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Encyclopedia > Fertility rate

The (total) fertility rate of a population is the average number of child births per woman. The sub-replacement fertility rate is usually at 2.1 births per woman; below this rate populations will not grow through reproduction. Fertility is the ability of people or animals to produce healthy offspring in abundance. ... Sub-replacement fertility is a fertility rate that is not high enough to replace an areas population. ...


Developed countries usually have a much lower fertility rate due to greater wealth and the individualism culture. Mortality rates are low, birth control is easily accessible, and children often can become an economic drain caused by education costs, clothing and feeding. Longer periods of time spend getting higher education often mean the young people are marrying later in life giving them less time to have kids. In developing countries on the other hand, children are a necessity as labour in fields and as carers and providers of their parents in old age. Fertility rates are also higher due to the lack of access to contraceptives. A developed country is a country that has achieved (currently or historically) a high degree of industrialization, and which enjoys the higher standards of living which wealth and technology make possible. ... Individualism is a political and social philosophy, which emphasizes individual liberty, belief in the primary importance of the individual, and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence. Individualism embraces opposition to authority (except for other individualists, which are worshipped as heroes), and to all manner of controls over... Look up Culture on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikinews has news related to this article: Culture and entertainment Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Cultural Development in Antiquity Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Culture and Civilization in Modern Times Classificatory system for cultures and civilizations, by Dr. Sam Vaknin... Mortality rate (the word mortality comes from mortal, which originates from Latin mors, death) is the annual number of deaths (from a disease or at general) per 1000 people. ... Birth control is a regimen of one or more extra actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant. ... A developing country is a country with low average income compared to the world average. ...


See also

This is a list of countries and territories by fertility rate in terms of children born per woman (2004 estimates). ...

External links

  • World Factbook table of Total Fertility Rate ordered by country name
  • World Factbook table of Total Fertility Rate ordered by country rank


 

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