HOW FAST IS THE POPULATION AGEING IN CHINA?

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-239

  Mai, Yinhua ^a   Peng, Xiujian ^a   Chen, Wei ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Brass logit transformation; China; Cohort component; population ageing; population projection

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; AGING POPULATION; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE;

CHINA;

EID: 84880037630     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2013.797295     Document Type: Article

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