This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Demography and family planning, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Family size is 
Select and explain. 
A. Total number of family members in the family, B. Total number of female children born in the family, C. Total number of female children in the family considering the moality, D. Total number of children a women has borne at a point of time
D: Total number of children a women has borne at a point of time
Answer: D: Total number of children a women has borne at a point of time 
Explanation: In common practice family size refers to total number of persons in a family In demography, family size means total number of children a woman has borne at a point of time Completed family size indicates total number of children born by a woman in her child bearing age Ref: Parks textbook of preventive and social medicine; Edition 23; Pg no: 485