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Read the paragraph below and fill in the missing words.
  1. a) – this is defined as the ability of a woman to give birth to a live child.
  2. b) - refers to the average number of children born per woman during her child bearing years in a given population.

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  – refers to the number of live births per 1000 people per year. This is also referred to as crude birth rate and may be calculated as follows:

CBR=

             Total population

  – refer to the number of people who die per thousand people per year.  Is also known as natural attrition rate and may be calculated as follows:

MR= x 1000    

             Total population

- refers to the number of child deaths per thousand children below the age one year per annum.

– refers to the rate at which the population of a country is increasing or decreasing.

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Highlight FIVE Factors that determine fertility rate

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Ø  Literacy levels among women.

Ø  The marriage rate among people in the productive age bracket.

 

Ø  Cultural practices e.g taking children as security during old age.

Ø  Economic significance of a large family, e.g. children seen as a source of cheap labour e.t.c.

Ø  Cultural beliefs e.g. where many children were a source of prestige.

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LIST FOUR Factors that are likely to lead to high birth rates

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Ø  Cultural practices e.g taking children as security during old age.

Early marriages prolonging the woman’s reproductive life

Ø  Children being seen as a source of cheap labour.

Ø  Availability of medical facilities.

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