{"title":"Changes in the divorce rate and age distribution in China since the 1980s.","authors":"Y Zeng, D Wu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"The divorce rate in China during the 1980s was much higher than before for a number of reasons. In order to understand this phenomenon, the authors will make a comparison between the divorce rates, and the age and duration of the marriage at the time of divorce in the early 1980s and in the late 1980s and early 1990s.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":"18 ","pages":"106-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22039858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sex ratio at birth in China: features and influences.","authors":"L Gao","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The gradual increase in the sex ratio at birth (SRB) that has been recorded in China since 1980 is examined, and an attempt is made to identify the reasons for this increase. The author concludes that \"such demographic variables as child-bearing age, parity and the sex of children have not determined the rising SRB since the 1980s in China. Rather, the traditional bias towards giving birth and reporting male offspring was responsible for the high SRB score and for the disparities in SRB between different socio-economic groups.\" The extent to which the birth of female babies is not reported is assessed, as is the extent of sex-selective abortion.</p>","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":"17 ","pages":"71-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22029330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Population control in a market economy.","authors":"X Tian","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":"16 1","pages":"74-83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22040218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of and reasons for the floating population in contemporary China.","authors":"D Li","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This is an analysis of the floating population in China, defined as \"those people who travel beyond a certain limit, leave their registered permanent residence temporarily, and travel to and from their homes on an irregular basis. It includes temporary residents (including those who have temporary residency permits for six months or longer), those who travel to and fro on the same day, and those who change trains on the way.\" The author notes that the main concentration of these migrants is in the major cities.</p>","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":"15 4","pages":"65-72"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22017509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The present population of the Tibetan nationality in China.","authors":"T Zhang, M Zhang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":"15 ","pages":"46-65"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22029420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The past and future of urban histories examining China's modern period (1840-1949).","authors":"H Liu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":"14 ","pages":"115-27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22027603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some problems of future demographic processes in China.","authors":"Y Zeng, J Vaupel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"In this paper, which is based on a projection model of rural-urban population dynamics established by the authors, we make use of the investigative data of the one percent national population sample of 1987 and analog calculations on almost 200 demographic parameters to clarify the problematic relations between some key issues in China's future demographic processes. We advance a number of suggestions for the reference of policy-makers and planners.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":"13 1","pages":"43-53"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22027025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New trends in national minority population since the 1980s.","authors":"T Zhang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":" 13","pages":"54-66"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22014152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A historical demography of Chinese migration.","authors":"G Zhu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trends in international migration from China are analyzed from historical times to the present. \"The study will involve discussions about the nature of migration and the different forms it took in five different stages, in the light of 1) changes in motivation, 2) type of migration, and 3) the distribution of the out-going population.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":"12 4","pages":"57-84"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1991-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22038036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The international emigration from modern Fujian: effects and appraisal.","authors":"Y Pu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515420,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences in China","volume":"10 4","pages":"211-36"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22012920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}