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Looking Locally at China's One-Child Policy

Short, Susan E., Fengying, Zhai·1998·Studies in Family Planning
DOI 10.2307/172250
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Of all the reforms and policies set in motion in the early 1980s in China, the one-child policy has been called the most far-reaching in its implications for China's population and economic development. Almost two decades later, little is known about what the policy looks like across local neighborhoods and villages. To sketch a more general picture of the one-child policy, this article presents panel data from three waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1989, 1991, and 1993) collected in 167 communities in eight provinces. Local policy, including policy strength and policy incentives and disincentives, is detailed separately for urban and rural areas. These data confirm that no single one-child policy exists; policy varied considerably from place to place and within individual communities during the 1989-93 period.

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  • In reality, one child per couple became the rule of the land, with few exceptions, most notably ethnic minorities and rural couples with the first child as a girl.

    “In reality, it became the rule of the land, with few exceptions, most notably ethnic minorities and rural couples with the first child as a girl (Peng 1991, Short & Zhai 1998, Scharping 2003, Gu et al. 2007).”

    From The Social and Sociological Consequences of China's One-Child Policy (2021) · cites this paper as Short & Zhai 1998

  • Women who proceed with an unapproved pregnancy in China are known to be reluctant to use antenatal and obstetric services because they fear they will face pressure to have an abortion or fines for violating the one-child policy.

    “Women who proceed with an unapproved pregnancy are known to be reluctant to use antenatal and obstetric services because they fear they will face pressure to have an abortion or fines for violating the one-child policy. 9,10”

    From The Effect of China's One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years (2005) · cites this paper as [10]

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Authors
Short, S. E., & Fengying, Z.
Affiliations
Brown University (US)
ORCID
Short, Susan E.
Venue
Studies in Family Planning
Publisher
JSTOR
Published
1998-12
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pages
373
ISSN
0039-3665 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/172250
OpenAlex
W2004104386
Cited by
139
References
21
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 13
FWCI
3.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Studies in Family Planning (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • Ford Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
Keywords
one-child policy, fertility policy, urban-rural differences, China Health and Nutrition Survey, population policy, China
MeSH terms
China, Female, Health Surveys, Housing, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Occupations, Surveys and Questionnaires, Rural Population, Urban Population, Family Planning Policy, Disabled Children, Children with Disabilities

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