{"id":2396,"date":"2025-05-01T14:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:57:11","slug":"q-the-total-fertility-rate-in-an-economy-is-defined-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-the-total-fertility-rate-in-an-economy-is-defined-as","title":{"rendered":"Q. The total fertility rate in an economy is defined as:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>the number of children born per 1000 people in the population in a year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the number of children born to a couple in their lifetime in a given population.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the birth rate minus death rate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6812e4c3ecbd0\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>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<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TFR of about 2.1 children per woman is called Replacement-level fertility<\/strong>. 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