fertility rate
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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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rate
noun[C]
uk/reɪt/us/reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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(Definition offertilityandratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffertility rate
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The totalfertilityrateis then obtained.
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Totalfertilityratewas 5.51 children born per woman.
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One of the measures used to probe marital fertility was the age-specificfertilityrate.
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A multiple regression analysis was carried out of totalfertilityrateon relevant independent variables.
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Hence, this pension policy provides the right incentives to choose thefertilityrateoptimally.
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The members of both wings were concerned about the depressedfertilityrate.
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Thefertilityrateof the cysts is very high in buffalo isolates.
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The totalfertilityratehas continued to go down, and reached 1.25 in 2005.
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But this did not occur and there was instead an increase in thefertilityrate.
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The best general proxy indicator of coital frequency in a population not practicing fertility control is the maritalfertilityrate.
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At the currentfertilityrateand an expected modest decline in mortality, the population will double in about 20 years.
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Modifying the globalfertilityrateof sows induces an important adaptation of the systems, with two different kinds of adaptation.
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The totalfertilityrateis the average number of live births per woman aged between 15 and 49.
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This showed a very low zero order correlation coefficient with totalfertilityrate, and was not considered worth including.
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The totalfertilityrateis lower in small countries, where we use small to denote land area rather than population.
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Two of the factors that influence the naturalfertilityrateof a population are permanent sterility and fecundability.
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As stated at the beginning, the totalfertilityratebecame lower than the previous record in 1989.
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His results imply that boosting thefertilityratethrough changes in policy would require significant policy changes.
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Various summary measures have been used to calculate the maritalfertilityratein the area of historical demography.
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For example, why was the observed totalfertilityrateabout 5 or 6 rather than 2 or 3?
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The first shock concerns an unexpected and permanent decrease in the (exogenous)fertilityrate(that is, a pure "baby bust").
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Figure 768 illustrates the relation of age with declining spontaneousfertilityrateand increasing spontaneous miscarriage rate.
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The replacementfertilityrateis 2.16.
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What matters is thefertilityrate.
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That change in women'sfertilityrateis enormous.
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