1978/09/01 by Peter Schran · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
paper · doi:10.1017/s0305741000042594
openalex publication_date 1978/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
There remains little doubt that the offcial population statistics which indicate the beginning and the end of the most recent down swing in China's “dynastic cycle” of demographic development – 430 million people in 1850 and 582·6 million on 30 June 1953 – are close approximations of the true totals. Detailed scrutiny of all evident irregularities in the reported data is unlikely to suggest corrections by more than five per cent, and such modifications are subject to questions and reservations in turn.