A demographic profile of China, this book constructs a model for extending existing family-status life table models to the three-generational family in China and Asia. This model is used to compare Chinese family structure before and after the 1979 implementation of family size limits.

Family Dynamics in China: A Life Table Analysis (Life Course Studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Zeng, Yi

Social Sciences

Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Family Dynamics in China was the first English-language demographic profile by a Chinese author of contemporary population trends and family structure in China. Author Zeng Yi constructs a viable mathematical model for extending existing family status life table models to the three-generational family that is still common in China and the rest of Asia. He uses that model to compare the dynamics of family structure in China before and after the dramatic drop in fertility that followed the 1979 implementation of stringent family size limits.    Twenty percent of the world’s population lives in the People’s Republic of China, yet relatively little has been known about its population structure.  The 1982 census of population, the first in China to use sophisticated techniques of data collection and analysis, made it possible to examine family characteristics and their determinants:  marriage, widowhood, and divorce; fertility and mortality; and rural-urban, ethnic, and regional differences. Family Dynamics in China draws on both the 1982 census and other demographic data collected during the 1980s.    The analysis Zeng Yi provides offers a framework for a mathematical model that uses as its starting point family status life table models. Using methods developed by Bongaarts and others, the book features models that simultaneously include multiple variables such as age, marital status, parity, and fecundity.  Previously, these models were based on the nuclear family and assumed that adult children left their parents’ homes upon marriage.  Yet, the 1982 Chinese census indicated that nearly 20 percent of all Chinese families contained three or more generations.  By extending existing models to accommodate the multigenerational family, Yi has made an important methodological advance that is applicable to many other Western societies.

History

Asia

University of Wisconsin Press

Research and Technical Writing for Science and Engineering

Engineering and science research can be difficult for beginners because scientific research is fraught with constraints and disciplines. Research and Technical Writing for Science and Engineering breakdowns the entire process of conducting engineering and scientific research. This book covers those fascinating guidelines and topics on conducting research, as well as how to better interact with your advisor. 
Key Features: advice on conducting a literature review, conducting experiments, and writing a good paper summarizing your findings. provides a tutorial on how to increase the impact of research and how to manage research resources. 
By reflecting on the cases discussed in this book, readers will be able to identify specific situations or dilemmas in their own lives, as the authors provide comprehensive suggestions based on their own experiences.

Qiu, Meikang

Qiu, Han

Reference

CRC-Press

Chan Fu Yu Xin Sheng Er Hu Li Ri Ji

Shi yong hong

羊城晚报出版社

This book presents an innovative demographic toolkit known as the ProFamy extended cohort-component method for the projection of household structures and living arrangements with empirical applications to the United States, the largest developed country, and China, the largest developing country. The ProFamy method uses demographic rates as inputs to project detailed distributions of household types and sizes, living arrangements of all household members, and population by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and urban/rural residence at national, sub-national, or small area levels.&nbsp; It can also project elderly care needs and costs, pension deficits, and household consumption. The ProFamy method presented herein has substantial merits compared to the traditional headship rate method, which is not linked to demographic rates and projects limited household types without other household members than "heads". The book consists of four parts. The first part presents the methodology, data, estimation issues, and empirical assessments. The next parts present applications in the United States (part two) and China (part three), concerning demographic, social, economic, and business research; policy analysis, including forecasting future trends of household type/size, elderly living arrangements, disability, and home-based care costs, and household consumption including housing and vehicles. The fourth part includes a user's guide for the ProFamy software to project households, living arrangements, and home-based consumptions. This book offers an invaluable toolkit for researchers, analysts and students in academic, public and private businesses, whose work is related to levels and rates of change in households, population and consumption patterns.

Household and Living Arrangement Projections: The Extended Cohort-Component Method and Applications to the U.S. and China (The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 36)

Land, Kenneth C.

Gu, Danan

Wang, Zhenglian

Parenting & Relationships

Springer

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