Fertility trends in China's more developed urban districts: The case of four cities

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 411-424

  Liu, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Family planning policies; Fertility decline; Fertility theories; Sex ratio; Very low fertility

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; SEX RATIO; URBAN SOCIETY;

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

EID: 24944523977     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.377     Document Type: Article

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