Given below are two statements:
Statement I: A report giving only the total number of live births in a district during a year does not by itself give the birth rate of that district.
Statement II: Most demographic concepts are expressed as rates or ratios, which involve two numbers.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
Statement I: A report giving only the total number of live births in a district during a year does not by itself give the birth rate of that district. — Correct. A bare count of live births is only one number. The birth rate needs a second number too: the births are divided by the population of the area in thousands.
Statement II: Most demographic concepts are expressed as rates or ratios, which involve two numbers. — Correct. Demographic concepts are mostly rates or ratios built from two numbers. One is the particular statistic and the other is a standard for comparison.
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