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Demography (2007) 44 (3): 497–518.
Published: 01 August 2007
....2007.0042 . References Ahlburg, D., E. Jensen, and Y. Liao. 2004. “When I’m 104: The Determinants of Healthy Longevity Among the Oldest-Old in China.” Paper presented at Workshop on Determinants of Healthy Longevity in Chin at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock...
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): iv.
Published: 01 November 2007
... in the footnotes to Tables 2 5 (pp. 508 511) in the following article: The Association of Childhood Socioeconomic Conditions With Healthy Longevity at the Oldest-Old Ages in China, by Zeng Yi, Danan Gu, and Kenneth C. Land. The signi cance level marked with a daggar should have been listed as p < .10. ...
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Demography (2003) 40 (1): 23–44.
Published: 01 February 2003
...Zachary Zimmer; Julia Kwong Abstract Change in China’s age structure is creating concerns about whether reductions in family size undermine traditional support mechanisms for older adults. Future generations may expect less support as the availability of children declines. In this article...
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Demography (2000) 37 (1): 109–126.
Published: 01 February 2000
...M. Giovanna Merli; Adrian E. Raftery Abstract Under the current family planning policy in China, the criterion for evaluating all parties involved in the birth planning system provides an incentive for everyone to see that the policy is met, either in reality through strict enforcement of family...
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Demography (2002) 39 (1): 95–117.
Published: 01 February 2002
...Emily Hannum Abstract Using evidence about educational disparities, this article demonstrates the need for attention to minority populations in studies of social stratification in China. Analyses of data from a 1992 survey of children demonstrate substantial ethnic differences in enrollment among...
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Demography (1994) 31 (3): 459–479.
Published: 01 August 1994
...Ansley J. Coale; Judith Banister Abstract This paper seeks to explain the dearth of females in the population of China in cohorts born from the late 1930s to the present. We demonstrate that in virtually all cohorts. the shortage of females in comparison with males is revealed when the cohort...
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Demography (1994) 31 (3): 481–486.
Published: 01 August 1994
...Herbert L. Smith Abstract Coale and Banister argue that in China, elevated sex ratios in retrospective surveys are in part a function of collecting birth histories in a culture in which the definition of a birth may exclude mortality shortly after birth: an infant death in the West may...
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Demography (1994) 31 (1): 21–32.
Published: 01 February 1994
...Rosemary Santana Cooney; Jiali Li Abstract This research analyzes how type of household registration, which reflects the degree of government control, affects compliance with China’s “one child” policy for women at risk during the first decade of implementation. Although socioeconomic and cultural...
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Demography (1996) 33 (1): 12–23.
Published: 01 February 1996
... for Multilevel Models with Binary Responses.” Working paper, Institute of Education, University of London. Greenhalgh S. ( 1988 ). Shifts in China’s Population Policy, 1984–1986: Views from the Central, Provincial and Local Levels . Population and Development Review , 12 , 491 – 513 . 10.2307...
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Demography (1991) 28 (2): 293–301.
Published: 01 May 1991
...Ansley J. Coale; Shaomin Li Abstract When mortality rates by age are calculated from recorded deaths and enumerated populations, rates at higher ages are typically in error because of misstated ages. Mortality rates for China in 1981 have been calculated from the number of deaths in 1981 in each...
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Demography (1987) 24 (4): 531–551.
Published: 01 November 1987
... of population. 27(April 2):22–23. Beijing Review . 1985. Success crowns population policy. 28(November 4):18–19. Birdsall , N. , &amp; Jamison , D. T. ( 1983 ). Income and other factors influencing fertility in China . Population and Development Review , 9 , 651 – 675 . 10.2307/1973544...
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 275–299.
Published: 01 May 2005
... initially widen gender gaps. Analyzing cross-sectional surveys and time-series data from China, this article indicates the relevance of both perspectives: while girls’ educational opportunities were clearly more responsive than boys’ to better household economic circumstances, the era of market transition...
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Demography (2004) 41 (2): 363–384.
Published: 01 May 2004
...Xiaogang Wu; Donald J. Treiman Abstract The Chinese household registration system (hukou), which divides the population into “agricultural” and “nonagricultural” sectors, may be the most important determinant of differential privileges in state socialist China, determining access to good jobs...
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Demography (2000) 37 (2): 215–219.
Published: 01 May 2000
...Zeng Yi; Wu Deqing Abstract This paper estimates and discusses divorce measures in China and its 30 provinces since 1980. The propensity for divorce in China increased 42% between 1982 and 1990. Substantial increases in divorce were observed in all provinces except Xinjiang and Shanxi. We found...
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Demography (1971) 8 (3): 341–352.
Published: 01 August 1971
..., REPUBLIC OF CHINA P. T. Liu Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 L. P. Chow Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and PUblic Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 Abstract-Assuming three...
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Demography (1964) 1 (1): 220–226.
Published: 01 March 1964
...H. Yuan Tien 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1964 1964 Resumen A fin de aliviar el problema planteado por el crecimiento urbano quees mas rapido queel aumento de la ocupaci6n en actividades no agricolas, el Gobierno de la China Continental instituyó en 1955 un...
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Demography (1966) 3 (1): 204–208.
Published: 01 March 1966
...Chia -Lin Pan 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1966 1966 Resumen Este articulo presenta una estimación de la rata cruda de nacimiento a largo plazo de la población agrícola de la China en base a un buen coeficiente de correlación entre la densidad de producción (de...
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Demography (2017) 54 (5): 1677–1714.
Published: 21 September 2017
... care. This article examines how exposure to cumulative parental migration affects children’s health and education outcomes. Using the Rural-Urban Migration Survey in China (RUMiC) data, we measure the share of children’s lifetime during which parents were away from home. We instrument this measure...
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Demography (2018) 55 (2): 435–457.
Published: 28 February 2018
...Emma Zang; Cameron Campbell Abstract In this study, we investigate the effect of early-life coresidence with paternal grandparents on male mortality risks in adulthood and older age in northeast China from 1789 to 1909. Despite growing interest in the influence of grandparents on child outcomes...
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Published: 31 July 2017
Fig. 1 Total fertility rate (TFR) in China and counterfactual scenarios, 1970–2060. For China, the annual TFR series 1970–1989 is drawn from Banister ( 1987 ) and Feeney and Yuan ( 1994 ). These estimates are adjusted within each five-year interval to match estimates provided by UNPD ( 2015 More