Source: SourceOECD Social Issues/Migration/Health, Volume 2009, Number 6, May 2009 , pp. 55-56(2)

Publisher: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Abstract:

The total fertility rate is the number of children that would be born to each woman at the end of her childbearing years if the likelihood of her giving birth to children at each age was the currently prevailing age-specific fertility rates. It is computed by summing up the age-specific fertility rates defined over five-yearly intervals. Assuming no net migration and unchanged mortality, total fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman ("replacement") ensures broad population stability.

Document Type: Review article

Publication date: 2009-05-01

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