Geography of Fertility Flashcards
Define fertility
The number of live births achieved by a women/ man or population.
Define fecundity
The physiological capability to produce a live birth.
What are the two major approaches to measuring fertility. Describe the differences.
Cohort= The number of children born to a cohort of women over there reproductive lifetime. Period= number of children born within a specific time period.
Give a retrospective measure of fertility.
Completed fertility= average number of children over a womens reproductive lifetime.
Give a prospective measure of fertility.
Parity progression ratio= proportion of women who will go on to have at least one more child.
Match the definition to the method:
Number of live births among population of a given area in e.g. one year
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
- Period measure.
Match the definition to the method:
Births per women of reproductive age in area per year
General Fertility Rate (GFR)
- Period measure.
Match the definition to the method:
Birth to women aged x/ total women aged x
Age specific Fertility Rate (ASFR)
- Period measure.
Match the definition to the method:
Average number of children over a womens reproductive lifetime.
Completed fertility
- Cohort measure.
Match the definition to the method:
Proportion of women who will go on to have at least one more child that e.g. year.
Parity Progression ratio
-Cohort measure
Define Crude Birth Rate.
Number of live births among population of a given area in e.g. one year
Define General Fertility Rate
Births per women of reproductive age in area per year
Define Age specific fertility rate
Birth to women aged x/ total women aged x
Define Completed fertility.
Average number of children over a womens reproductive lifetime.
Define parity progression ratio.
Proportion of women who will go on to have at least one more child that e.g. year.
