title: Major causes of the regional difference in fertility rate: factor analysis of 72 counties and county-level cities in Anhui Province.
abstract: The author compares fertility rates among 72 counties and county-level cities in Anhui Province, China.  "The many causes of fertility difference...may be categorized into two major groups:  social, economic and cultural factors; and population control (mainly birth control) factors.... This paper uses modern statistical methods and techniques, proposes necessary hypotheses and, through factor analysis, transforms the myriad of indexes related to economy, culture and population control in the 72 counties and cities into two indices.... Following the factor analysis, the counties and cities are then categorized into groups and types according to the values of these two indices."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001723:Birth Rate; D002681:China; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005298:Fertility; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; China; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Fertility; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Family Planning; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies