Socioeconomic structure and fertility in China: a county level investigation.
Analysis of the general fertility rate in the counties of China shows significant associations with infant mortality, illiteracy, and the percentage of the population employed in industry, but not with industrial or agricultural output. Urban counties differ from rural in the importance of the illiteracy rate. The associations in the rural counties vary according to the region of China in which they are located.
Poston
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Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Zhongke
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population