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Are births underreported in rural China? Manipulation of statistical records in response to China’s population policies
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Under the current family planning policy in China, the criterion for evaluating all parties involved in the birth planning system provides an incentive for everyone to see that the policy is met, either in reality through strict enforcement of family planning regulations, or statistically through manipulation of statistical records. We investigate underreporting of births in four rural counties of northern China, using data from a 1992 sample survey featuring a reproductive history. To clarify the mechanisms of underreporting, we focus on the ways in which reporting errors may affect the distribution of first births by time since marriage. The results of our investigation suggest that in three of the four counties, first-birth intervals are lengthened by underreporting of girl babies and by replacing them with second births reported as first births.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Merli, M. G., & Raftery, A. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Venue
- Demography
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 2000-02-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 109-126
- ISSN
- 0070-3370 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-7790
- OpenAlex
- W2018447293
- Cited by
- 110
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Demography (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Rockefeller Foundation
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Washington
- 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
- statistical manipulation, family planning policy, one-child policy, rural China, first birth interval, sex-selective abortion, reproductive history
- MeSH terms
- China, Data Collection, Family Planning Services, Female, Forms and Records Control, Humans, Infant Mortality, Infant, Newborn, Male, Population Control, Public Policy, Regression Analysis, Rural Population, Sex Ratio, Proportional Hazards Models
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