UPSC PRELIMS · ECONOMICS · INDIAN ECONOMY: DEMOGRAPHY

Total Fertility Rate refers to which one of the following?

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EXPLANATION

Total Fertility Rate is the average number of children a woman would have over her reproductive lifetime under prevailing age-specific fertility rates. It is a synthetic measure of fertility rather than a simple annual birth rate.

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