Guo Zhigang, Wang Feng, Cai Yong

China's Low Birth Rate and the Development of Population (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

By the early 1990s, fertility rate in China had dropped below the replacement level, and China's low fertility has now attracted the world's attention. This book is among the first studies to raise and examine questions on low fertility in China, believing that China has entered a new era featured by low birth rate and ageing population.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351612937
• Artikelnr.: 50518891

Autorenporträt

Guo Zhigang is a Professor in the department of sociology, Peking University. His main research interests include population policy, population projection, fertility, etc.

Wang Feng is a Professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine. His specializes in global social and demographic changes, social inequality, etc.

Cai Yong is an Associate Professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His research work is focused on Chinese demography, especially China's low fertility in global context.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures. List of tables. Foreword to the Chinese Edition.
Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Research Framework and Research Objectives
Chapter 2 Current Situation of Population Development and Demographic
Studies in China Chapter 3 Study and Discussion on Low Fertility Chapter 4
Comments on Previous Estimates of Underreporting and Fertility Rates
Chapter 5 Education Statistics and Fertility Estimates Chapter 6 The
"Fertility Rebound" in the 2006 Family Planning Survey was Due to Severe
Sample Biases Chapter 7 Cohort Analysis on Parities and Only Children
Chapter 8 Impact of Population Migration on the Current Fertility Level
Chapter 9 Age-Specific Population Pyramids and Migration to Metropolises
and Urban Areas Chapter 10 Fertility Projection and Future of China's
Population Chapter 11 Brief Analysis of the Sixth National Population
Census and Age-Based Estimates Chapter 12 Simulation of Population Trend in
the Past 20 Years and Forecast of Future Population Based on the Sixth
National Population Census Chapter 13 The Sixth National Population Census
Revealed Grave Flaws in Previous Population Estimation and Forecast Chapter
14 China's Major Demographic Risk: Excessively Low Fertility and
Excessively Fast Ageing Chapter 15 China's Population Momentum under Low
Fertility Chapter 16 World Population in the Era of Globalization and
China's Future Index