Children ever born.

This is a compilation--with tabulated and graphed data--of children ever-born material collected from the 19 WFS (World Fertility Survey) reports completed by 1980. The mean number of children ever born and the mean number surviving are 2 important fertility indices. The mean number ever born can also be considered the completed or current parity at the time of the survey. This report presents information regarding mean numbers of children ever born by the age and duration of marriage of the mother and by place of residence and level of education. For most of the 19 countries surveyed the information was gathered by a household and an individual survey. The 19 countries evince fertility differentials according to socioeconomic status particularly as measured by place of residence and educational level. The mean number of children ever born was lower for urban and for rural women. Fertility was inversely related to the level of maternal education. The proportion of children who had died increased with increasing age of the woman and increasing duration of marriage.