The study of change in able-bodied men and the population of China in the early eighteenth century.

Abstract

"What was the population of able-bodied men and the overall population of China in the eighteenth century? This paper first investigates the statistical methods to determine the population of able-bodied men of China in the eighteenth century. Next, this paper corrects some data for the population of able-bodied men which were obviously incorrect. Finally, the relationship between the number of able-bodied men to the number of total families, and the ratio of the population of able-bodied men to the overall population [are] investigated...."