Wan, Xi, Shao: How China Meets Its Population Problem

Tien, Hsiao-Chuan

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“…That these measures have been successful has been demonstrated in numerous analyses of case study data for particular regions (Kaufman et al, 1989) as well as national data from the 1982 Census and the 1982 and 1987 National Fertility Surveys (Banister, 1984;Tien, 1980;Feeney et al, 1989). It is important to note that the move toward the One Child Policy was not a radical shift from uncontrolled fertility, but the latest in a series of policy measures designed to lower the fertility level.…”

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The one child certificate in Hebei province, China: Acceptance and consequence, 1979–1988

Cooney

Jin

Powers

1991

Popul Res Policy Rev

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As part of its One Child Policy, China developed the one child certificate which offered numerous benefits to couples who had one child and promised to have no more. Using data from the Two-per-Thousand National Fertility Survey, this study describes the level of certificate acceptance in Hebei province from 1979 to 1988 and analyzes socioeconomic, cultural and early family formation factors affecting certificate acceptance as well as the role of certificate acceptance on transition to second parity. During the past decade, the level of initial certificate acceptance was 22.6 percent. This estimate is much lower than earlier published rates because it utilizes the concept of women at risk. Public resistance to the One Child Policy is evident in declining acceptance from 26.0 percent during the first five years of the policy to 11.3 percent during the 1984-1988 period. Women's response to the certificate has been influenced by the woman's status as reflected in education and occupation as well as cultural traditions, particularly son preference. The one child certificate, however, independently depresses subsequent fertility. This research indicates that efforts to understand fertility decline in China must simultaneously acknowledge the role of government family planning programs as well as socioeconomic and cultural factors. The one child certificate in Hebei province, China: Acceptance and consequence, 1979-1988 Although the 'Later, Longer, Fewer' family planning program had been successful in reducing China's birth rate, by the end of the 1970s the government decided that stricter measures were needed.1 The promotion of one child per family became official policy in January 1979. To encourage compliance with this unique policy, the government developed the one child certificate which offered a variety of benefits to couples who had one child and promised to have no more (Feeney et al., 1989; Shen, 1984; Park and Han, 1988; Kaufman et al., 1989).Along with the incentives associated with the certificate, other family planning measures were introduced to restrict or negatively sanction noncompliance. The 1980 marriage law required every couple to practice birth control. Couples were required to secure permission to have a second child and such

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The one child certificate in Hebei province, China: Acceptance and consequence, 1979–1988

Cooney

Jin

Powers

1991

Popul Res Policy Rev

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“…The latter two programs are much more effective and well documented (Yu 1979;Tien 1980;Chen and Kols 1982;Congress of the United States 1982;Tien 1983;Banister 1984;Platte 1984;Croll, Davin, and Kane 1985;Banister 1987;Kane 1987).…”

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Deviant fertility in China: A theoretical approach

Li¹,

Ballweg²

1994

Deviant Behavior

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“…Analyses of demographic and fertility related behaviour in China have focused more on the country as a whole than upon its sub-regions (Tien, 1980(Tien, ,1983Liu et al, 1981;Coale, 1981). This paper, one of the first to do so, examines the relationship between socioeconomic structure and fertility among the more than 2300 counties of China.…”

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Socioeconomic structure and fertility in China: a county level investigation

Poston

Jia

1990

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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SummaryAnalysis of the general fertility rate in the counties of China shows significant associations with infant mortality, illiteracy, and the percentage of the population employed in industry, but not with industrial or agricultural output. Urban counties differ from rural in the importance of the illiteracy rate. The associations in the rural counties vary according to the region of China in which they are located.

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Wan, Xi, Shao: How China Meets Its Population Problem

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The one child certificate in Hebei province, China: Acceptance and consequence, 1979–1988

The one child certificate in Hebei province, China: Acceptance and consequence, 1979–1988

Deviant fertility in China: A theoretical approach

Socioeconomic structure and fertility in China: a county level investigation

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