The Replacement Fertility Rate Is ____

question 25

Multiple Choice

The replacement fertility rate is ____.  

• A) the average number of children a man must sire to replace himself with a son who reaches reproductive age
• B) the average number of children woman must bear to replace herself with one daughter who reaches reproductive age
• C) the average number of children born per year in a population
• D) the birth rate minus the death rate of a population
• E) the number of boy-girl pairs born each year in a population

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Definitions:

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