Fertility, Family Planning and Population Policy in China

Abstract

Prologue Introduction 1. Fertility and Population Policy: An Overview Part 1: Family Planning Policy and Contraceptive Use 2. Patterns of Induced Abortion 3. Patterns of Sterilization Part 2: Family and Marriage Patterns 4. The Impact of Family Structure on Fertility 5. The Impact of Intermarriage on the Fertility of Minority Women 6. Emerging Patterns of Premarital Conception 7. Changing Patterns of Desired Fertility Part 3: Biological and Social Determinants of Fertility 8. Age at Menarche and the Timing of the First Birth 9. The Effect of Floating Migration on Fertility 10. The Impact of Language Dialect on Fertility Part 4: Implications and the Future 11. The Managed Fertility Transition in Rural China and Implications for the Future of China's Population 12. China's Demographic Destiny: Marriage Market Implications for the 21st Century