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Definition:
High-level terms
Total fertility rate
Definition:
Means the number of children that would be born on average by a woman during her whole reproductive period (15–49 years), assuming that in particular phases of this period she would give birth to children with the intensity observed in a given year, i.e. the age-specific fertility rates are treated as constant.
Total fertility rate is calculated based on sum of the age-specific fertility rates.
High-level terms
Contact person on methodology:
GUS – Departament Badań Demograficznych
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GUS – Departament Badań Demograficznych
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Total fertility rate
Description of the concept that applied to: 31.12.2017