The total fertility rate measures thetotal number of
a. children born in a population.
b. surviving children that a woman will have in her lifetime.
c. children ever born to a woman at the end of her reproductive career.
d. projected children ever born per woman if ASFRs do not change.
D
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a. $61,000 b. $ 6,100 c. $16,000 d. $21,000
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