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Originally in 1949, around the time Mao Ze Dong was in power, China began promoting birth control, however were voluntary and sporadic until his death.

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Originally, before China implemented the one-child policy, they attempted to implement a two-child policy, however it was unsuccessful when a study arose.

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In the 1970's, it was discovered that even if families restricted themselves to only two children, there was still a major risk of over population in China.

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Rural China was generally the area that rejected the one-child policy due to them wanting more children in order to have them work more.

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Village-Level Intervention Nets Big BP Control Gains in Rural China

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Due to heavy confucianism beliefs, it led to the more desired outcome of having male children in order for them to take the family name.

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Stigma against baby girls and the One-Child policy

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Stigma against baby girls and the One-Child policy

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Although it is generally believed that families despised having female children, many families were found to have been harboring baby girls they had had.

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There was a huge boom of babies being born in 2016, namely due to the fact that it was the year of the monkey, which would make the baby "clever and charming"

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In 1989, China's population was numbered at 1.1 billion, and by 1994 there was a 1.4% decrease

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Currently, China is attempting to encourage more families to have more children, but due to children being very expensive to manage, the trend of small families will most likely continue

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There was a plan to implement a three child policy, but due to many young people being more interested in their own lives rather than starting a family, the policy never really got off ground