China's missing children: The 2000 census underreporting surprise

Population Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-295

  Goodkind, Daniel M ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Children; China; Fertility; Intercensal analysis; Population policy; Sex ratios; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH RATE; CENSUS; POPULATION POLICY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 7544243661     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472042000272348     Document Type: Article

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