Comparative study of population changes in rural Laos

本研究基于老挝三个不同农村地区收集的441例产妇病史，记录了过去50年间5岁以下儿童生育率和死亡率的纵向变化，并考察了各地区生育模式与社会经济和文化背景之间的变化关系。结果表明，20世纪90年代以来的农村发展特征对当前人口结构有不同程度的影响。这项研究正处于将研究结果、人口数据库和研究手册在网上公布的阶段

Based on 441 cases of maternal history collected in three different rural areas of Laos, this research captured longitudinal changes during the past fifty years of fertility rate and mortality rate of children under five years and examined the changing relationship between the reproduction pattern and socio-economic and cultural background in each area. The result showed that characteristics of rural development from 1990s had different impacts on current population profile. The research is in the phase of publishing the findings and the population database and research manual on the Web