IJustWentPsycho@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoWhat do fractions in demographic stats (such as birthrates, fertility rates, life expectancy, death rates, etc.) mean?message-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareWhat do fractions in demographic stats (such as birthrates, fertility rates, life expectancy, death rates, etc.) mean?IJustWentPsycho@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square1fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoThese things are averages, and the average of integers can be a non-integer. If two women have one child each and a third woman has two children, the average woman has 1.33 children. Is that what you meant?
These things are averages, and the average of integers can be a non-integer. If two women have one child each and a third woman has two children, the average woman has 1.33 children. Is that what you meant?