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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== | ==Related notions== | ||
* [[Expected fertility]] | * [[Expected fertility]] | ||
* [[Ideal fertility]] | * [[Ideal fertility]] | ||
Revision as of 04:47, 26 November 2013
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.