GEOG-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Russian Life, Infant Mortality
16 Oct 2020
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Total fertility rate - average number of children a women will have during child-bearing year (15-49). In the u. s. , declining tfr"s have been the major reason for slower rate of natural increase in the post-wwii period. This is largely due to more women being in the workforce. Girl born in 1966 became known as "fire horse women" and are believe by some to be. "dangerous, headstrong, and bad luck" for any husband. Replacement fertility rate - number of births per woman that will replace a population without increasing it. (zero population growth) To achieve a zpg globally a fertility rate of a about 2. 1 is required. A high tfr does not necessarily mean a high population growth rate. Tfr since 1950 have decreased from about 4. 9 to 2. 6. This is mainly due to the end of the baby boom generation. We can see that the fertility rates throughout the world are highly uneven.
