Demographic Attributes

Key Demographic Attributes

  • The sex ratio refers to the number of females per 1000 males in a given area at a specified time period.
  • The fertility rate refers to the number of live births per 1000 women in the child-bearing age group, usually taken to be 15 to 49 years.
  • The total fertility rate refers to the total number of live births that a hypothetical woman would have if she lived through the reproductive age group and had the average number of babies in each segment of this age group as determined by the age-specific fertility rates for that area.
  • The infant ....
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