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.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Demography
Labor supply and employment
Regulation of marriage
Residence
Household
Conception
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Han Chinese
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
East Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2021
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1981-1982
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1917-1985
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Red Sky, West Mountain Street, West River District, Tianjin City, People's Republic of China; Beijing, China; Tianjin City, People's Republic of China
NotesAdditional notes
Burton Pasternak
Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-76)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
86016515
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Marriage--China--Tianjin
Fertility, Human--China--Tianjin
Families--China--Tianjin
Tianjin (China)--Social conditions