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Tendencias recientes en fertilidad y nupcialidad en China
Resumen
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Área de la Ciencia:
- Demografía La demografía es la demografía.
- Sociología Sociología Sociología.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- China experimentó una disminución significativa de la natalidad (60%) entre 1970 y 1980.
- El aumento de la edad en el primer matrimonio fue un factor clave en esta reducción de la fertilidad.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Examinar el impacto de los cambios en los patrones matrimoniales en la maternidad en China después de 1980.
- Analizar los efectos de la relajación de las restricciones de edad en el matrimonio en las tendencias de fertilidad.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizaron datos de dos encuestas de fertilidad chinas a gran escala (1982 y 1988).
- Analizó las historias reproductivas de toda la vida, incluida la edad en el primer matrimonio y los intervalos de nacimiento.
- Cálculo de las tasas totales de fecundidad y las tasas de segundos nacimientos por edad y duración del matrimonio.
Principales resultados:
- La fertilidad general aumentó bruscamente de 1980 a 1982, luego fluctuó, aumentando por encima de los niveles de 1980 a mediados de la década de 1980.
- Un auge del matrimonio después de la relajación de las restricciones de edad contribuyó a la disminución detenida de la fertilidad.
- La tasa de fertilidad total para las mujeres casadas fue menor a mediados de la década de 1980 que en 1980.
Conclusiones:
- Los cambios en los patrones matrimoniales, particularmente un auge matrimonial, influyeron significativamente en las tendencias de fertilidad chinas en la década de 1980.
- Mientras que la fertilidad específica de la edad aumentó, la fertilidad específica de la duración del matrimonio indicó una menor fertilidad general entre las mujeres casadas.
- Los cambios en la política con respecto a la edad del matrimonio tuvieron un impacto demostrable en las tasas nacionales de fertilidad.
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