One Child Policy

Question 1

Strategies

Answer 1

Only allowed 1 child
Priority housing for those with only 1 child
Fines for those with more than 1 child
Marriage age increased
2nd child was very expensive

Question 2

Successful?

Answer 2

Growth slowed - 250m less per year
Age imbalance
Gender imbalance, selective abortion used to make sure you had a boy
‘Only child’s are spoils, won’t work as hard as parents when they grow up

Question 3

General info

Answer 3

55 million born each year in 1950s to 60s
Birth rate increase in 1950s
Death rate decrease in 1950s