Book

Marriage and fertility in Tianjin, China: fifty years of transition

East-West Population Institute, East-West Center (99)Published In 1986 • Pages: vii, 76

By: Pasternak, Burton.

Abstract
This is a demographic study of a Chinese urban community over a fifty-year period to measure social and political change. Specifically, changes in family structure, marriage, patterns of post-marital residence, and fertility are examined by triangulating data from interviews, questionnaires, and archival research. One finding is that fertility increased despite the increase in women's work outside the home, education, and independence which is contrary to common expectations of modernization theory.
Subjects
Demography
Labor supply and employment
Regulation of marriage
Residence
Household
Conception
culture
Han Chinese
Region
Asia
Sub Region
East Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 2021
Field Date
1981-1982
Coverage Date
1917-1985
Coverage Place
Red Sky, West Mountain Street, West River District, Tianjin City, People's Republic of China; Beijing, China; Tianjin City, People's Republic of China
Notes
Burton Pasternak
Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-76)
LCCN
86016515
LCSH
Marriage--China--Tianjin
Fertility, Human--China--Tianjin
Families--China--Tianjin
Tianjin (China)--Social conditions