two study societies at the present time.
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The family structure has been characterised byhighfertilityand infant mortality throughout this century, as is characteristic of a rural mountain population.
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After the beginning of the secular fertility decline in the late nineteenth century, thehighfertilityof mining families became noteworthy.
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This was a consequence of low life expectancy, the high age at which reproduction started (partly due to late marriage) andhighfertilitywithin marriage.
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If donors of outstanding excellence (physically, mentally and ofhighfertility) are available, it seems wrong not to go on using them.
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Will these paradoxical efforts causehighfertilityto lose its survival value, and, if so, will the ultimate result be a decrease in biological fertility?
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