Every Fifth Child: The Population of China

In: Routledge Library Editions: Demography Series v.9

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Preface -- 1 The Population Record -- The Census of 1953 -- Earlier Methods and Findings -- Figures and Figments Since 1953 -- 2 Vital Statistics and Population Growth -- Levels in Former China -- Fertility -- Mortality -- Natural Increase, Present Size and Prospects -- 3 Urban Population -- The City in Perspective -- Data and Definitions -- Trends in Urban Migration -- A Figure for the Urban Population? -- 4 Population Distribution and Migration -- Early Population Movements -- Migration Since 1949 -- Current Levels of Migration -- 5 National Minorities -- Living with a Dilemma -- Numbers and Distribution -- The Pattern of Differences -- 6 Implications and Consequences -- The Economics of China's Manpower -- Food Resources and Population -- Population and Power Politics -- Appendix: Sources of Data for the People's Republic -- Bibliography -- Index.