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Replacement-level fertility refers to:

1. Zero population growth
2. Birth rate equal to death rate
3. Fertility rate required to replace parents
4. Fertility decline in old age

Correct answer: Fertility rate required to replace parents

Solution

Replacement-level fertility is the fertility rate at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next. It ensures that, on average, parents are replaced by their children. This is the standard demographic meaning of the term.

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