Effect of “universal two-child” policy on population changes in Shandong province, China: an interrupted time series analysis
The policy implementation helped to boost the population growth in the short term, but the long-term effect of the policy was not optimistic. More targeted incentive strategies should be considered to reverse the continuous decline in fertility rates.
Authors
- Hang Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4797-3072)
- Keqing Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-3834)
- Xin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5223-9628)
- Qiang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6704-5703)
- Xueli Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9406-7999)
- Shuyu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1762-0269)
- Wenhui Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8178-0349)
- Mengjun Cao
Institutions
- Weifang Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1612141
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.87