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Analyzing the Effect of Time in Migration Measurement Using Georeferenced Digital Trace Data
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Demography (2021) 58 (1): 51–74.
Published: 01 February 2021
... georeferenced digital trace data is that these data contain no direct information on an individual's place of residence. Unlike a survey (which might ask respondents about their residential history) or an administrative records system (which requires individuals to register each change of address), digital...
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Errors in Chinese Age Statistics
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Demography (1967) 4 (2): 859–875.
Published: 01 June 1967
... theoretical aspects of the Chinese system of reckoning ages, and the second section offers a method of collecting the age statistics of a Chinese population: A discussion of the errors found in the age returns and the unsuccessful measures taken to eradicate these errors in the Malayan censuses conducted...
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The Household Structure Transition in China: 1982–2015
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Demography (2020) 57 (4): 1369–1391.
Published: 10 June 2020
...Ting Li; Wenting Fan; Jian Song Abstract Chinese society has experienced a dramatic change over the past several decades, which has had a profound impact on its household system. Utilizing the Chinese national census and 1% population survey data from 1982 to 2015, this study demonstrates...
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The Effects of Childhood, Adult, and Community Socioeconomic Conditions on Health and Mortality among Older Adults in China
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Demography (2011) 48 (1): 153–181.
Published: 11 March 2011
... and socioeconomic system in China (Luo and Wen 2002 ; Zhu and Xie 2007 ; Zimmer and Kwong 2004 ), and are more predictive of health among older Chinese than conventional Western socioeconomic measures. Zimmer and Kwong ( 2004 ) found that the amount of family savings in the bank (used as a proxy of economic...
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The household registration system and social stratification in China: 1955–1996
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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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The quantity-Quality trade-Off of children In a developing country: Identification using chinese twins
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Demography (2008) 45 (1): 223–243.
Published: 01 February 2008
.... In this analysis, we test the quantity-quality trade-off by using mainly the 1% sample of the 1990 Chinese Population Census. China has a poorly functioning education system, especially in rural areas, where poverty is the main reason that children drop out of pri- mary and high school (Brown and Park 2002). Using...
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Children of Migrants: The Cumulative Impact of Parental Migration on Children’s Education and Health Outcomes in China
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Demography (2017) 54 (5): 1677–1714.
Published: 21 September 2017
...Xin Meng; Chikako Yamauchi Abstract Since the end of 1990s, approximately 160 million Chinese rural workers migrated to cities for work. Because of restrictions on migrant access to local health and education systems, many rural children are left behind in home villages to grow up without parental...
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The Effect of Age Misreporting in China on the Calculation of Mortality Rates at Very High Ages
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Demography (1991) 28 (2): 293–301.
Published: 01 May 1991
... in the lunar calendar, and to compute age by converting the date to the Western calendar and subtracting from the date of the census or survey. If the questionnaire asks the individual's age, the Chinese system of reckoning age makes the The Effect of Age Misreporting in China 295 response ambiguous. In China...
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Sources of age and date-of-birth misreporting in the 1900 U.S. census
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Demography (1987) 24 (4): 563–573.
Published: 01 November 1987
... to the Chinese system (age 1 at birth, with I year added at each lunar New Year; see Cho, 1971; Saw, 1967; Seng, 1959). Preconceptions about the ages at which certain social events normally door normatively should-occur appear to underlie the tendency seen in both less and more developed countries for the ages...
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Demography (2022) 59 (1): 349–369.
Published: 01 February 2022
..., the graduates of Chinese elite universities might be more likely than their American counterparts to be high performers with fewer advantages in socioeconomic background. In other words, compared to the American higher education system, the Chinese higher education system, by design, provides a better chance...
View articletitled, Revisiting Horizontal Stratification in Higher Education: College Prestige Hierarchy and Educational Assortative Mating in China
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A design for a census information retrieval system
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 331–340.
