Without one-child policy, China still might not see baby boom, gender balance
China’s rapid economic development, its urbanization and its culture will continue to play a role in family size and the population’s gender makeup.
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China’s rapid economic development, its urbanization and its culture will continue to play a role in family size and the population’s gender makeup.
The roughly 47% of the population today who were born under the one-child policy lived through a very different China than those born before.
A larger share of young women live at home with their parents or other relatives than at any point since 1940, as more attend college and marry later in life.
Working moms and dads don’t necessarily see eye to eye when it comes to how certain tasks are divided at home.
Women most often are the ones who adjust their schedules and make compromises when the needs of children and other family members collide with work, data show.
The number of businesses owned by women and minorities has grown considerably in recent years, particularly in certain industries, but based on revenue they remain on average considerably smaller than white- or male-owned firms.
Some 73% of online men use social media, on par with the 80% of online women who say they do so. But there are still some gender differences on specific platforms.
This region in Eastern Europe has been predominately female since at least WWII.
About seven-in-ten U.S. adults talk with others about politics at least a few times a month, but whom they talk with most often varies a great deal between men and women.
For women, postgraduate education and motherhood are increasingly going hand-in-hand. Not only are highly-educated women more likely to have kids, they are also having bigger families than in the past.
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