The potential number of children an average woman is biologically able to bear is known as _____________; whereas the average number of live-born children an average woman actually has is known as _____________.

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Fecundity refers to a woman's potential fertility or reproductive capacity, while fertility refers to the actual number of live births. Option A (dependency ratio and infant expectancy) is incorrect as dependency ratio refers to the ratio of non-working age population to working age population and infant expectancy is not a term commonly used in demography. Option B (crude fertility and actual fecundity) is incorrect as crude fertility refers to the number of live births per 1,000 individuals in the population (not specific to women) and actual fecundity is not a commonly used term in demography. Option D (crude fertility rate and actual fertility rate) is also incorrect as crude fertility rate is a measure of the number of live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age, while actual fertility rate is not a commonly used term in demography.

The Potential Number of Children an Average Woman Is Biologically