The biological standard of living in China during the 20th century

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dc.contributor.authorvan der Eng, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorSohn, Kitae
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-28T23:57:26Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2021-08-01T08:21:32Z
dc.description.abstractThis article uses the mean age at menarche of women in China as an indicator of changes in the standard of living during the 20th century. It discusses the difficulties of using this indicator. It finds that the mean age of menarche stagnated at 16 to 17 years for women born during the period between the 1880s and 1930s. The age at menarche decreased in some urban areas, indicating improving living standards in, for example, Beijing and Shanghai. The mean age at menarche increased for 1940s' birth cohorts, in relation not only to the warfare of the 1940s but also the famine of 1959-1962. The mean age at menarche decreased in a sustained way for women born during the 1950s to early 2000s. The decrease is associated with increasing educational attainment since the 1940s and also improvements in nutrition, hygiene and healthcare.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0305-7410en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/268554
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_AU
dc.rights© SOAS University of London, 2019en_AU
dc.sourceThe China Quarterlyen_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectliving standardsen_AU
dc.subjecthuman growthen_AU
dc.subjectanthropometricsen_AU
dc.subjectmenarcheen_AU
dc.titleThe biological standard of living in China during the 20th centuryen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage213en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage191en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationvan der Eng, Pierre, College of Business and Economics, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSohn, Kitae, Konkuk Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu9114947@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidvan der Eng, Pierre, u9114947en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor380103 - Economic historyen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB11281en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume241en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1017/S0305741019000432en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85058033107
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBya383154en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/china-quarterlyen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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