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educational level, profession, occupation, status if unemployed, marital status, number of living children, number of births in 1981 – and six concerning households – size, type (domestic or collective), serial number, number of births in 1981, number of deaths in 1981, and number of registered persons absent longer than one year.
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The average household size was 4.41, almost unchanged since the previous census. 33.59% of the population was 14 or under; 61.50% of the population was between 15 and 64; and 4.91% of the population was 65 or older. Life expectancy was estimated to be 66.28 years for males and 69.27 years for
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Another anomaly was that birth and death rates recorded by the census and household registration system differed but arrived at similar totals. Both deaths and births were found to have been underreported to the registration system, to maintain rations allocated to the deceased and to avoid
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Preparations for the census were begun in 1976, with fact-finding missions sent to the United States and Japan to review their methods. Computers were installed in every provincial capital except Tibet; these were linked to a central processing unit at the
Beijing office of the
1286:, the 1982 census suffered from irregularities as well. In particular, while the number of official cities shrank from previous lists, the urban population itself increased by more than 50% from a 1981 estimate of 138.70 million to the 1982 census total of 206.59 million.
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of 1964 was officially acknowledged to have occurred at all. It had been an eighteen-year hiatus, and it wouldn't be until 1987 that China adopted a decennial plan, beginning with the
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Approximately five million census takers interviewed a representative of each household in China over the month beginning 1 July 1982. In rural areas, census stations were located at
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Chinese sources such as
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Chinese family names
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216:Provincial Distribution
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1542:Chengrui, Li (1986).
1482:People's Daily Online
1426:Kirkby, Richard J.R.
1316:Urbanization in China
1311:Demographics of China
139:on October 27, 1982.
22:Third National Census
1378:Includes the modern
1352:Includes the modern
1408:The China Quarterly
160:production brigades
123:1982 Chinese census
56:General information
1546:. Westview Press.
1497:Banister, Judith.
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1628:Sixth (2010)
1623:Fifth (2000)
1613:Third (1982)
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1603:First (1953)
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1016:
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930:313,599,019
919:694,581,759
413:Heilongjiang
233:1982 Census
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201:
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194:
191:Demographics
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164:
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122:
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1274:Controversy
880:11,859,748
877:10,816,458
830:13,081,681
780:19,274,279
777:12,348,638
764:15,585,943
756:36,420,960
753:20,845,017
740:10,566,030
732:38,884,603
729:28,318,573
716:12,044,292
708:32,553,817
705:20,509,525
684:25,291,389
681:18,015,067
668:18,900,016
660:74,419,054
657:55,519,038
636:28,904,423
633:20,766,915
620:31,756,820
612:99,713,310
609:67,956,490
564:35,721,693
561:26,946,200
540:22,560,053
537:15,668,663
524:12,116,808
516:33,184,827
513:21,068,019
500:16,016,506
492:60,521,114
489:44,504,608
476:16,827,565
468:54,008,851
465:37,182,286
452:14,094,806
444:47,804,150
441:33,709,344
428:12,547,275
420:32,665,546
417:20,118,271
404:14,097,228
396:74,422,739
393:50,325,511
372:53,005,876
369:45,687,781
356:11,412,476
348:28,552,997
345:17,140,521
332:16,498,371
324:59,299,220
321:42,800,849
300:19,569,261
297:12,630,569
276:25,931,106
273:16,757,223
260:18,424,073
252:49,665,724
249:31,241,657
229:1964 Census
223:Province or
203:Han Chinese
153:1990 census
1665:Categories
1553:0813304857
1450:Xinhua Net
1390:References
944:See also:
905:7,764,141
888:1,043,290
863:1,662,192
855:9,230,687
852:7,568,495
838:5,811,614
827:7,270,067
806:1,892,393
803:1,251,225
788:6,925,641
692:7,276,322
644:8,137,508
596:1,750,102
588:3,895,706
585:2,145,604
572:8,775,493
548:6,891,390
380:7,318,095
308:6,938,692
284:9,173,883
207:Minorities
1649:See also:
1527:Hong Kong
1380:Chongqing
1356:province.
317:Guangdong
239:% Change
199:females.
1305:See also
940:Surnames
872:Shanghai
814:641,168
800:(Tibet)
725:Zhejiang
653:Shandong
557:Liaoning
105:populous
86:populous
1367:Tianjin
1341:Ningxia
933:45.15%
911:
908:
902:
897:Tianjin
847:Beijing
629:Shaanxi
605:Sichuan
581:Qinghai
509:Jiangxi
485:Jiangsu
341:Guizhou
236:Change
170:Results
69:Results
61:Country
1550:
1436:
1354:Hainan
916:Total
866:21.96
841:79.94
817:51.24
791:56.08
767:74.77
743:37.31
719:58.73
701:Yunnan
695:40.39
677:Shanxi
671:34.04
647:39.18
623:46.73
599:81.57
575:32.57
551:43.98
527:57.51
503:35.99
479:45.26
455:41.81
431:62.37
407:28.01
383:16.02
359:66.58
335:38.55
311:54.94
287:54.75
269:Fujian
263:58.97
185:Xinhua
107:
103:
88:
84:
1327:Notes
891:9.65
533:Jilin
461:Hunan
437:Hubei
389:Henan
365:Hebei
293:Gansu
245:Anhui
101:Least
95:Henan
64:China
1548:ISBN
1434:ISBN
1284:1964
1282:and
1280:1953
121:The
82:Most
44:1990
34:1964
1484:. "
1452:. "
1406:".
1667::
1529::
1525:.
1415:^
1294:.
162:.
155:.
1584:e
1577:t
1570:v
1556:.
1537:.
1269:文
1266:龚
1263:赖
1260:贺
1257:乔
1254:武
1251:常
1248:黎
1245:易
1242:尹
1237:汤
1234:钱
1231:雷
1228:段
1225:万
1222:龙
1219:孟
1216:邵
1213:侯
1210:顾
1205:史
1202:江
1199:秦
1196:邱
1193:毛
1190:康
1187:崔
1184:白
1181:孔
1178:郝
1173:陆
1170:金
1167:熊
1164:邹
1161:廖
1158:谭
1155:姚
1152:石
1149:方
1146:范
1141:姜
1138:任
1135:田
1132:汪
1129:钟
1126:夏
1123:戴
1120:杜
1117:潘
1114:佘
1109:阎
1106:叶
1103:薛
1100:魏
1097:丁
1094:贾
1091:蔡
1088:蒋
1085:卢
1082:苏
1077:吕
1074:彭
1071:曾
1068:沈
1065:傅
1062:许
1059:邓
1056:袁
1053:曹
1050:程
1045:萧
1042:董
1039:于
1036:冯
1033:唐
1030:韩
1027:谢
1024:郑
1021:宋
1018:梁
1013:罗
1010:马
1007:郭
1004:何
1001:林
998:高
995:朱
992:胡
989:孙
986:徐
981:吴
978:周
975:黄
972:赵
969:杨
966:陈
963:刘
960:张
957:王
954:李
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