title: Fertility of rural China: effects of local family planning and health programs.
abstract: "The rationing of births in China after the 1979 announcement of the 'one child family policy' has been held responsible for the rapid decrease in Chinese fertility, whereas other observers have noted that parallel fertility declines occurred with voluntary behavior in other East and Southeast Asian countries. This paper assesses the joint contribution of local family planning and health programs, individual characteristics of women, and the development of their communities, as explanatory variables for Chinese fertility in rural areas of three provinces in 1985. Given the explicit quantitative reproductive goals of the government, an ordered Probit model for cumulative fertility is estimated for women age 15-34 and 35-49."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001723:Birth Rate; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005298:Fertility; D006076:Government; D006285:Health Planning; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012922:Social Change
keywords: Antinatalist Policy; Asia; China; Community Development; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Family Planning; Family Planning Programs; Fertility; Fertility Decline; Government; One Child Policy; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Characteristics--women; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Social Development; Social Policy; Southeastern Asia