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Preferred term

FERTILITY RATE  

Definition

  • THE NUMBER OF LIVE BIRTHS PER 1000 WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN A POPULATION PER YEAR.

Broader concept

Scope note

  • DO NOT CONFUSE WITH 'BIRTH RATE'.

History note

  • TERM RELABELLED APRIL 2018. PREVIOUSLY THE TERM 'FERTILITY' WOULD HAVE BEEN USED. PRIOR TO APRIL 2018, 'FERTILITY RATE' WAS AN ENTRY TERM OF 'BIRTH RATE'.

Definition source

  • ELSST

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/c4d5eecf-6639-4baa-9da1-d392d8d9d6cd

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