Changes could balance gender ratio
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Demographics">Demographics</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="child">child</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="tested">tested</span> <span word="indicate">indicate</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="allowing">allowing</span> <span word="couples">couples</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="fertility">fertility</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="balanced">balanced</span> <span word="gender">gender</span> <span word="ratio">ratio</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Yicheng">Yicheng</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shanxi">Shanxi</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="trials">trials</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Jiuquan">Jiuquan</span>, <span word="Gansu">Gansu</span> <span word="province">province</span>; <span word="Chengde">Chengde</span>, <span word="Hebei">Hebei</span> <span word="province">province</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Enshi">Enshi</span> <span word="Tujia">Tujia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Miao">Miao</span> <span word="autonomous">autonomous</span> <span word="prefecture">prefecture</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Hubei">Hubei</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="couples">couples</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1980<span word="s">s</span>.</p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="policy">policy</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chengde">Chengde</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Enshi">Enshi</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="census">census</span> <span word="figures">figures</span> <span word="between">between</span> 2000 <span word="and">and</span> 2010.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chengde">Chengde</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="by">by</span> 3.4 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="period">period</span>, <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="of">of</span> 5.8 <span word="percent">percent</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Enshi">Enshi</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="decreased">decreased</span> <span word="by">by</span> 12 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="outflow">outflow</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="migrant">migrant</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="demographer">demographer</span> <span word="Yi">Yi</span> <span word="Fuxian">Fuxian</span> <span word="showed">showed</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Jiuquan">Jiuquan</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="implemented">implemented</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1984, <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="faster">faster</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="average">average</span>, <span word="to">to</span> 11.8 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="between">between</span> 2000 <span word="and">and</span> 2010, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="sixth">sixth</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="census">census</span> <span word="showed">showed</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Yi">Yi</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="child">child</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="improved">improved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fertility">fertility</span> <span word="rate">rate</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="gives">gives</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="lifetime">lifetime</span>.</p><p>"<span word="In">In</span> 2000, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chengde">Chengde</span> <span word="was">was</span> 1.36, <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1.29 <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Hebei">Hebei</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="Enshi">Enshi</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2000 <span word="was">was</span> 1.36, <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1.01 <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Hubei">Hubei</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Caixin">Caixin</span> <span word="Magazine">Magazine</span>.</p>
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