Analysis of Rural Population Fitness in the Collectivization Period(1956-1983)

The collectivization period is the period of "growth without development", due to farmers' low living standard and non-essential increase in rural labor productivity. However, driven by equalized collective economy and assistant collective security, farmers' living conditions were improved and their physical quality greatly was strengthened, indicators of infant mortality, adolescent development, various disease prevalence and mortality, and life expectancy were optimized.