Consider the following statements: (i) Crude birth rate is the number of live births per 10,000…
Only statement (i) is incorrect: the crude birth rate is the number of live births per 1,000 population in a year. Total fertility rate describes the average number of…
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Consider the following statements:
(i) Crude birth rate is the number of live births per 10,000 population.
(ii) The number of children born to a woman in her lifetime is described as the total fertility rate.
(iii) Infant mortality is the death of children under the age of 1 year.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are not correct?
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Correct answer D
Only statement (i) is incorrect: the crude birth rate is the number of live births per 1,000 population in a year. Total fertility rate describes the average number of children a woman would bear over her reproductive lifetime at the prevailing age-specific fertility rates, while infant mortality concerns deaths before the first birthday.
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West Bengal SET (WB SET)