China S Low Fertility And The Impacts Of The Two Child Policy

Author : Wei Chen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000930184

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China's Low Fertility and the Impacts of the Two-Child Policy by Wei Chen Pdf

This book examines China’s fertility transition over the past seven decades and explores the socioeconomic impacts of the two-child policy. The first half of this book highlights the characteristics of China’s low fertility and the risk of falling to an ultra-low state, aiming to answer the question: How China’s fertility is changing and evolving? How low is China’s fertility? What are the demographic structure, driving forces and institutional characteristics of China’s low fertility? The second half models the impacts of the two-child policy on China’s population trends and demands for women, infant and child health services, and education resources for preschool, compulsive education, addressing the questions of how the two-child policy affects fertility behaviours of Chinese women, particularly the second-child fertility? How would the two-child policy impact China’s future population trends, particularly labour supply and population aging? What are the consequences for obstetrics and gynaecological services, paediatrics and childcare services; and for school capacity and demand for teachers over compulsory education? The book will be an essential read for students and scholars of Chinese studies, population and demography studies, and those interested in contemporary China.

Author : Bruce Katz,Robert E. Lang
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815748582

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Redefining Urban and Suburban America by Bruce Katz,Robert E. Lang Pdf

The early returns from Census 2000 data show that the United States continued to undergo dynamic changes in the 1990s, with cities and suburbs providing the locus of most of the volatility. Metropolitan areas are growing more diverse—especially with the influx of new immigrants—the population is aging, and the make-up of households is shifting. Singles and empty-nesters now surpass families with children in many suburbs. The contributors to this book review data on population, race and ethnicity, and household composition, provided by the Census's "short form," and attempt to respond to three simple queries: —Are cities coming back? —Are all suburbs growing? —Are cities and suburbs becoming more alike? Regional trends muddy the picture. Communities in the Northeast and Midwest are generally growing slowly, while those in the South and West are experiencing explosive growth ("Warm, dry places grew. Cold, wet places declined," note two authors). Some cities are robust, others are distressed. Some suburbs are bedroom communities, others are hot employment centers, while still others are deteriorating. And while some cities' cores may have been intensely developed, including those in the Northeast and Midwest, and seen population increases, the areas surrounding the cores may have declined significantly. Trends in population confirm an increasingly diverse population in both metropolitan and suburban areas with the influx of Hispanic and Asian immigrants and with majority populations of central cities for the first time being made up of minority groups. Census 2000 also reveals that the overall level of black-to-nonblack segregation has reached its lowest point since 1920, although high segregation remains in many areas. Redefining Urban and Suburban America explores these demographic trends and their complexities, along with their implications for the policies and politics shaping metropolitan America. The shifts discussed here have significant influence

Author : Chiung-Fang Chang,Che-Fu Lee,Sherry L. McKibben,Dudley L. Poston,Carol S. Walther
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134349760

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Fertility, Family Planning and Population Policy in China by Chiung-Fang Chang,Che-Fu Lee,Sherry L. McKibben,Dudley L. Poston,Carol S. Walther Pdf

China's one-child population policy, first initiated in 1979, has had an enormous effect on the country’s development. By reducing its fertility in the past two decades to less than two children per woman, and developing a family planning program focused heavily on sterilization and abortion, China has undergone a significant transition in status to a demographically developed country. Bringing together contributions from leading academics, this book looks at the impact of the government's strict control over planning and population growth on the family, the wider society and the country's demography. The contributors examine developments such as family planning policy and contraceptive use, biological and social determinants of fertility, patterns of family and marriage and China's future population trends. As such it will be essential reading for academics, researchers, policy makers and government officials with an interest in China’s population policy.

Author : Guo Zhigang,Wang Feng,Cai Yong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351612937

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China's Low Birth Rate and the Development of Population by Guo Zhigang,Wang Feng,Cai Yong Pdf

As the most populous country in the world, China’s demographic challenges have always been too many people for ecological system, resources, and the environment. However, by the early 1990s, fertility rate in China had dropped below the replacement level, and China’s low fertility has now attracted the world’s attention. This book is among the first studies to raise and examine questions on low fertility in China, believing that China has entered a new era featured by low birth rate and ageing population. Utilizing advanced research methods and models on low fertility to analyze China’s census data, this book explores the issues from various perspectives. Methodologies employed in past population studies, policy making concerning fertility rate, underreporting of births and fertility rate estimates, fertility level of the migrant population, current population pattern, long-term population trends, population dynamics, and many other thought-provoking problems are covered. Finally, the book revisits China’s population issues in the context of globalization. The 21st century has seen the new challenge of persistent population decrease and ageing worldwide, which, along with economic globalization, demands a new understanding of the changes in population pattern and their consequences. Researchers and students in China’s demographic and social studies will be attracted by the insightful analysis and rich materials provided in the book. Population policy makers will also benefit from it.

Author : Kathy Sylva,Iram Siraj-Blatchford,Brenda Taggart
Publisher : Trentham Books
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781858563152

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Assessing Quality in the Early Years by Kathy Sylva,Iram Siraj-Blatchford,Brenda Taggart Pdf

The Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale - Extension (ECERS-E) has been developed by Kathy Sylva, Iram Sraj-Batchford and Brenda Taggart as an instrument to measure quality in literacy, numeracy, science and diversity, as observable in pre-school settings. The scales are in accord with the United Kingdom1s Foundation Stage Curriculum. ECERS-E complements the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scales-Revised (ECERS-R), an internationally recognised measure of quality in education and care. Although originally devised as a research tool, the scales have been used by early years practitioners during self audits to determine quality of provision. This practical handbook will be of interest to all those concerned with providing a quality environment in which young children1s learning can flourish.

