Family Planning in Taiwan: An Experiment in Social Change

by John Y. Takeshita and Ralph Freedman

Book Overview

The experimental family planning program begun in 1963 in Taichung, the provincial capital of Taiwan, was the largest intensive program of its kind ever to be carried out for a sizable concentrated population. Its use of systematic observation and measurements was also unique. In evaluating the program and the data gathered, the authors seek to establish the extent to which the decline in Taiwan's fertility level resulted from the program rather...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691621780
• ISBN13: 9780691621784
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 530 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"