UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 83
The total fertility rate in an economy is defined as :
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Correct answer: D
Correct Option: D (the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.)
Explanation: Total fertility rate estimates the average number of live births a woman would have over her reproductive life if current age-specific fertility rates applied.
Option-wise Analysis:
A. Incorrect-Births per 1,000 population is the crude birth rate, not TFR.
B. Incorrect-TFR refers to the average per woman under age-specific rates, not simply births per couple.
C. Incorrect-Birth rate minus death rate is a measure of natural population increase.
D. Correct-the measure is expected lifetime live births per woman.