Qiang Ren, Fogarty Fellow

Research Interests: demography, issues on population, environment and health, focusing primarily upon demography and quantitative methodology

Ph.D., Peking University

Publications

Ren, Q., DeLong GR, Xueyi Cao, Shaohua Wang, Xinmin Jiang, Jiyong Jiang, Al-Rakeman Murdon, DeLong Nancy "Infant Mortality and Growth Stunting in Children in Xinjiang, China: The Predominant Role of Iodine Deficiency." Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 35(Suppl.): 49-51. 2001. (published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., GR DeLong, Yi Zeng, Xiaoying Zheng "The Effect of Iodine Supplementation to the Environment on Socio-economy and Population in Xinjiang: Structural Equation Model." Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol.35 (Suppl.): 67-74. 2001. (published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., GR DeLong, Xueyi Cao, Shaohua Wang, Xinmin Jiang, Jiyong Jiang, Al-Rakeman Murdon "Effect of Environmental Supplementation of Iodine on Infant Mortality and Growth in Children in Xinjiang, China." Chinese Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 23(3): 199-203. 2002. (published in Chinese).

Lutz, Wolfgang, and Q. Ren "Determinants of Human Population Growth." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, Vol. 357(1425): 1197-1210. 2002.

Huang, Chengli, XiaoYing Zheng, Yi Liu, Q. Ren "An Analysis of Problems Arising during 'Three Terms Building' of Health Services in Rural Area." Chinese Health Economics Magazine, Vol.22 (1): 25-27. 2003. (published in Chinese).

Hoy, Caroline, and Q. Ren 2003. "Socioeconomic Impacts of Uyghur Movement to Beijing." Pp.155-174 in China's Minorities on the Move: Selected Case Studies. edited by Robyn Iredale, Naran Bilik, and Fei Guo. New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc..

Ren, Q., and Xin Yuan 2003. "Impacts of Migration to Xinjiang Since the 1950s." Pp.89-105 in China's Minorities on the Move: Selected Case Studies. edited by Robyn Iredale, Naran Bilik, and Fei Guo. New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc..

Lutz, Wolfgang, and Q. Ren 2003. "Determinants of Human Population Growth." Pp.85-109 in Wildlife Population Growth Rates. edited by R.M. Sibly, J. Hone, and T.H. Clutton-Brock. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press for the Royal Society.

Ren, Q., and Wolfgang Lutz "Population Density and Human Fertility: An Explorary Analysis." Chinese Journal of Population Science, No.5: 1-10. 2003. (published in Chinese).

Wang, Haitao, Q. Ren, Leiwen Jiang "Socio-demographic Analysis of Housing Privatization in the Large Cities of China." Market & Demographic Analysis, Vol.10 (2): 56-62. 2004. (published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., Yunzhong You, Xiaoying Zheng, Xinming Song, Gong Chen "The Levels, Patterns and Regional Variations in Mortality of China since the 1980s." Chinese Journal of Population Science, No.3: 19-29. 2004. (published in Chinese).

Zhou, Yun, and Q. Ren "A Study of Sex Ratio at Birth among Children Born between 1910 and 1969." Journal of Peking University: Philosophy and Social Sciences, Vol.41 (4): 103-109. 2004. (published in Chinese).

Zheng, Xiaoying, Xinming Song, Q. Ren, Ying Ji, Yanling Guo "Health of the Elderly and Regional Plan of Sources of Public Health in China." Market & Demographic Analysis, Suppl.: 12-19. 2004. (published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., Xiaoying Zheng, Guiying Cao "The Gender Mortality Difference in China Since the 1980s." Chinese Journal of Population Science, No.1: 2-13. 2005. (published in Chinese).

Jiang, Leiwen, and Q. Ren "The Projection of Population, Households and Housing Demand in China." Market & Demographic Analysis, Vol.11 (2): 20-29. 2005. (published in Chinese).

Cao, Guiying, and Q. Ren "Future Trends of Urbanization and Migration: National and Regional Perspectives." Population and Economics, No.4: 51-57. 2005. (published in Chinese).

Ren, Q. "Current Issues of Fertility Level in China." Market & Demographic Analysis, Vol.11 (6): 28-33. 2005. (published in Chinese).

Zhou, Yun, and Q. Ren 2006. "Longevity among Chinese C" Pp.273-281 in Longer Life and Healthy Aging. edited by Zeng Yi et al.. Netherlands: Springer Publisher.

