Analysing China's Population
Social Change in a New Demographic Era
Editors: Attané, Isabelle, Gu, Baochang (Eds.)
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- 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
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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.
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“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)
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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China’s Demography in a Changing Society: Old Problems and New Challenges
Pages 1-11
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China’s Low Fertility: Evidence from the 2010 Census
Pages 15-35
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Changing Patterns of Marriage and Divorce in Today’s China
Pages 37-49
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Education in China: Uneven Progress
Pages 51-75
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The Male Surplus in China’s Marriage Market: Review and Prospects
Pages 77-93
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Analysing China's Population
- Book Subtitle
- Social Change in a New Demographic Era
- Editors
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- Isabelle Attané
- Baochang Gu
- Series Title
- INED Population Studies
- Series Volume
- 3
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-017-8987-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-017-8987-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-8986-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-024-0149-3
- Series ISSN
- 2214-2452
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 270
- Number of Illustrations
- 47 b/w illustrations
- Topics