Harold Is a Demographer in Canada

question 75

Multiple Choice

Harold is a demographer in Canada. If he has recently reported that for every 1000 people in the population, there are 15 babies born, which statistic is Harold reporting?

• A) The fertility rate
• B) The crude birth rate
• C) The dependency ratio
• D) The child ratio
• E) The maternity ratio

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