Abstract
A fertility survey was conducted in the Kandze Tibetan autonomous prefecture of western Sichuan as part of Chinas 1982 census. The female sample population numbered 45212 and included 29779 agrarian women and 15433 pastoral women aged 15-64. Findings indicated that regional structure had a significant impact on premodern Tibetan fertility. The impact of the regional structure on premodern Tibetan fertility varied according to the location of agrarian and pastoral resources. Data showed that farmers had higher average fertility than herders with farmers averaging 4.6 children each and herders averaging 3.4; however a larger percentage of the children of herders survived. Higher rates of spontaneous abortions secondary to frequent riding or depressed male sperm counts are possible explanations for lower fertility among herders. The 1982 fertility survey of the Kandze prefecture offers important insights into the regional dynamics of population change.
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