China's Strict One-Child Policy Actually Produced a Negative Growth Rate

question 56

True/False

China's strict one-child policy actually produced a negative growth rate in some urban areas.

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Definitions:

Official Statistics

Quantitative data and information collected and published by governmental agencies or institutions for economic, demographic, and social analysis.

Child-care

The care and supervision of a child or children, typically from infancy to age thirteen, which includes educational, entertainment, and nutritional components.

Scientific Management

Scientific management is a system of improving productivity developed in the 1910s by Frederick W. Taylor. After analyzing the movements of workers as they did their jobs, Taylor trained them to eliminate unnecessary actions and greatly improve their efficiency.

Unnecessary Actions

Actions or efforts that do not contribute to achieving a goal or are not required for a successful outcome.