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| Asia's demographic transition | | Author(s) | John C Caldwell, Bruce K Caldwell |
| Journal title | Asian Development Review, vol 15, no 1, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 52-87 |
| Keywords | Demography ; Asia. |
| Annotation | At the end of the Second World War, it was uncertain whether Asia would follow Western countries in experiencing a demographic transition due to its low per capita incomes, apart from Japan. Unexpectedly, most of Asia experienced unprecedented steep mortality declines from 1945 and accounted disproportionately for the so-called global "population explosion". The movement toward long-term equilibrium began with fertility declines staring in the 1960s. These were produced by both socioeconomic change and strong national family planning programmes. Population growth rates declined from 1970, and most of the increase now is taking place in urban areas. This article examines the demographic transition in Asia, and makes predictions regarding population growth and structure for the future. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000203217 A |
| Classmark | S8: 7C |
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