Family policy in China: A snapshot of 1950-2010

Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 257-272

  Xia, Yan Ruth ^a   Wang, Haiping ^b   Do, Anh ^a   Qin, Shen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Gallup Research   (China)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Chinese family policies; Divorce; Healthcare policies; Marriage laws; One Child policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980005834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6771-7_17     Document Type: Chapter

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