Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Planned population growth: terms of reference -- Family planning: Definition, model, and attainment -- REFERENCES -- Translations from -- CHAPTER 5. The Control of Our Nation's Population Growth According to Plan -- I. Planned control of the rate of population growth is an outcome of the union between Marxist population theory and our nation's realities -- II. Regional differentiation in the planned adjustment of population growth -- III. The intrinsic difference between our nation's control of population growth and old and Neo-Malthusianism -- 1. Differences in content -- 2. Absolute differences in theoretical premises -- 3. Basis differences in class aims -- CHAPTER 6. Population Plans -- I. The function, content, and types of population plans -- 1. Population total -- 2. The rate o f natural increase and the birthrate -- II. The basic principles of population plan formulation -- 1. Proceeding from reality and undertaking sound investigation -- 2. Formulating population plans on the basis o f unity between higher and lower branches and democratic centralism -- 3. Coordinating the formulation o f population plans with plans for economic development, cultural development, and expansion o f service enterprises -- 4. Achieving unity between long-term and short-term plans in the formulation o f population plans -- III. The basic methods of formulating population plans -- 1. Preparing good population forecasts is the prerequisite for and foundation o f population plan formulation -- 2. Basic content o f the population forecast -- (i) Estimating Births -- (ii) Estimating Deaths -- (iii) Estimating Population Total -- 3. Establishing population plan targets -- (i) Adjustments in Births -- (ii) Adjusting Population Totals According to Mechanical Change