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Fertility histories of the Great Leap Famine
Anthony Garnaut
University of Melbourne
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Chart 1. Liaoning monthly trends
Monthly data
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56/0 57/0 58/0 59/0 60/0 61/0 62/0 63/0 64/0 65/0fertility and infant mortality (per '000)
monthly infant mortality rate, normalised by n of 18-25yo interviewees
monthly fertility rate, normalised somehow by number of birthing age mothers
infant mortality, smoothed 12m
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Chart 2. PFR of different age brackets, Liaoning
Partial fertility rate, 1957-83
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PFR, 14-20 PFR, 14-23 PFR, 14-25 PFR, 14-30 PFR, 14-35
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Chart 3. PFR and infant mortality, Liaoning
Partial fertility rate of 14-20 yo and infant mortality, 1957-79
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PFR, 14-20 PFR, 14-23 infant mortality of sample (rhs)
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Chart 4. Cumulative fertility by cohort, Liaoning
Cumulative fertility, 1936-1946 cohorts, by yearnote that the cohort who started having kids prior to the famine widened their lead through
the 60s - they were ready to make the most of the changed nutrition environment
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single age fertilty rate (per '000)
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Chart 5. Fertility of women of a given age, Liaoning
Fertility at a given age, by year, odd ages 17-25
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single age fertilty rate (per '000)
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Chart 6. Monthly monthly trends, Gansu
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fertility and infant mortality (per
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monthly births of interviewees,
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monthly infant deaths, all ages by DOD, normalised, dodgy number
DOB of interviewees, deviation from 10yr avge
monthly fertility rate, normalised somehow by number of birthing age mothers
infant mortality, smoothed 12m
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Chart 7. Partial fertility rate of different age brackets, Gansu
Partial fertility rate, 1957-83
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PFR, 14-20 PFR, 14-23 PFR, 14-25 PFR, 14-30 PFR, 14-35
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Chart 8. PFR for young women and infant mortality, Gansu
Partial fertility rate of 14-20 yo and infant mortality, 1957-79
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Chart 9. Fertility of women of a given age, Gansu
Fertility at a given age, by year, odd ages 15-25again, sadly, our data only kicks in during the famine, but we can get a trend by what 19
years olds (orange) are doing each year)
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single age fertilty rate (per '000)
21 23 25 19 17
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Chart 10. F of women born in a given year, Gansu
Single year fertility, 1937,1941 and 1943 cohorts, by yearThe 1941 cohort hit the famine just as they were coming in high fertility (check infant mortality)
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single age fertilty rate (per '000)
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Chart 11. Infant mortality by mother’s cohort, Gansu
1936-1946 cohorts infant mortality, by year
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single age fertilty rate (per '000)
average of sample 1936-38 1939-41 1942-44
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Table 1. In-Depth Fertility Survey Phase II: sample of County 7 in Gansu
SC1 SC2 C1 C2Number of interviewees 38 33 36 33Average age of mother 33.1 35.7 36.7 37.5Interviewees with at least 1 birth 32 33 34 33Total no. of births 70 90 125 120Average no. of birth events 1.84 2.73 3.47 3.64