UPSC Prelims 2024 · Question 81 of 97

UPSC Prelims 2024 question on Total Fertility Rate

The total fertility rate in an 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 a 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.
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Answer: D. the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.

Verdict

Correct answer: Option (d).

Analysis

The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is the average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime if she were to experience the current age-specific fertility rates, and if she lived from birth until the end of her reproductive life.

In India, the TFR has experienced a significant decline, from nearly 6.2 children per woman in 1950 to just under 2 children per woman in 2021.

A TFR of about 2.1 children per woman is called Replacement-level fertility. TFR lower than 2.1 children per woman indicates that a generation is not producing enough children to replace itself.

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