The first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia, Asian Population Studies publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research, and contributions to methodology.

Asian Population Studies is the first international journal dedicated exclusively to population issues in Asia. It publishes original research on matters related to population in this vast, complex, and rapidly changing region, welcoming substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research, and contributions to methodology.

《Asian Population Studies》是第一本专注于亚洲人口问题的国际期刊，致力于发表与这一广阔、复杂且快速变化的地区相关的人口研究。期刊欢迎实证分析、理论研究、应用研究以及方法论方面的贡献。

Asian Population Studies

In the countries of East and Southeast Asia where fertility has reached ultra-low levels, there has been a flurry of developments in pro-natalist policy over the past five years or so, but its impact appears to be limited. This paper addresses the strong obstacles hindering the success of pro-natalist policies in the region, suggests key interventions that are needed, and stresses that the policies in these countries should also be considering other ways of addressing the issues. Social policy has certainly moved ahead in positive ways in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, as evidenced by parental leave policy and childcare reform, but workplace cultures have yet to follow suit. The slow changes in gender norms, along with the pressures of educating children and finding housing in the big cities where most people in the region live, are the continuing realities facing couples considering marriage and childbearing.

Gavin W. Jones

Ultra-low fertility in East Asia: policy responses and challenges

东亚超低生育率：政策应对与挑战

Fertility has been declining in all regions of lower- and middle-income countries, except in the rural areas of a few sub-Saharan African countries. The study of differentials in these fertility declines draws on two independent bodies of literature, one demonstrating the impact of women's education on reproductive choices and outcomes and the other focusing on rural/urban fertility differentials. Our research addresses both dimensions together and studies their interactions. Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data, we estimate number of live children born per woman over a five-year period, processing over three million individual data points from all available DHS surveys. We find consistently strong associations between education and fertility, which in most countries are stronger than those between fertility and place of residence (rural/urban). However, individual-level education differentials do not fully explain the rural/urban fertility differentials. The resulting patterns can be directly used in multi-dimensional population projections by age, sex, level of education, and urban/rural residence, as is currently being attempted for the SSP (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) scenarios widely used in the global climate change research community. These results suggest that further research on the diffusion process is needed to better understand the additional effect of place of residence.

Saroja Adhikari

Wolfgang Lutz

Samir KC

Rural/urban fertility differentials and the role of female education in declining birth rates: comparative analysis in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

农村/城市生育率差异及女性教育在出生率下降中的作用：亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲的比较分析

This study examines the factors influencing internal migrants' trust in fellow townsmen in the context of migration and return migration within China. Using data from the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) 2016, it proposes and tests selection and integration/reintegration hypotheses to analyse how selection processes in migration and return migration, as well as integration and reintegration processes, impact trust in fellow townsmen. The findings reveal that migration and return migration significantly alter trust levels in fellow townsmen: rural-to-urban migrants exhibit lower trust compared to rural non-migrants, while rural return migrants experience a partial convergence or restoration of trust upon their return. Migration selection largely explains changes in trust, whereas return migration selection has little impact. Additionally, trust dynamics are shaped by integration and reintegration processes, with social integration and reintegration playing crucial roles in influencing trust in fellow townsmen among rural-to-urban migrants and rural return migrants, respectively. Larger institutional factors primarily influence rural-to-urban migrants' trust, highlighting the asymmetric impact of institutional contexts on integration versus reintegration. This study contributes to the literature on migration and trust by emphasising the role of selection, integration, and reintegration processes in shaping trust in fellow townsmen among migrants and return migrants in China.

Zhenxiang Chen

Exploring trust in fellow townsmen among migrants and return migrants: testing selection and integration/reintegration hypotheses

探索移民与回流移民对同乡的信任：检验选择与融入/再融入假设

In Iran, childbearing is confined to marriage with a unique pattern of long interbirth intervals. This paper explores the influence of marriage on fertility trends within the context of the recent pronatalist policy introduced by the government to promote marriage and childbearing. We determine that Iran's pronatalist policy has overlooked the implications of recent fertility trends and the imbalance in the marriage market which led to a marriage boom suggesting a mismatch between policy goals and demographic realities. Beyond this, the 2019 economic downturn is a reason for the recent fall in fertility. The recent increase in number of marriages is attributed to marriage loans provided to young couples. However, paradoxically, these loans have led to delayed first births, counteracting the intended effects. We conclude that the incentives included in the 2021 Population Law are not closely aligned with the social values and aspirations of the young generation.

Abbreviation	Asian Popul. Stud.
Journal Impact	1.67
Quartiles(Global)	DEMOGRAPHY(Q2)

ISSN	1744-1730, 1744-1749
h-index	28

Publication Information	Publisher: Routledge，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: No
Basic data	Year of publication: 2006，Proportion of original research papers: 100.00%，Self Citation Rate:20.00%， Gold OA Rate: 22.95%

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Ultra-low fertility in East Asia: policy responses and challenges

Rural/urban fertility differentials and the role of female education in declining birth rates: comparative analysis in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Exploring trust in fellow townsmen among migrants and return migrants: testing selection and integration/reintegration hypotheses

Explaining recent fertility trends in Iran: the predominance of marriage and the economy

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Explaining recent fertility trends in Iran: the predominance of marriage and the economy

Exploring trust in fellow townsmen among migrants and return migrants: testing selection and integration/reintegration hypotheses

Rural/urban fertility differentials and the role of female education in declining birth rates: comparative analysis in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

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Five decades of household change across Asian societies