Chapter 6: Tracing the Origins of the Divorce Twofer to Heavy Caseloads

Revised February 14, 2022

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Page 201, Table 6.3B (also cited on page 203)

NOTE FOR HENAN TAB: “Official count of judges” applies primarily to the 2009-2015 time period. “% 1st-attempt divorce petitions granted in full sample” applies to the 2009-2015 time period.

NOTE FOR ZHEJIANG TAB: “Official count of judges” applies to the 2010-2014 time period. “% 1st-attempt divorce petitions granted in full sample” applies to the 2009-2016 time period.

Page 208, Table 6.4B (also cited on page 209)

NOTE FOR HENAN TAB: 183 courts in total; 161 basic-level courts in the empirical analyses. Courts are organized into groups according to the prefectures to which they belong. The first court in each group is an intermediate court. The name of the Kaifeng County People’s Court (开封县人民法院) changed to the Kaifeng Municipal Xiangfu District People’s Court (开封市祥符区人民法院, 2j) when Kaifeng County was redesignated as Xiangfu District in 2014. Because they are the same court, all cases under the former court name were reassigned to the latter court name in decision-level analyses of court decisions on granting divorce petitions and child custody. They were kept separate in court-level analyses. “Official count of judges” applies primarily to the 2009-2015 time period. “Official count of all closed cases” applies to 2014. “% 1st-attempt divorce petitions granted in full sample” applies to the 2009-2015 time period.

NOTE FOR ZHEJIANG TAB: 105 courts in total; 91 basic-level courts in the empirical analyses. Courts are organized into groups according to the prefectures to which they belong. The first court in each group is an intermediate court. The Ningbo Municipal Fenghua City People’s Court (宁波市奉化市人民法院, 2l) was renamed the Ningbo Municipal Fenghua District People’s Court (宁波市奉化区人民法院) when the county-level city of Fenghua was annexed as an urban district of Ningbo in 2016. In this book it is treated as an urban district. Also, at the end of 2017, the county-level city of Lin’an (临安市, 1n) became a district of Hangzhou. “Official count of judges,” “official count of all closed cases,” and “mean cases per judge” apply to the 2010-2014 time period. “% 1st-attempt divorce petitions granted in full sample” applies to the 2009-2016 time period.

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