title: Spontaneous and induced demographic change.
abstract: When some scholars from abroad analyze the role of family planning policies in developing countries in changes in the fertility rate, they differentiate 2 categories of change:  one is "developmental change in the fertility rate" and the other is "induced change in the fertility rate".  Professor Tian Xinyuan, of American nationality, quotes this concept in his analysis of changes in China's fertility rate, and believes that changes in China's fertility rate belong to fairly successful "induced change in fertility behavior".  The author agrees with this differentiation, and feels that there is a need to incorporate this kind of differentiation in all analysis of the characteristics and mechanism of demographic change in China.  Due to the inclusion of a set of intervening social variables, in fact demographic change in all countries has already evolved the 2 fundamental types of demographic change, spontaneous and induced.  However, until now, the authors have not seen a systematic discussion of the differences and the relationship between these 2 types of demographic change.  This paper attempts to make some theoretical investigations into the above, and firmly believes that this has definite significance for enriching theories of demographic change and guiding China's family planning practices.
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001723:Birth Rate; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005298:Fertility; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012922:Social Change; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; Birth Rate; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Family Planning Policy; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Rate; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Social Change; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors