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Definition
| the number of children a person produces |
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| the amount of children a person is ABLE to produce |
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| What indicators do demographers use to measure fertility |
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Definition
crude birth rate,
general fertility rate,
age specific fertility rate,
total fertility rate
completed fertility rate |
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Term
| How are the various fertility indicators influenced by population structure, timing of childbearing, and number of children (fertility)? |
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Definition
| Tempo effect: changes in the timing of an event can have a huge period affects on the prevalence of the vent, even if the prevalence of the event in the cohort does not change |
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| What is replacement fertility, and why does it vary across populations? |
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Definition
| o Replacement= 1 woman of childbearing age “replacing herself” with 1 women of childbearing age |
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| What are Ansley Coale’s 3 preconditions for fertility decline? |
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Definition
fertility as a choice
smaller families seen as advantageous
means to control fertility must be availble |
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