| Description |
xvi, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Peng Xizhe -- 2. The Distribution of China's Population and its Changes / Wang Guixin -- 3. Trends and Regional Differentials in Fertility Transition / Tu Ping -- 4. Trends and Geographic Differentials in Mortality / Hao Hongsheng -- 5. Population Policy and the Family-Planning Programme / Xie Zhenming -- 6. Age and Sex Structures / Li Yongping and Peng Xizhe -- 7. Population Ageing and Old Age Security / Du Peng and Tu Ping -- 8. Marriage Patterns in Contemporary China / Zeng Yi -- 9. Family Patterns / Guo Zhigang -- 10. Education in China / Peng Xizhe -- 11. China's Rural and Urban Employment in the Reform Era: Recent Trends and Policy Issues / Zuo Xuejin -- 12. China's Female Population / Tan Lin and Peng Xizhe -- 13. Urbanization / Zhong Fenggan -- 14. The Floating Population and Internal Migration in China / Sun Changmin -- 15. International Migration Patterns / Ye Wenzhen -- 16. The Ethnic Minority Population in China / Du Peng -- 17. Health and Health Care in Transition / Tang Shenglan and Wu Zhuochun -- 18. China's Environment and Environment Protection / Dai Xingyi and Peng Xizhe -- 19. The Population of China: Prospects and Challenges / Zhai Zhenwu -- 20. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Waves of Chinese Immigrants and their Children / Lui Ping-keung |
| Summary |
"In this book, top Chinese demographers introduce the reader to Chinese population policy, assess its effects and project future consequences." "This book provides a background to the policy by introducing Chinese history, society and geographical population distribution. The contributors then examine the relation between policy, culture and population in the past and present, and project current trends into the future. The book discusses a wide range of socio-economic impacts of China's demographic dynamics, such as employment, social welfare and urbanization. The book's conclusion extrapolates these trends into longer-term population projections."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human geography -- China.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Population policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114711
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China -- Population.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100866
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| Author |
Peng, Xizhe.
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Guo, Zhigang, 1933-
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| LC no. |
00030470 |
| ISBN |
0631201920 |
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0631201912 cased |
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