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  • Title: Women's participation and a new mechanism of population control in the current transformation process in rural China.
    Author: Li S, Zhu C.
    Journal: Chin J Popul Sci; 1994; 6(3):243-9. PubMed ID: 12319166.
    Abstract:
    Women's role in rural areas of China will change due to the economic shift to a market economy. New population control strategies emphasize women's employment and increased family and social status. Women's involvement in social development has potentially unsatisfactory outcomes: weak competitiveness and lower family and social status. The goal of rural population control should be to establish the appropriate community supports and service networks that will help women overcome the obstacles, speed up their integration into the social processes, and strengthen their competitive edge. Economic changes are already in evidence: new economic organizational forms, greater productivity of agriculture, commercialization of agricultural production, establishment of social security for the elderly, and labor mobility and changes to more modern lifestyles. Labor surpluses are creating intense competition for work. The rural socioeconomic changes will impact on family reproductive intentions and needs by changing the forms of income generation. Under the market system, income will depend on skills and knowledge, and reproductive intentions will emphasize the quality of life. Reproductive needs in the short term are not known, but in the long term increased women's status will reduce family size needs. Other social changes will also influence a decline in family size. Rural economic change will lead to a strengthening of the nation's population control in the long term. In the short term, investment in the economy may replace prior investment in family planning programs. Development level. time period, and production levels of specific geographic areas will play an important role in influencing the impact or socioeconomic changes of population control. Population control is effectuated through the intermediate level of the community, the community's transmission mode for communicating the population policy to individuals, and the seclusion of rural areas. Women will be exposed to new opportunities for participation in social development and for employment with the rapid expansion of nonfarm and township businesses. Obstacles will be women disadvantage in physical strength, skills, educational level, knowledge, traditional values, and domestic responsibilities. The obstacles are women themselves and social mechanisms. Adult education, vocational and technical training, and education about reproduction will help women overcome the obstacles. Family planning service networks need to be established and directed to meeting rural women's practical needs.
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