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The Effect of China's One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years

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  • Therese Hesketh, Ph.D.,
  • Li Lu, M.D.,
  • and Zhu Wei Xing, M.P.H.

In 1979, China implemented the one-child family policy, which restricts many couples to a single offspring. The authors describe the policy's success in slowing population growth as well as its adverse consequences, such as increasing the ratio of men to women.

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Author Affiliations

From the Center for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London (T.H.); the Institute of Social and Family Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (L.L.); and the Institute of Public Health, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China (Z.W.X.).

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