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==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
The '''completed fertility''' of a particular female who will ''not have any more children'' is the number of children the female has had (here, a "child" is counted as a live birth by the female). Completed fertility is a particular form of [[female fertility]] that applies only to females who can no longer have children. | The '''completed fertility''' of a particular female who has completed her [[childbearing years]] will ''not have any more children'' is the number of children the female has had (here, a "child" is counted as a live birth by the female). Completed fertility is a particular form of [[female fertility]] that applies only to females who can no longer have children. | ||
In practice, a fixed age range (such as 15-44 or 15-49) is used as a proxy for childbearing years. | |||
==Related notions== | |||
* [[Expected fertility]] | |||
* [[Ideal fertility]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:26, 29 November 2013
This article describes a measure that can be evaluated for a particular individual person, household, or family. It is not a statistical aggregate, though it may be statistically aggregated to provide average measures and distributions.
The measure is a lifetime constant, i.e., it does not vary with time.
The measure is not subjective, as the measurement of its value is not based on people's beliefs, opinions, and/or values. Note that the actual value itself is influenced by people's decisions, and hence by their subjective preferences, but the measurement of these values is not.
Definition
The completed fertility of a particular female who has completed her childbearing years will not have any more children is the number of children the female has had (here, a "child" is counted as a live birth by the female). Completed fertility is a particular form of female fertility that applies only to females who can no longer have children.
In practice, a fixed age range (such as 15-44 or 15-49) is used as a proxy for childbearing years.