SOC312H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Killer Whale, Centrality, Gender Role
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The physiological ability of a woman, a man, or a couple to reproduce. Opposite of fecundity is infecundity the total inability to reproduce (sterility) Sub fecundity is the term used to describe the condition couples incapable of having children because of impairments in any of the biological aspects of reproduction. Period measures of fertility are computed on basis of current information, usually for a given year or some other specified interval, while cohort measures are derived from information on specific generations of women. Cohort measures are based on completed childbearing experience of a woman at the end of the cohorts reproductive lifespan. General fertility rate: simplest age limited measure of fertility is the general fertility (gfr), which represents the number of births per 1000 women between the ages of 15 and 49: gfr = b / pf. The hutterite are thought to be the most fertile group in history.
