The best indicator for the measurement of "completed family size", that is, the number of children a woman would have through her reproductive years is -: (A) General feility rate, (B) Total feility rate, (C) Gross reproduction rate, (D) Net reproduction rate
Answer is B. Total feility Rate Is standardised Index for feility level Average no of children a woman would bear in her reproductive life span ; Also known as 'Period Total Feility Rate' Gives magnitude of approximately 'Completed family size' - No of alive children in a family Obtained by summing single year age-specific rates at a given time TFR is a synthetic rate : Is not actually counted, as thus would involve waiting until women compelete child bearing TFR (India) : 2.2 (2017) Replacement level of feility : (TFR=2.1): TFR at which new born girls would have an average of exactly 1 daughter over their lifetimes (women have just enough babies to replace themselves) Replacement TFR (industrialised countries) =2.1 Replacement TFR (developing countries) =2.5-3.3 Reolacemnet TFR (globally) = 2.33 Ref: Park 25th edition Pgno : 540