title: The demographic responses to famine:  the case of China 1958-61.
abstract: The author uses recently available official data from China to examine the demographic impact of the previously unpublicized famine that occurred during the period 1958-1961, after the Communists came to power. "Over the four years..., China suffered some 25-30 million more deaths and experienced some 30-35 million fewer births than might have been expected under normal conditions."
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Jowett
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003148:Communism; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004777:Environment; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005298:Fertility; D005523:Food Supply; D009026:Mortality; D011056:Political Systems; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012950:Socialism; D013217:Starvation
keywords: Asia; China; Communism; Demographic Factors; Demographic Impact; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Environment; Famine; Fertility; Food Supply; Mortality; Natural Resources; Political Systems; Population; Population Dynamics; Socialism