[ **up: [[China]] | [[Conception, pregnancy, and childbirth]]** ] --- # Conception and pregnancy – China ## Statistical Findings between 2006–2016 > The age at first marriage increased.[^1] > Total fertility rate during 2006–2016 fluctuated around 1.65, with a significant increase of the fertility rate of second parity.[^2] --- ## ART [[2025-0311. In China, there are two types of private ART companies.|In China, there are two types of private ART companies.]][^3] --- ## External resources - [BBC | Why it’s getting easier to be a single mum in China](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-66064589) - [Frontiers in Psychology | From offline to online: understanding Chinese single mothers’ uncertainty management in interpersonal and online contexts](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9120956/) - [ ] https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/last-generation-why-chinas-youth-are-deciding-against-having-children - [ ] https://chinapartnership.org/blog/2019/03/single-mothers-the-invisible-group-of-chinese-society/ (ignore the religion interspersed in this) [^1]: Dan He, et al., ‘[[He, et al. ‘China fertility report, 2006–2016_ An analysis based on China fertility survey 2017’, 2019.|China fertility report, 2006–2016: An analysis based on China fertility survey 2017]]’, *China Population and Development Studies* (2019), vol. 2, p. 431. [^2]: Dan He, et al., ‘[[He, et al. ‘China fertility report, 2006–2016_ An analysis based on China fertility survey 2017’, 2019.|China fertility report, 2006–2016: An analysis based on China fertility survey 2017]]’, *China Population and Development Studies* (2019), vol. 2, p. 431. [^3]: Han Tao, ‘[[Tao. ‘A desirable future or unaffordable hope_ Queer people becoming parents through assisted reproductive technology (ART) in Guangdong, China’, 2022.|A Desirable Future or Unaffordable Hope? Queer People Becoming Parents Through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Guangdong, China]]’, *Culture, Health & Sexuality*, (16 March 2022), p. 3.