Author : Thomas Scharping
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136823688

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Birth Control in China 1949-2000 by Thomas Scharping Pdf

This comprehensive volume analyses Chinese birth policies and population developments from the founding of the People's Republic to the 2000 census. The main emphasis is on China's 'Hardship Number One Under Heaven': the highly controversial one-child campaign, and the violent clash between family strategies and government policies it entails. Birth Control in China 1949-2000 documents an agonizing search for a way out of predicament and a protracted inner Party struggle, a massive effort for social engineering and grinding problems of implementation. It reveals how birth control in China is shaped by political, economic and social interests, bureaucratic structures and financial concerns. Based on own interviews and a wealth of new statistics, surveys and documents, Thomas Scharping also analyses how the demographics of China have changed due to birth control policies, and what the future is likely to hold. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Modern China, Asian studies and the social sciences.

Author : Leta Hong Fincher
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786633651

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Betraying Big Brother by Leta Hong Fincher Pdf

A feminist movement clashing with China’s authoritarian government. Featured in the Washington Post and the New York Times. On the eve of International Women’s Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for thirty-seven days. The Feminist Five became a global cause célèbre, with Hillary Clinton speaking out on their behalf and activists inundating social media with #FreetheFive messages. But the Five are only symbols of a much larger feminist movement of civil rights lawyers, labor activists, performance artists, and online warriors prompting an unprecedented awakening among China’s educated, urban women. In Betraying Big Brother, journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher argues that the popular, broad-based movement poses the greatest challenge to China’s authoritarian regime today. Through interviews with the Feminist Five and other leading Chinese activists, Hong Fincher illuminates both the difficulties they face and their “joy of betraying Big Brother,” as one of the Feminist Five wrote of the defiance she felt during her detention. Tracing the rise of a new feminist consciousness now finding expression through the #MeToo movement, and describing how the Communist regime has suppressed the history of its own feminist struggles, Betraying Big Brother is a story of how the movement against patriarchy could reconfigure China and the world.

Author : E. Croll,Penny Kane,Delia Davin
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1985-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 033336712X

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China's One-Child Family Policy by E. Croll,Penny Kane,Delia Davin Pdf

Author : Judith Banister,Christina Wu Harbaugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Birth control
ISBN : UOM:39015034871858

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China's Family Planning Program by Judith Banister,Christina Wu Harbaugh Pdf

Author : Xiumin Hong,Wenting Zhu,Qun Ma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000569735

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Embracing the New Two-Child Policy Era by Xiumin Hong,Wenting Zhu,Qun Ma Pdf

Crafted from a research project that lasted for three years, this book examines the impacts of China’s universal two-child policy under the lens of education and focuses specifically on early childhood. This book not only provides number projection, but also the prediction and judgment of the supply and demand of service resources in early childhood education. It attempts to reveal the attitudes and views of families and stakeholders on the universal two-child policy and present the public's policy requirements for the quality of early childhood education. In addition, it analyses possible problems and challenges in current kindergarten layouts and resources allocation. Lastly, it aims to provide references and bases for formulating the plan that adapts to changes of Chinese preschoolers, supply guarantee of future early childhood education and the construction of public service system. Offering rich insights into the current and future status of education in China, this text will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers of sociology, early childhood education, contemporary China studies, East Asian educational practices and policy.

Author : Terence H. Hull
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Birth control
ISBN : UCAL:B3992581

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Recent Population Policy in China by Terence H. Hull Pdf

Author : Warren C. Robinson,John A. Ross
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821369524

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The Global Family Planning Revolution by Warren C. Robinson,John A. Ross Pdf

The striking upsurge in population growth rates in developing countries at the close of World War II gained force during the next decade. From the 1950s to the 1970s, scholars and advocacy groups publicized the trend and drew troubling conclusions about its economic and ecological implications. Private educational and philanthropic organizations, government, and international organizations joined in the struggle to reduce fertility. Three decades later this movement has seen changes beyond anyone's most optimistic dreams, and global demographic stabilization is expected in this century. The Global Family Planning Revolution preserves the remarkable record of this success. Its editors and authors offer more than a historical record. They disccuss important lessons for current and future initiatives of the international community. Some programs succeeded while others initially failed, and the analyses provide valuable guidance for emerging health-related policy objectives and responses to global challenges.

Author : E. Croll,Penny Kane,Delia Davin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1985-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349179008

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China's One-Child Family Policy by E. Croll,Penny Kane,Delia Davin Pdf

Author : Richard A. Easterlin,Eileen M. Crimmins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1985-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0226180298

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The Fertility Revolution by Richard A. Easterlin,Eileen M. Crimmins Pdf

For most of human history a "natural fertility" regime has prevailed throughout the world: there has been almost no conscious limitation of family size within marriage, and women have spent their reproductive lives tied to the "wheel of childbearing." Only recently in developed countries has fertility been brought under conscious control by individual couples and childbearing fallen to an average of two births per woman. The explanation of this "fertility revolution" is the main concern of this book. Richard A. Easterlin and Eileen M. Crimmins present and test a fertility theory that has gained increasing attention over the last decade, a "supply-demand theory" that integrates economic and sociological approaches to fertility determination. The results of the tests, which draw on data from four developing countries—Colombia, India, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan—are highly consistent, though a number of the conclusions are likely to arouse controversy. For example, couples' motivation for fertility control appears to be the prime mover in the fertility revolution, rather than access to family planning services or unfavorable attitudes toward such services. The interdisciplinary approach and nontechnical exposition of this study will attract a wide readership among economists, sociologists, demographers, anthropologists, statisticians, biologists, and others.

Author : Pál Nyíri
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295990163

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Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China by Pál Nyíri Pdf

Nyiri explores recent challenges to state authority as Chinese citizens become increasingly mobile as migrant workers, tourists, and students, both inside China and abroad.