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What rate refers to the average number of children born to the women in a population during their reproductive years?

a. replacement-level fertility rate

b. total fertility rate

c. population change

d. crude birth rate

e. future birth rate?

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The correct answer would be B. The total fertility rate refers to the average number of children born alive to the women in a population during their childbearing years. To calculate it, we take the sum of the age specific fertility rate for women for a certain age group. 
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