  
<prompt> Total fertility rate in the 3-year period preceding the surveys for the survey years 1990, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2012, with 95% confidence intervals
  
 [[1990, 5.6], [1997, 4.4], [2002, 3.7], [2007, 3.6], [2009, 3.8], [2012, 3.5]] 
 <response> As shown in Figure 8, the TFR in Jordan significantly decreased from 5.6 births per woman in 1990 to 3.5 births per woman in 2012, although the decrease between 2002 and 2007 was not significant as shown in Table 4. There was also a slight but significant increase between 2007 and 2009 before decreasing again in 2012. Although the TFR overall is decreasing, this decrease is not as rapid as the earlier years; the TFR actually increased in 2009, and it had a relatively high level of 3.5 births per woman by 2012.  