World Development Report 1984
World Development Report 1984
World Development Report 1984
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Glossary<br />
Demographic terms information about, and services for, use of contraception.<br />
Fecundity. The physiological capacity of a woman,<br />
Amenorrhea. Absence or suppression of menstrua- man, or couple to produce a live birth.<br />
tion. Fertility. The reproductive performance, measured<br />
Child death rate. The number of deaths of children by number of births, of an individual, a couple, a<br />
aged one to four in a given year per 1,000 children group, or a population.<br />
in this age group. Infant mortality rate. The number of deaths of<br />
Cohort. A group of people sharing a common tem- infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000<br />
poral demographic experience who are observed live births in that year.<br />
through time. For example, the birth cohort of Life expectancy at birth. The average number of<br />
1900 would be the people born in that year. There years a newborn would live if current age-specific<br />
are also marriage cohorts, school class cohorts, mortality were maintained. Life expectancy at later<br />
and so on. ages is the average number of years a person<br />
Completed fertility rate. The number of children born already at a given later age will live. Life expectalive<br />
per woman in a cohort of women by the end ancy at age five and above can exceed life expectof<br />
their childbearing years. ancy at birth substantially if the infant mortality<br />
Contraception. The conscious effort of couples to rate is high.<br />
avoid conception through rhythm, withdrawal, Married women of reproductive age. Women who are<br />
abstinence, male or female sterilization, or use of currently married, or in a stable sexual union, gencontraceptives:<br />
intrauterine device (IUD), oral con- erally between the ages of fifteen and forty-nine.<br />
traceptives, injectable contraceptives, condom, Some analysts count only women between the<br />
spermicides, and diaphragm. ages of fifteen and forty-four.<br />
Contraceptive prevalance rate. The percentage of mar- Maternal mortality rate. The number of deaths of<br />
ried women of reproductive age who are using (or women due to complications of pregnancy and<br />
whose husbands are using) any form of contracep- childbirth per 100,000 live births in a given year.<br />
tion. Mortality. Deaths as a component of population<br />
Crude birth rate. The number of births per 1,000 change.<br />
population in a given year. Net reproduction rate. The average number of<br />
Crude death rate. The number of deaths per 1,000 daughters that would be born to a woman (or<br />
population in a given year. group of women) if during her lifetime she were to<br />
Dependency ratio. The ratio of the economically conform to the age-specific fertility and mortality<br />
dependent part of the population to the productive rates of a given year. This rate takes into account<br />
part; arbitrarily defined as the ratio of the young that some women will die before completing their<br />
(those under fifteen years of age) plus the elderly childbearing years. A net reproduction rate of 1.00<br />
(those sixty-five years and over) to the population means that each generation of mothers is having<br />
in the "working ages" (those fifteen to sixty-four exactly enough daughters to replace itself in the<br />
years of age). population.<br />
Family planning. Conscious effort of couples to reg- Parity. The number of children previously born<br />
ulate the number and timing of births. alive to a woman.<br />
Family planning programs. Programs that provide Popuilation growth rate. The rate at which a popula-<br />
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