Fertility, Family Planning and Population Control in China (Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations)

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. Prologue / Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and Carol S. Walther Fertility and population policy : an overview / Qiusheng Liang and Che-Fu Lee Patterns of induced abortion / Juan Wu and Carol S. Walther Patterns of sterilization / Can Liu and Chiung-fang Chang The impact of family structure on fertility / Feinian Chen The impact of intermarriage on the fertility of minority women / Chiung-fang Chang Emerging patterns of premarital conception / Carol S. Walther Changing patterns of desired fertility / Li Zhang, Xiaotian Feng, and Qingsong Zhang Age at menarche and the timing of the first birth / Sherry L. McKibben The effect of floating migration on fertility / Xiuhong You and Dudley L. Poston, Jr The impact of language dialect on fertility / Xiaodong Wang and Xiuhong You The managed fertility transition in rural china and implications for the future of china's population / Che-Fu Lee and Qiusheng Liang China?s demographic destiny : marriage market implications for the 21st century / Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and Karen S. Glover. Bringing together contributions from leading academics, this topical 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.