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Analysing China's Population

Social Change in a New Demographic Era

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Editors:
  1. Isabelle Attané

    1. Institut national d’études démographique, Paris Cedex 20, France

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  2. Baochang Gu

    1. Centre for Population & Development Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

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  • Addresses the recent demographic change in China
  • Based on the 2010 census data
  • Provides a comprehensive review of the demographic challenges in China
  • Pays particular attention to the consequences of demographic aging and internal migration
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: INED Population Studies (INPS, volume 3)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. China’s Demography in a Changing Society: Old Problems and New Challenges

    • Isabelle Attané, Baochang Gu
    Pages 1-11

  3. China’s Low Fertility: Facts and Correlates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. China’s Low Fertility: Evidence from the 2010 Census

      • Zhigang Guo, Baochang Gu
      Pages 15-35

    3. Changing Patterns of Marriage and Divorce in Today’s China

      • Jiehua Lu, Xiaofei Wang
      Pages 37-49

    4. Education in China: Uneven Progress

      • Qiang Ren, Ping Zhu
      Pages 51-75

    5. The Male Surplus in China’s Marriage Market: Review and Prospects

      • Shuzhuo Li, Quanbao Jiang, Marcus W. Feldman
      Pages 77-93

    6. Being a Woman in China Today: A Demography of Gender

      • Isabelle Attané
      Pages 95-110

  4. Modernization, Social Change and Social Segregation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Are China’s Minority Nationalities Still on the Margins?

      • Dudley L. Poston, Qian Xiong
      Pages 113-137

    3. Demographic and Social Impact of Internal Migration in China

      • Delia Davin
      Pages 139-162

    4. China’s Urbanization: A New “Leap Forward”?

      • Guixin Wang
      Pages 163-177

    5. Urban-Rural Housing Inequality in Transitional China

      • Yanjie Bian, Chuntian Lu
      Pages 179-201

  5. Changing Age Structure, Labour Force and the Older Population

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Mortality in China: Data Sources, Trends and Patterns

      • Zhongwei Zhao, Wei Chen, Jiaying Zhao, Xianling Zhang
      Pages 205-225

    3. Dwindling Labour Supply in China: Scenarios for 2010–2060

      • Michele Bruni
      Pages 227-254

    4. The Economic Support System and Changing Age Structure in China

      • Sang-Hyop Lee, Qiulin Chen
      Pages 255-270
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About this book

Based on China’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’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.

Reviews

“Isabelle Attané and Baochang Gu’s collection of essays … aims to address various defining patterns of China’s demographic landscape in the early twenty-first century, some of which pose severe challenges to China’s government. … The collection of papers serves as a high reference value regarding overall trends and characteristics of China’s population as well as consequence of social economy, and also as an important book with regard to the study of China’s population development and social transformation.” (Yan Wei, Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 43 (3-4), 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut national d’études démographique, Paris Cedex 20, France

    Isabelle Attané

  • Centre for Population & Development Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

    Baochang Gu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Analysing China's Population

  • Book Subtitle: Social Change in a New Demographic Era

  • Editors: Isabelle Attané, Baochang Gu

  • Series Title: INED Population Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8987-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8986-8Published: 20 October 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0149-3Published: 10 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8987-5Published: 06 October 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2214-2452

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-2460

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 270

  • Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Demography, Population Economics, Migration, Aging

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