Full Description
With the largest population in the world, China has experienced significant demographic, social, and economic changes in recent decades. Extraordinary demographic changes took place in China in the second half of the twentieth century having wide-ranging consequences. This book, written by a group of leading experts, examines these profound changes in an effort to understand their long term impact and provide an up-to-date account of China's demographic reality. The volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of a wide range of issues such as China's unprecedented family planning program, the impact of falling birth rates coupled with increasing life expectancy, changes in marriage patterns, and increasing rural-urban migration. Anyone who is interested in China and its recent demographic changes will benefit from the rich materials and thorough analysis provided in this book.
Contents
1. Introduction ; 2. Family planning during the economic reform era ; 3. The politics of numbers: Fertility statistics in recent decades ; 4. Below replacement fertility in Mainland China ; 5. Fertility transition in Hong Kong and Taiwan ; 6. Induced abortion and its demographic consequences ; 7. Child sex ratios and their regional variation ; 8. Recent changes in marriage patterns ; 9. Poverty, progress, and rising life expectancy ; 10. Changing mortality patterns and causes of death ; 11. Population aging: Challenges, opportunities, and institutions ; 12. Internal migration: Policy changes, recent trends, and new challenges ; 13. The impact of temporary migration on migrant communities ; 14. The changing profile of labor migration ; 15. Minorities: Cultural integration, family planning, and population changes ; 16. China's demography in perspective
