China's recent fertility decline: Evidence from reconstructed Fertility Statistics

Population

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-478

  Zhongwei, Zhao ^a   Xiaomu, Zhang ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Below replacement fertility; China; Data quality; Fertility changes; Fertility data

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CENSUS; DATA QUALITY; FERTILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 79956294972     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: 19589190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/pope.1003.0451     Document Type: Article

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