UID:
edocfu_9958061127502883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 89 pages) :
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illustrations, charts
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-22216-6
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9786610222162
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0-309-59546-0
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0-585-14865-1
Series Statement:
Report / Committee on Population and Demography ; no. 27
Content:
In 1982 the People's Republic of China carried out a census with a more comprehensive interview schedule than ever before employed in China and using a very large, carefully chosen, and extensively trained field staff. The census was preceded by pilot surveys to test the instruments and field procedures. A tabulation of 10 percent of the individual returns has been completed, published in China and made available abroad in limited circulation. Also in 1982 a fertility survey covering a very large sample of households (total population of more than 1 million) was conducted in China, and its results have been published in great detail in a special issue of the Chinese journal Population and Economics. In addition, the distribution of the population by sex and single years of age as enumerated in the censuses of 1953 and 1964 has been recently released. This new information, supplemented by time series of registered births and deaths and end-of-year population totals extending back to the 1950s and by data from other large recent surveys, provides a sound basis for constructing an accurate and detailed history of the remarkable changes in fertility, mortality, and marriage that have occurred in China since the People's Republic was established.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Rapid Population Change in China, 1952-1982 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- SCOPE OF THE REPORT -- BACKGROUND -- Chapter 2 Sources and Quality of Data -- DATA SOURCES -- Census and Fertility Survey Data -- Independence of the Data Sources -- Characteristics of the 1982 Census and Fertility Survey -- QUALITY OF DATA -- Data By Single Years of Age -- Abnormal Ratios of Men to Women in Census and Survey Data -- Official Data on Births and Deaths -- Data on Children and Marriage -- Quality of Data: Summary -- Chapter 3 Marriage in China Since 1950 -- PROPORTION EVER-MARRIED WOMEN AND THE FIRST-MARRIAGE RATE -- MEAN AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE -- PATTERNS OF MARRIAGE -- Chapter 4 Childbearing in China Since 1950 -- TOTAL FERTILITY RATES -- THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN NUPTIALITY ON THE RATE OF CHILDBEARING -- AGE PATTERNS OF MARITAL FERTILITY -- DIFFERENTIAL FERTILITY -- Urban/Rural Differences -- Han and Minority Group Differences -- Other Fertility Determinants -- CONTRACEPTIVE PRACTICE IN CHINA -- Chapter 5 Mortality in China -- METHODS -- LIFE TABLES -- CRUDE DEATH RATES -- VARIATION OVER TIME -- Chapter 6 Conclusions -- Notes -- Appendix: Data Tables -- References and Bibliography.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-309-07857-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-309-03480-9
Language:
English
