title: A study of change in age at first marriage and first fertility of Chinese women and population control.
abstract: The author examines the decline in Chinese women's "age at first marriage..., going on to analyze trends of development in women's average age at first marriage and changes in the interval before first fertility over the last few decades, and from there proposes an effective way to alleviate the population peak and control the population--gradually lengthening the interval before first fertility on the basis of maintaining the average age at first marriage."  Data are from the 1982 census and other official sources.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001721:Birth Intervals; D001723:Birth Rate; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005298:Fertility; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011155:Population Control; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy
keywords: Asia; Birth Intervals; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Fertility Measurements; Fertility--changes; First Birth Intervals--changes; Marriage; Marriage Age--women; Marriage Patterns; Nuptiality; Policy; Population; Population Control; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Social Policy