The numbers are the community's defining fact and they are not disputed. The Indian census recorded roughly 114,890 Parsis in 1941 and roughly 57,264 in 2011 — a halving in seventy years. The total fertility rate is approximately 0.8 to 1.0, less than half of replacement. Roughly thirty percent of Parsis marry outside the community, and a comparably large share never marry; median age at marriage is very high, and the community's age structure is heavily weighted toward the elderly, with deaths exceeding births by a substantial multiple every year. Educational attainment and income are both very high, which is part of the explanation — the demographic profile resembles that of an affluent, highly educated urban population, only more so, and it is compounded by a small marriage pool and endogamy rules. The Indian government has funded the Jiyo Parsi programme since 2013 with fertility treatment subsidies and advocacy; its advertisements provoked a substantial backlash within the community for their tone.