How far has fertility in China really declined?

Population and Development Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-84

  Retherford, Robert D ^a   Choe, Minja Kim ^a   Chen, Jiajian ^a   Xiru, Li ^b   Hongyan, Cui ^b  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b National Bureau of Statistics of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; MARRIAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17644393092     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2005.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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