family size
Noun
Meaning
family size (uncountable)
(marketing, singular only) A size for a container of goods, among the largest sizes meant for sale to a householder consumer.
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Examples
Environmentalists have been outspoken in their support of smaller family size and abortion rights as keys to reducing global warming. But when it comes to immigration, the single biggest contributor to population growth in the industrial world, they stand largely silent.
Average household size was 2.59, and average family size was 3.36.
Blake (1989) is credited for noting the relationship between family size and childhood “quality.”
In better times, more people could afford to marry earlier and thus fertility rose and conversely marriages were delayed or foregone when times were bad, thus restricting family size; Kertzer, David I and Marzio Barbagli.
Many Anglican communities allow for artificial contraception, seeing the restriction of family size by artificial contraception as possibly not contrary to God's will.
The average family size was 3.06.