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AbstractHealth, education and employment not only reflect women's status, but also affect other dimensions of the status. This commentary reviews changes in women's health, education, and employment from 2010 to 2020 by the information released from the Survey on Social Status of Women in China, and discusses challenges in further eliminating gender gap and push forward gender equality in China.

AbstractThe population of China has entered an era of low fertility and aging, with a slower growth rate in the last decade. This commentary briefly reviews demographic changes in China in the last seven decades with some important years of change in mortality, fertility and urbanization, and discusses future trends according to the information provided by the 2020 Census. China has experienced "compressed" population change, and population aging will continue to advance, meanwhile the size of the population is expected to reach its peak in the near future. To prepare proper response to the challenges proactively, institutional change which adapts to population changes is necessary.

This study examines the delay between first marriage and first live birth in China among a sample of women who married between 1980 and 1992. Most couples in China only use contraception after the first child is born. Most sample women had their first child within 2 years of marriage. However, there are significant rural–urban differences in the first birth interval, indicating that there was most probably deliberate fertility regulation after marriage among many urban couples. Survival analysis shows that place of residence, level of education, age at first marriage and marriage cohort affect the first birth interval.

This paper investigates the role that children play in the migration decisions of Chinese women. The presence of children of various ages is hypothesized to affect the timing of migration, the length of migration, and the nature of migration in terms of who goes along. In addition, we also investigate whether the sex of the children affects migration decisions. Results indicate that whether one's husband ever migrated has a positive effect on migrating before childbirth. Return timing is strongly linked to the age of the child. Many mothers return to rural areas around the time that the child begins formal schooling. We also find that women who have given birth to a boy are significantly less likely to migrate after childbirth but more likely to take the boy with her if she does migrate.(J Cont China/GIGA)