Editing Demography (section)

==Standardization of population numbers==
For there to be a [[Statistical significance|significant]] comparison, numbers must be altered for the size of the population that is under study. For example, the [[fertility rate]] is calculated as the ratio of the number of births to women of childbearing age to the total number of women in this age range. If these adjustments were not made, we would not know if a nation with a higher rate of births or deaths has a population with more women of childbearing age or more births per eligible woman.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Within the category of [[standardization]], there are two major approaches: direct standardization and indirect standardization.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Naing |first=N. N. |date=January 2000 |title=Easy way to learn standardization : direct and indirect methods |journal=The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=10–15 |issn=1394-195X |pmc=3406211 |pmid=22844209}}</ref>