China fertility report,2006-2016 An analysis based on China fertility survey 2017

Based on China fertility survey 2017,this report presents the national fertility level,age-specific fertility rate and parity distribution.The survey results show that during 2006-2016 the mean ages at first marriage and first birth increased by 2.7 and 2.6 years respectively.From 2006 to 2011,the total fertility rate was around 1.60-1.70,and experienced notable fluctuations during 2012-2016.Compared the age-specific fertility in 2006 with in 2011,the curve in 2016 shifted significantly to the right side.Affected by the relaxation of the fertility policy,the proportion of second births among the total births had increased year by year since 2012.

Correction to:China fertility report,2006-2016 An analysis based on China fertility survey 2017

The article China fertility report,2006-2016,written by Dan He,Xuying Zhang,Ya’er Zhuang,Zhili Wang,Yu Jiang,was originally published electronically in SpringerLink on 25 January without Open Access.With the author(s)’decision to opt for Open Choice the copyright of the article changed on 25 January 2019 to©The Author(s)2019 and the article is forthwith distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),which permits use,duplication,adaptation,distribution and reproduction in any medium or format,as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s)and the source,provide a link to the Creative Commons license,and indicate if changes were made.