Qiao, Xiaochun, and Q. Ren "The Choices of Chinese Fertility Policy in the Future." Market & Demographic Analysis, Vol.12 (3): 1-13. 2006. (published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., and Xiaoying Zheng "The Transition of Contraceptives Behavior among Married People in China: 1988-2001." Chinese Journal of Population Science, No.3: 86-94. 2006. (published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., and Jiehua Lu "Future Development of the Floating Population and Modifying Strategies in Beijing." Population Research, Vol.30 (4): 77-83. 2006. (published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., and Qiang Fu "Marginal Fertility Decision in Economic Development: Testing the Leibenstein's Theory." Chinese Journal of Population Science, No.1: 60-79. 2007. (published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., Jie Fan, Zhizhong Zhang, Xiaoying Zheng, GR DeLong "Correcting Iodine Deficiency through Iodination of Irrigation Water in Inner Mongolia." IDD Newsletter, Vol.25 (3): 9-10. 2007.

Ren, Q. "Trajectory of Changes in Human Life Expectancy in the World since the 1950s." Population Research, Vol.31(5): 75-81. 2007. (published in Chinese).

Zheng, Xiaoying, and Q. Ren "The Introduction of Reproductive Health and the Transition of Chinese Married Women's Contraceptive Using Model: Changes of Contraceptives model in terms of its Medical Control models and Self-control models since the introduction of ICPD." Population and Economics, No.6: 5-11. 2007. (published in Chinese).

Lutz, Wolfgang, Sergei Scherbov, Guiying Cao, Q. Ren, Xiaoying Zheng "China's Uncertain Demographic Present and Future." Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2007, 37-59. 2007.

Ren, Q. "How to Face the Health Risk of Ageing." Social Outlook, No.12: 19. 2007. (Published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., Jie Fan, Zhizhong Zhang, Xiaoying Zheng, G. Robert DeLong "An Environmental Approach to Correcting Iodine Deficiency: Supplementing Iodine in Soil by Iodination of Irrigation Water in Remote Areas." Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, Vol.22 (1): 1-8. 2008.

Ren, Q., Qiang Fu, Yushu Zhu "Returns to Education Based on Household Registrition System: A Re-examination to Wage Disparity." Population and Development, Vol.14 (3): 37-46. 2008. (Published in Chinese).

Ren, Q., Xiaoying Zheng, Wolfgang Lutz, Sergei Scherbov "Uncertain Demographic Dynamics in China." Chinese Journal of Population Science, No.6: 19-27. 2008. (Fully cited by China Economist (English Journal), May-June, No.3: 92-103, 2009).

Ren, Q., Zhihao Lv, Qiang Fu 2008. "Studies on Population, Household Dynamics and Housing in China." Pp.216-264 in Proceedings of Studies on 2005 National 1% Population Sample Survey. edited by State Statistical Bureau. Beijing: China Statistics Press. (Published in Chinese).

Wang, Fang, and Q. Ren 2008. "China Current and Evolutive Population Age Structure and Its International Comparision." Pp.45-73 in Strategical Studies on Micro Human Resources. edited by Shuguo Gao et al.. Beijing: Central Radio & TV University Press. (Published in Chinese).

Gao, Shuguo, Chief editor, Associate editors: Fang Wang, Q. Ren, Jian Wang, Jian Zhang 2008. Strategical Studies on Micro Human Resources." Beijing: Central Radio & TV University Press. (Published in Chinese).

Tucker, Joseph, Dudley L. Poston, Q. Ren, Baochang Gu, Xiaoying Zheng, Stephanie Wang, Chris Russell (Eds.) 2009. Gender Policy and HIV in China: Catalyzing Policy Change." Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer Publishers.

Ren, Q., Xiaoying Zheng, Wolfgang Lutz, Sergei Scherbov 2009. "Uncertain Population Dynamics and HIV/AIDS in China." Pp.9-25 in Gender Policy and HIV in China: Catalyzing Policy Change. edited by Joseph Tucker et al.. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer Publishers.

Ren, Q., Xiwei Wu, Zhen Mu, Qing Lai 2009. Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis (Second edition)(in Chinese)." Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press (China). (translation into Chinese originally authored by Dan Powers and Yu Xie).

MISSING VOLUME. Fu, Qiang, and Q. Ren "Educational Inequality under China's Rural-Urban Divide: The Hukou System and Returns to Education." Environment and Planning A, . MISSING DATE. (Forthcoming).

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