This article throws light upon the top ten methods used for measuring birth rate. The methods are: 1. Crude Birth Rate 2. Corrected Birth Rate 3. General Fertility Rate 4. Age Specific Fertility 5. Total Fertility Rate 6. Gross Reproduction Rate 7. Net Reproduction Rate 8. Completed Fertility Rate 9. Standardised Fertility Rate (SFR) 10. Cohort Fertility Rate (CFR). Method [...]
Population Pyramid: When the age structure of population is classified by sex in the form of a histogram, it is called age-sex pyramid. The base of the pyramid shows very low age starting from zero, it increases as we move upwards. The top of the pyramid shows the maximum age above 85 years. Population pyramids are of 5-year intervals. On [...]
This article provides an overview on National Family Health Survey (NFHS 1 & 2). Objectives of the National Family Health Survey 1 and 2: The objectives of NFHS 1 and 2 are as follows: 1. The primary objective of NFHS-I was to gather information about fertility rates, trends in family size, demand for family planning devices, knowledge regarding family planning [...]