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MARRIAGE IN TAIPEI CITY: REASONS FOR RETHINKING CHINESE DEMOGRAPHY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2004

Arthur P. Wolf  and
Hill Gates
Arthur P. Wolf
Affiliation:
Stanford University E-mail [email protected]
Hill Gates
Affiliation:
Stanford University E-mail [email protected]
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Abstract

The only pre-1950 Chinese cities for which reliable demographic records exist are those in Taiwan. Analysis of two samples of the records from Taipei City produces surprising results. Urban women were far less likely to marry than rural women and consequently had markedly lower fertility. This was due to a greater demand for female labor in the city but not because employment outside of the home freed women to refuse marriages arranged by their parents. Parental authority was as strong in the city as in the country. The difference was that given the possibility of remunerative employment for their daughters many parents chose to keep them at home rather than giving them to another family in marriage.

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Research Article
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International Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 111 - 133
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© Cambridge University Press 2004

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