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<br/>[[60#601|601]]-2 {{TofT|Lang=en|Ed=II|N=2|Te=Childbearing}}
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{{TofT|Lang=en|Ed=II|N=2|SubN=2|Te=Reproduction}}
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{{TofT|Lang=de|Ed=II|N=2|SubN=2|Te=Reproduktion}}
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{{TofT|Lang=es|Ed=II|N=2|Te=Procreación}}
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{{TofT|Lang=es|Ed=II|N=2|SubN=2|Te=Reproducción}}
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{{TofT|Lang=et|Ed=II|N=2|Te=Ilmaletoomise}}
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{{TofT|Lang=et|Ed=II|N=2|SubN=2|Te=Reproduktsiooni}}
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{{TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=2|Te=Procréation}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ja|Ed=II|N=2|Te=出産}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ja|Ed=II|N=2|SubN=2|Te=再生産}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ru|Ed=II|N=2|Te=Деторождению}}
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{{TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=2|Te=生育}}
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{{TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=2|SubN=2|Te=Childbearing}}
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{{TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=2|SubN=3|Te=Reproduction}}
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{{TofT|Lang=de|Ed=II|N=3|Te=Geburten}}
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{{TofT|Lang=de|Ed=II|N=3|SubN=2|Te=Geborenen}}
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{{TofT|Lang=es|Ed=II|N=3|Te=Nacimientos}}
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{{TofT|Lang=et|Ed=II|N=3|Te=Sündide}}
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{{TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=3|Te=Naissances}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ja|Ed=II|N=3|Te=出産}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ru|Ed=II|N=3|Te=Рождений}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ru|Ed=II|N=3|SubN=2|Te=Деторождений}}
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{{TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=3|Te=出生}}
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<br/>[[60#601|601]]-4 {{TofT|Lang=en|Ed=II|N=4|Te=Births}}
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{{TofT|Lang=de|Ed=II|N=4|Te=Lebendgeburten}}
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{{TofT|Lang=es|Ed=II|N=4|Te=Nacimientos vivos}}
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{{TofT|Lang=et|Ed=II|N=4|Te=Elussündide}}
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{{TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=4|Te=Naissances vivantes}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ja|Ed=II|N=4|Te=出生}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ru|Ed=II|N=4|Te=Живорождений}}
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{{TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=4|Te=活产}}
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TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=3|Te=naissance}}{{
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TofT|Lang=ja|Ed=II|N=3|Te=出産}}{{
{{TofT|Lang=de|Ed=II|N=5|Te=Lebendgeborenen}}
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{{TofT|Lang=et|Ed=II|N=5|Te=Elussündinud lapse}}
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{{TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=5|Te=Enfants nés vivants}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ja|Ed=II|N=5|Te=生きて生まれてきた子供}}
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{{TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=5|Te=活产或活婴}}
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<br/>[[60#601|601]]-6 {{TofT|Lang=en|Ed=II|N=6|Te=Effective fertility}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ar|Ed=II|N=6|Te=فعلية}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ar|Ed=II|N=6|SubN=2|Te=خصب الحقيقي}}
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{{TofT|Lang=es|Ed=II|N=6|Te=Natalidad efectiva}}
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{{TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=6|Te=Natalité effective}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ru|Ed=II|N=6|Te=Действительная рождаемость}}
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{{TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=6|Te=有效生育率}}
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<br/>[[60#601|601]]-7 {{TofT|Lang=ar|Ed=II|N=7|Te=كلية}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ar|Ed=II|N=7|SubN=2|Te=كلي}}
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{{TofT|Lang=es|Ed=II|N=7|Te=Natalidad total}}
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{{TofT|Lang=es|Ed=II|N=7|SubN=2|Te=Fecundidad total}}
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{{TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=7|Te=Natalité totale}}
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{{TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=7|SubN=2|Te=Fécondité totale}}
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<br/>[[60#601|601]]-8 {{TofT|Lang=en|Ed=II|N=8|Te=Differential fertility}}
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{{TofT|Lang=de|Ed=II|N=8|Te=Differentieller Fruchtbarkeit}}
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{{TofT|Lang=et|Ed=II|N=8|Te=Sündimuserisuse}}
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{{TofT|Lang=et|Ed=II|N=8|SubN=2|Te=Diferentsiaalsündimuse}}
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{{TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=8|Te=Fécondité différentielle}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ja|Ed=II|N=8|Te=出生力格差}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ja|Ed=II|N=8|SubN=2|Te=差別出生力}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ru|Ed=II|N=8|Te=Дифференциальная рождаемость}}
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 +
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 +
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 +
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 +
TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=8|Color=yes|Te=差别生育率}}|
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|601_1_1_en_II Fertility.ogg|'''fertility'''
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|601_1_2_en_II Natality.ogg|'''natality'''
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|601_2_1_en_II Childbearing.ogg|'''childbearing'''
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|601_2_2_en_II Reproduction.ogg|'''reproduction'''
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|601_3_1_en_II Birth.ogg|'''birth'''
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|601_4_1_en_II Live birth.ogg|'''live birth'''
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|601_5_1_en_II Live-born child.ogg|'''live-born child'''
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|601_6_1_en_II Effective fertility.ogg|'''effective fertility'''
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|601_8_1_en_II Differential fertility.ogg|'''differential fertility'''
 
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Latest revision as of 07:45, 5 February 2010

Childbearing  (CHILDBEARING)


Demographic studies of fertility 1 deal with certain phenomena connected with human childbearing 2 or reproduction 2. The term natality 1 is sometimes used instead of fertility. These terms refer to the frequency of occurrence of births 3 or more specifically live births 4 — within populations and sub-populations. A birth is the process of delivering a child. Live births or the births of live-born children 5 are distinguished from late foetal deaths (cf. 411-5) by evidence of life, such as respiration, movement of voluntary muscles or heartbeat of the child after complete expulsion or extraction. The term effective fertility 6, which was once used to indicate that late foetal deaths were not counted among the total number of births, should refer to the cases in which the deaths of infants or children are excluded from consideration. The term total fertility 7 has on occasions been used to refer to live births and late foetal deaths combined. The term differential fertility 8 designates fertility differences between the subgroups of a population.

  • 1. On the meaning of the term fertility in demography, see also § 623.
  • 2. Reproduction, n. - reproduce, v. - reproductive, adj. Frequently, reproduction refers to the balance of births and deaths (as in § 711) rather than to the process of childbearing or procreation.
  • 3. The word birth is now commonly used to mean live birth.
  • 4. Live-born, adj. also used as noun to mean: infant born alive.

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