Fertility and some determinants of fertility decline in Huaibei Plain, Anhui province, China, 1982
Yang, Q.H.
Journal of Biosocial Science 19(3): 323-344
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9320 PMID: 3624294 DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000016977Document Number: 412313
This paper examines the level and trend of fertility in Huaibei Plain, Anhui province, China, since 1950 and considers some determinants of fertility decline. The data used are from the 1/1000 survey of China which was conducted by the Family Planning Commission in 1982. Fertility decline among younger women (aged under 30) is largely due to later age at marriage, the marriage pattern of Huaibei Plain having changed from early and universal marriage to later and universal marriage. Current use of contraception suggests that the family planning programme, in particular the one-child policy (1979), has been the major determinant in fertility decline. The greatest decline in marital fertility occurred among women aged 35+ and is primarily due to contraceptive practice and induced abortion.