Published: 01 March 1967
... Indian Japanese Chinese Filipino All other ~ Non-white other Races Total Indian Japanese Chinese Filipino All Other FIG. 5Lists by main variable type: sample file sheet. A Design for a Census Information Retrieval System 337 many times is Indian tabulated as race? and (2) With other items, is Indian...
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Demography (1974) 11 (4): 708–714.
Published: 01 November 1974
... of the socialist system logically proper and experientially true in the Chinese situ- ation, on the one hand. On the other hand, the requirements of socialist con- struction and economic development necessitate efforts to diffuse planned re- production under China's existingcir- cumstances. All this is consistent...
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Unequal Duties and Unequal Retirement: Decomposing the Women's Labor Force Decline in Postreform China
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Demography (2023) 60 (5): 1309–1333.
Published: 01 October 2023
... a significant drop in women's LFP rate ( Wu and Zhou 2015 ). Meanwhile, the Chinese population aged at an unprecedented pace from declines in fertility and mortality rates. Yet, the retirement system that requires women to retire earlier than men has remained intact. In this context, China offers an opportunity...
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Demographic Seasonality and Development: The Effects of Agricultural Colonialism in Taiwan, 1906–1942
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Demography (1990) 27 (3): 397–411.
Published: 01 August 1990
... of Colonial Taiwan, 1920-1945. Hatched areas are aboriginal regions not included in the regular statistical system. Seasonality and Development in Taiwan 399 for marriage. Since the Chinese New Year is linked to the lunar rather than the solar calendar, its exact date can vary according to the placement...
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An assessment of China’s fertility level using the variable- r method
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Demography (2008) 45 (2): 271–281.
Published: 01 May 2008
... of Statistics of China [NBS] 1991 2006). A TFR of 1.5 is not only well below replacement but it is also among the lowest national rates in the world. Many believe that China s reported fertility level is too low to be accurate and attribute this rate to the deterioration of the Chinese statistical system...
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Has the Chinese family planning policy been successful in changing fertility preferences?
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Demography (2002) 39 (3): 557–572.
Published: 01 August 2002
..., Harvard University, May 1997. Lavely, W. and R. Freedman. 1990. The Origins of the Chinese Fertility Decline. Demography 27:357 67. Lee, J. and F. Wang. 1999. Malthusian Models and Chinese Realities: The Chinese Demographic System 1700 2000. Population and Development Review 25(1):33 65. Li, J. 1995...
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Demography (2022) 59 (3): 995–1022.
Published: 01 June 2022
... Carolina—which comprises Orange, Durham, and Wake counties—is home to three major universities, large university health systems as well as many IT and pharmaceutical companies, and a rapidly growing population of Chinese and Indian immigrants (Tippett 2018 ). However, Chinese immigrants account for only 1...
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View articletitled, Using Social Networks to Sample Migrants and Study the Complexity of Contemporary Immigration: An Evaluation Study
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Intergenerational relations in urban China: Proximity, contact, and help to parents
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Demography (1998) 35 (1): 115–124.
Published: 01 February 1998
... . In D. Davis , & S. Harrell (Eds.), Chinese Families in the Post-Mao Era (pp. 307 – 34 ). Berkeley : University of California Press . Knodel, J., N. Chayovan, and S. Siriboon. 1992. “The Familial Support System of Thai Elderly: An Overview.” Comparative Study of the Elderly...
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Demography (2021) 58 (2): 739–762.
Published: 01 April 2021
...-standing tendency of older persons to live with an adult child. Yet, the situation is complicated by strong notions of family solidarity, filial piety, and a hukou system that may still discourage some from moving out of rural areas. Much of the research on the topic concludes that Chinese values remain...
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Demography (2023) 60 (1): 123–145.
Published: 01 February 2023
... initiated policies and campaigns for rapid industrialization and modernization: land reform; the establishment of the rural–urban hukou (household registration) system; agriculture collectivization; nationalization of banking, trade, and industry; and education expansion. After the turmoil of the Cultural...
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View articletitled, Trends in Educational Assortative Marriage in China Over the Past Century
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