Care of the abandoned child
Raghunath, M.
Iccw News Bulletin 39(3-4): 23-29
1991
PMID: 12317275 Document Number: 326513
Preliminary results of the 1990 Chinese Population Census are provided in Bulletin No. 6, 7, and 8 on population by sex and single years of age; proportion of the population in 4 age groups and of working age by 30 provinces, regions, and municipalities; and the status of the working population by 30 provinces. This advance tabulation is based on a 10.01% sample in 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities on mainland China. The age structure shows 27.7% aged 0-14 years, 62.71% aged 15-59, and 8.59% aged 60 and over. 10 provinces were below the national average of 27.70% for 0-14 year olds in ascending order: Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Sichuan, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jilin, Shandong, Heilongjiang. In the age group 15-59, the following provinces exceeded the national average of 63.71% in descending order: Beijing, Sichuan, Shanghai, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Tianjin, Jilin, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, and Shandong. 12 provinces were higher than the national average of 8.59% in the over 60 group. The median age is 25.25 years. 11 provinces were over the national average of 25.25 years. The trend since 1982 has been a decline in 0-14 year olds by 5.89%, an increase of 4.93% for 15-59 year olds, and .96% for 60 years and older. The median age has increased 2.34 years in 8 years. Employment status reveals 80.09% in the working population and 20.91% nonworking, of which 8.46% are housewives, 4.84% are students, and the remainder waiting for school enrollment and job assignment, and retired and disabled. The increases are given in each group for employment status and industry. Among the working population, 71.99% are engaged in primary industries, 15.32% in secondary industries, and 12.69% in tertiary industries. 11 provinces had a higher proportion working than the national average of 70.81%. 17 provinces had a higher proportion of students than the national average of 4.84%. 10 provinces had a higher 60 group than the national average of 2.64%. 68.15% are married, 15.13% unmarried, 6.13% widowed, and .59% divorced among those 15 years and older. Fertility declined from 2.58 children in 1981 to 2.25 in 1989. 49.51% were 1st parity, 31.37% were 2nd, 19.32% were 3rd and higher. 1st and 2nd parity births rose by 2.27% and 5.57% respectively. The mean age at 1st births is 23.42 years, and 22.93 for rural women, which is a decline for both of .84 years. The peak is at 23 years with a fertility rate of 242.8/100 which showed a decline. 33.26% moved between cities and towns, 48.53% from counties to towns/cities, 14.06% between rural areas, and 4.15% from cities/towns to counties.