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1920 Census Monograph 11. Ratio of Children to Women, 1920
1920 Census Monograph 11. Ratio of Children to Women, 1920
A Study in the Differential Rate of Natural Increase in the United States
The ratio of children under 5 to women 20 to 44 years of age is affected by three largely independent variables:
- The specific birth rate;
- the death rate of children under 5; and
- the age distribution of the women within the group 20 to 44 years of age.
The ratios of children to women could only be translated into terms of birth rates if the mortality of children under 5 were the same in all groups and if the age distributions of the women in the basic group were also the same. These ratios can, however, be used for comparative purposes if we bear in mind their limitations. What these ratios really measure is the effective reproduction of the different groups.
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