Analysing China's Population: Social Change in a New Demographic Era (INED Population Studies Book 3)

Based on China{u2019}s recently released 2010 population census data, this edited volume analyses the most recent demographic trends in China, in the context of significant social and economic upheavals. The editor and the expert contributors describe the main features of China{u2019}s demography, and focus on the details of this latest phase of its demographic transition. The book explores such striking characteristics of China{u2019}s demography as the changing age and sex population structure; recent trends in marriage and divorce; fertility trends with a focus on sex imbalance at birth; the demography of the ethnic minorities and recent mortality trends by sex. Analysing China's Population: Social Change in a New Demographic Era examines and assesses the impact of changes that in the coming decades will be crucial for individuals, and the larger society and economy of the nation Front Matter....Pages i-ix China’s Demography in a Changing Society: Old Problems and New Challenges....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 China’s Low Fertility: Evidence from the 2010 Census....Pages 15-35 Changing Patterns of Marriage and Divorce in Today’s China....Pages 37-49 Education in China: Uneven Progress....Pages 51-75 The Male Surplus in China’s Marriage Market: Review and Prospects....Pages 77-93 Being a Woman in China Today: A Demography of Gender....Pages 95-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Are China’s Minority Nationalities Still on the Margins?....Pages 113-137 Demographic and Social Impact of Internal Migration in China....Pages 139-162 China’s Urbanization: A New “Leap Forward”?....Pages 163-177 Urban-Rural Housing Inequality in Transitional China....Pages 179-201 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Mortality in China: Data Sources, Trends and Patterns....Pages 205-225 Dwindling Labour Supply in China: Scenarios for 2010–2060....Pages 227-254 The Economic Support System and Changing Age Structure in China....Pages 255-270 Based on China?s recently released 2010 population census data, this edited volume analyzes the most recent demographic trends in China, in the context of significant social and economic upheavals. The editor and the expert contributors describe the main features of China?s demography, and focus on the details of this latest phase of its demographic transition. The book explores such striking characteristics of China?s demography as the changing age and sex population structure; recent trends in marriage and divorce; fertility trends with a focus on sex imbalance at birth; the demography of the ethnic minorities and recent mortality trends by sex. Analysing China's Population: Social Change in a New Demographic Era examines and assesses the impact of changes that in the coming decades will be crucial for individuals, and the larger society and economy of the nation