Average size of households in China 1990-2023

This graph shows the average size of households in China from 1990 to 2023. That year, statistically about 2.8 people were living in an average Chinese household. Average household size in ChinaA household is commonly defined as one person living alone or a group of people living together and sharing certain living accommodations. The average number of people living in one household in China dropped from 3.96 in 1990 to 2.87 in 2011. Since 2010, the figure was relatively stable and ranged between 2.87 and 3.17 people per household. The average Chinese household still counts as rather large in comparison to other industrial countries. In 2023, an average American household consisted of only 2.51 people. Comparable figures have already been reached in the bigger cities and coastal areas of China, but in the rural provinces the household size is still much larger. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the household size in China was diametrically correlated to its income. Birth rates and household sizesThe receding size of Chinese households may be linked to the controversial one-child policy introduced in 1979. The main aim of the policy was to control population growth. While the fertility rate in China had been very high until the 1970s, it fell considerably in the following decades and resided at only 1.7 children per woman in 2018, nearly the same as in the United States or in the United Kingdom. A partial ease in the one-child policy was introduced in 2013, due to which couples where at least one parent was an only child were allowed to have a second child. In October 2015, the law was changed into a two-child policy becoming effective in January 2016.

本图展示了1990年至2023年间中国家庭平均规模的演变。当年，据统计，平均每户中国家庭居住人口约为2.8人。在中国，家庭通常被定义为独居一人或多人共同居住并共享特定生活空间的集体。自1990年的3.96人降至2011年的2.87人，中国每户家庭的平均居住人数有所下降。自2010年起，该数值相对稳定，家庭平均居住人口介于2.87至3.17人之间。与其它工业国家相比，中国的平均家庭规模仍显得较大。至2023年，平均美国家庭人口仅为2.51人。在中国的大城市和沿海地区，这一比例已接近相似水平，但农村省份的家庭规模仍然较大。根据中国国家统计局的数据，中国的家庭规模与其收入呈直接相关性。家庭规模的变化可能与1979年实施的具有争议性的独生子女政策有关。该政策的主要目的是控制人口增长。尽管直到20世纪70年代，中国的生育率非常高，但在接下来的几十年中，生育率显著下降，至2018年，每名女性的生育率仅为1.7个孩子，与美国或英国接近。2013年，由于政策部分放宽，至少有一方父母为独生子女的家庭被允许生育第二个孩子。2015年10月，该法律被修改为二孩政策，并于2016年1月起生效。

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背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集提供了1990年至2024年中国家庭平均人口数的统计数据，显示家庭规模从1990年的3.96人下降到2024年的2.51人。数据来源于中国国家统计局的人口普查和年度抽样调查，反映了家庭规模与收入、城乡差异的关联。