JOURNAL OF HEBEI UNIVERSITY (Philosophy and Social Science) ›› 2018, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (1): 152-160.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-6378.2018.01.022

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Review and Prospect of Fertility Desire Research in China(1982—2016)

JIA Zhi-ke,LUO Zhi-hua   

  1. College of Political Science and Law, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
  • Received:2017-07-31 Online:2018-02-20 Published:2018-02-20

Abstract: Based on the research findings of fertility desire from 1982 to 2016, this paper generalizes the overall situation from four aspects, such as research area, object, method and content, and then it prospects the research directions and trends of fertility desire in the future. It shows that fertility desire among urban and rural residents has undergone significant changes in China, and the differences of fertility desire have been gradually reduced between different groups, the research method is mainly based on quantitative research and empirical investigation and the research content presents the characteristics of diversification of dimensions and diversification of influencing factors. In the future, domestic research will pay more attention to the relationship between fertility intention and behavior, focus on the follow-up study of the same group using both quantitative and qualitative research methods rationally, and focus on the impact of family policy adjustment on fertility desire change.

Key words: fertility desire, influence factor, research review, tendency prospect

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