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MPFMPF Intermediaries ExaminationHong Kong's fertility rate, as reported by the Census and Statistics Department, is expressed as the number of:
Answer: live births per 1,000 women. The fertility rate is the number of live births per 1,000 women: 1,933 in 1981, 1,205 in 2016 and a projected 938 in 2046.Why not the others:• births per 1,000 of the whole population: that is a crude birth rate; Hong Kong's fertility rate counts births against women only.• children per household, averaged across households: household size is a separate measure (2.8 members in 2016).• live births per 100 women aged 18 to 64 in employment: the rate is not limited to working women, and it is per 1,000, not per 100.Watch out: Candidates read 938 as a percentage or as births per 1,000 people.Rule: Figures such as 1,205 (2016) and 938 (2046) are per 1,000 women.Source: MPF Study Notes, Tenth Edition (June 2026), 1.2
Candidates read 938 as a percentage or as births per 1,000 people.
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