The completed family size may be estimated by: (A) Bih rate, (B) Death rate, (C) Total feility rate, (D) Age specific feility rate
Answer is C. Total feility rate represents the average number of children a woman would have if she were to pass through her reproductive years bearing children at the same rates as the women now in each age group It gives the appropriate magnitude of completed family size Reference : Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, Page no: 489