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Quality of life, intellectual development and behavioural characteristics of single children in China: evidence from a 1980 survey in Changsha, Hunan Province

Poston, Dudley L., Yu, Mei-Yu·1985·Journal of Biosocial Science
DOI 10.1017/s0021932000015583
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Summary: This paper reports the results of a June 1980 survey of 1069 children in Changsha, Hunan Province. The data have been unavailable previously either in Chinese or in English. In general, they suggest that comparisons of single children with children from multiple-child families in China regarding quality of life, intellectual development, and behavioural traits are similar to comparisons conducted in the United States and other western countries. As in many western studies, single children in China appear to have a better quality of life than children with siblings. Regarding intellectual development, single children in China perform better than those with siblings, a finding which is consonant with the family intactness model of Falbo. Single children in Changsha are little different from ones from multiple-child families on various aspects of behaviour, and are more co-operative and less hostile. These findings are the opposite of those of the Shanghai study, the other major analysis of single children in China; the Shanghai survey indicated that single children were not as well-behaved as those with siblings, a finding that caused some concern among Chinese social scientists. To the extent that the findings of the Changsha study, and not those of the Shanghai study, reflect the situation of single children in China, this could mean that the one-child family planning campaign may not be having a negative impact on children's behaviour.

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  1. Polit, 1982, Effects of Family Size: A Critical Review of Literature Since 1973
  2. 1980, Family education of only children, Chinese Women, 5, 16
  3. 1981, The status of family planning in Hunan Province: 1980, Jihua Shengyu Jianbao (Bull. Fam. Plann.), 26
  4. Beijing Review (1984) Marital status of China's population. 27, No. 10, 23.
  5. 1983, 10 Percent Sample Tabulation on the 1982 Population Census of the People's Republic of China

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Authors
Poston, D. L., & Yu, M.-Y.
Affiliations
The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Venue
Journal of Biosocial Science
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1985-04
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
127-136
ISSN
  • 0021-9320 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7599
DOI
10.1017/s0021932000015583
OpenAlex
W2121797414
Cited by
29
References
12
Citations by year
2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
3.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 8522 d)
Locations
  • Journal of Biosocial Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD-06160, R01-HD 16462)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
only children, one-child policy, family size, quality of life, intellectual development, child behavior, siblings, child cooperation, Changsha, family planning
MeSH terms
Child, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, China, Humans, Intelligence, Only Child, Quality of Life

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