In 2020,China’s sex ratio at birth(SRB)stood at 111.3,still exhibiting a notable bias.Son preference ranks as the most essential and fundamental reason for the skewed SRB.This study,using a mixed-methods approach,see...
From 1990 to 2019,stomach cancer posed a significant health burden in East Asia.The impact of stomach cancer deaths on life expectancy at birth in East Asian countries remains underexplored.This study quantifies the i...
This study uses,primarily,the 2020 National Population Census data to comprehensively examine the phenomenon of the“male marriage squeeze”and provide a socio-demographic portrait of involuntary bachelors in rural Ch...
Funding was provided by National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science(Grant no.19BRK039).
This research examines the shifts in age profiles among migrants in China,utilizing microdata derived from four national censuses and two 1%population sample surveys conducted since 1990.Our findings indicate:(1)there...
Using a randomized experiment that we designed for the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey,this study conducts a conjoint analysis to explore the fertility potential among Chinese adults.We examine the separate impacts...
Older adults’social participation and social relationship may be affected by their partners’cognitive function.In 3,722 cognitively intact married/partnered Health and Retirement Study respondents,latent profile ana...
supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Peking University,the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.7100604137).
Previous research has detailed how social status affects the willingness to have children.However,subjective social status(SSS)derived from a comparison with a reference group also has an important impact on fertility...
An increasing interest has been focused on the association of internal migration with depressive symptoms in China.However,very few of those studies investigated the possible mechanisms underlying that association.Thi...
Every individual has the right to make their own choices about their sexual and reproductive health.Family planning,including contraceptive information and services,is fundamental to all individuals’health and human ...
A series of medical and biological studies have identified a strong link between the season during which a child is born and early childhood development and adult health.While providing an explanation for the seasonal...