The Effect of China's One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years

2005/09/14 by Thérèse Hesketh, Li Lu, Zhu Xing · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Family Dynamics and Relationships #Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

paper · doi:10.1056/nejmhpr051833

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Abstract

In 1979, China implemented the one-child family policy, which restricts many couples to a single offspring. The authors describe the policy's success in slowing population growth as well as its adverse consequences, such as increasing the ratio of men to women.

Citations

• Health in China: The one child family policy: the good, the bad, and the ugly
• Five Decades of Missing Females in China
• Are births underreported in rural China? Manipulation of statistical records in response to China’s population policies
• The One Child Family Policy

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