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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1989
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN HONG KONG BETWEEN 1981 AND 1987
IN HONG A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ENTITLED 'DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
ISSUE NOVEMBER THE
OF THE HONG KONG KONG: 1981-1987' APPEARS IN
MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS.
THE POPULATION SIZE AND THIS ARTICLE ANALYSES THE TRENDS IN
USING STRUCTURE, DEATHS, MARRIAGE AND BIRTHS IN HONG KONG SINCE 1981,
STATISTICS SYSTEMS THE VARIOUS VITAL OBTAINED INFORMATION
FROM MAINTAINED BY THE CENSUS & STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOWN THE ARTICLE REVEALS THAT THE POPULATION GROWTH HAS SLOWED
BIRTHS AND THE IN RECENT YEARS, MAINLY DUE TO THE FALLING NUMBER OF STABILIZED NET INWARD MIGRATION.
BELOW THE LEVEL REQUIRED THE FERTILITY LEVEL HAD FALLEN FAR EVENTUALLY FOR THE POPULATION TO REPLACE ITSELF.
MOREOVER, AS MORTALITY CONTINUED TO IMPROVE, PEOPLE WOULD LONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.
THESE
CHANGES
IN
FERTILITY
AND
MORTALITY
LIVE
CONDITIONS
HAVE
RESULTED IN THE GRADUAL AGING OF THE POPULATION.
THERE HAS BEEN A GENERAL REGARDING THE TRENDS IN MARRIAGE, DECREASE IN MARRIAGE RATES FOR FIRST MARRIAGE. REMARRIAGE AGES WERE INCREASING AMONGST THE DIVORCED AND WIDOWED FEMALES.
AT
YOUNGER
ON SALE AT THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS IS NOW
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PERIODS.
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