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Introduction To Chinese Youth (With A Commentary), Jieying Xi, Yan Xia
Introduction To Chinese Youth (With A Commentary), Jieying Xi, Yan Xia
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications
Different countries and fields of study differ in determining the age group of youth. Based on the census result from the National Bureau of Statistics and the situation of Chinese youth, the age group of youth is defined as those from 15 to 29 years old. Therefore, Chinese youth described in this chapter refers to the age group of 15-29 living in the Chinese mainland, not including youth from Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan Province. According to China’s fifth census conducted in 2000, the youth population in the Chinese mainland is 315 million, accounting for 25.36% of …