52:10725 Anderson,
Barbara A.; Silver, Brian D. "Permanent" and "present"
populations in Soviet statistics. Soviet Studies, Vol. 37, No. 3,
Jul 1985. 386-402 pp. Glasgow, Scotland. In Eng.
"This paper has
three aims: (1) to describe the definitions and assumptions underlying
the notions of population employed in the Soviet censuses of 1959,
1970, and 1979; (2) to identify which population concept (present or
permanent) is used in the census tabulations of the main population
characteristics (age, sex, nationality, region, marital status, and so
forth); and (3) to identify which population concept is used in
non-census statistics as well as some of the implications of the choice
between the permanent and the present population concepts in Soviet
non-census statistics."
Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
52:10726 Botha, J.
L.; Bradshaw, D. African vital statistics--a black
hole? South African Medical Journal/Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese
Tydskrif, Vol. 67, No. 24, Jun 15, 1985. 977-81 pp. Pinelands, South
Africa. In Eng.
Disease patterns among South African blacks are
analyzed using data on registered deaths collected since 1978. The
patterns of cause-specific mortality resemble those of a typical
developing country. The focus of the study is on the quality of the
data, particularly on the extent of under-registration and
misclassification. The need to improve the data in the country as a
whole as well as in the national states is
stressed.
Location: New York Academy of Medicine.
52:10727
Bouvier-Colle, Marie-Helene. Availability of
information on morbidity: statistics regularly compiled in Council of
Europe member states. Differential morbidity. Council of Europe
Population Studies, No. 10, ISBN 92-871- 0346-1. 1984. 45 pp. Council
of Europe: Strasbourg, France. In Eng.
"The purpose of this report
is to provide the most comprehensive survey possible of morbidity
statistics published regularly in Council of Europe member states. To
be included, they had to be indisputably comprehensive or
representative at national level and concern serious or disabling
diseases placing a heavy burden on the health systems of the countries
concerned or life- threatening diseases."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10728 Fingerhut,
Lois A.; Kleinman, Joel C. Comparability of reporting
between the birth certificate and the 1980 National Natality
Survey. Vital and Health Statistics, Series 2: Data Evaluation
and Methods Research, No. 99, Pub. Order No. DHHS (PHS) 86-1373. ISBN
0-8406-0325-8. LC 85-600196. Nov 1985. iv, 34 pp. U.S. National Center
for Health Statistics [NCHS]: Hyattsville, Maryland. In Eng.
The
purpose of this report is to compare natality data from the 1980
National Natality Survey of the United States with data from birth
certificates. Topics covered include demographic variables, pregnancy
history, prenatal care, and measures of pregnancy
outcome.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10729 Kingkade,
W. Ward. Evaluation of selected Soviet population
statistics. CIR Staff Paper, No. 9, Nov 1985. iii, 42 pp. U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Center for International Research, Soviet Social
Studies Branch: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author first notes
that the limited publication of results from the 1979 census of the
USSR does not include the basic data on age composition essential for
demographic analysis. An evaluation of unofficial Soviet age
distributions presented in a recent article by Murray Feshbach is
attempted. These distributions are compared with distributions from
previous Soviet censuses and vital statistics. The results indicate
that Feshbach's age distributions for 1979 are compatible with the
evidence from earlier official sources. These 1979 estimates are used
to analyze recent trends in mortality and completeness of birth
registration. Consideration is also given to the quality of available
Soviet data.
For the article by Feshbach, published in 1985, see
elsewhere in this issue.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:10730 Kish,
Leslie. Sample surveys versus experiments, controlled
observations, censuses, registers, and local studies. Australian
Journal of Statistics, Vol. 27, No. 2, Aug 1985. 111- 22 pp. Canberra,
Australia. In Eng.
The relative merits and drawbacks of data
obtained from the following sources are compared: sample surveys,
experimental projects, controlled observations, censuses, registers,
and local studies. The importance of representation as the criterion
for comparing the value of the data obtained by the various methods is
stressed.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10731 Malacic,
Janez. The present situation of demographic statistics in
Yugoslavia. [Sadasnji trenutak demografske statistike u
Jugoslaviji.] Statisticka Revija, Vol. 23, No. 3-4, 1983. 148-53 pp.
Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In Scr. with sum. in Eng.
The present
situation concerning population statistics in Yugoslavia is reviewed.
The author notes that although a well-developed statistical system is
in place, the statistical situation has deteriorated in recent years.
The major problem is identified as delay in publication of data. It is
noted that published results from the 1981 census are still by and
large unavailable and that vital statistics publications are out of
date. The situation at the republic or local level is slightly better,
but the author stresses the need for improvements at the national or
federal level, particularly if realistic population policies are to be
developed.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10732 McMillen,
David B.; Herriot, Roger. Toward a longitudinal definition
of households. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, Vol.
13, No. 3-4, Dec 1985. 349-60 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"This
paper reviews and extends work of staff of the [U.S.] Census Bureau and
the Income Survey Development Program (ISDP) of the Social Security
Administration....Both groups have attempted to develop a longitudinal
household definition. Several proposed definitions are presented and
the shortcomings of each are discussed." The authors conclude that "a
definition that takes the traditional Current Population Survey (CPS)
definitions of families and households and adds a temporal dimension to
them best fits the conceptual needs of the policy and research
communities."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10733 Bidegain,
Gabriel; Lopez, Diego. An evaluation of the coverage of
death registration in Venezuela. [Evaluacion de la cobertura del
registro de las defunciones en Venezuela.] Instituto de Investigaciones
Economicas y Sociales Documento de Trabajo, No. 19, Nov 1985. 52 pp.
Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Instituto de Investigaciones
Economicas y Sociales: Caracas, Venezuela. In Spa.
The coverage of
death registration in Venezuela is assessed using data from the 1950,
1961, 1971, and 1981 censuses; information from the yearbooks of the
Ministry of Health and the Central Statistical Office; and information
on life expectancy and crude rates of birth, death, and natural
increase. The data are analyzed according to seven different
techniques for indirect estimation. Completeness of the coverage is
evaluated, and the methods used to collect data are
compared.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10734
el-Shalakani, Mostafa. Estimating the completeness
of births and deaths registration in Egypt through dual record
systems. Genus, Vol. 41, No. 1-2, Jan- Jun 1985. 119-32 pp. Rome,
Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Ita.
"An estimate of the extent of
under-registration of births and deaths under the Vital Registration
System in Egypt has been made through the application of
Chandrasekar-Deming technique." Data are from a nationwide sample
survey, which was conducted in 1974-1975, and from registration records
for those years. Differences in the quality of data according to urban
or rural area and sex are discussed.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:10735 Hungary.
Kozponti Statisztikai Hivatal. Nepessegtudomanyi Kutato Intezet
(Budapest, Hungary). The development of vital statistics
in Hungary. Part 1. The development of official vital statistics from
the establishment of the statistical service to the decree of civil
registration, 1867- 1894. [A nepmozgalmi statisztika fejlodese
Magyarorszagon. I. A hivatalos nepmozgalmi statisztika fejlodese
Magyarorszagon a statisztikai szolgalat megalakulasatol a polgari
anyakonyvezes elrendeleseig (1867-1894).] 1985. 127 pp. Budapest,
Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
This is the first in a
planned series dealing with the history of vital statistics in Hungary.
This part of the study is concerned with the period from the
establishment of the statistical service in 1867 to the decree on civil
registration adopted in 1894. During this period, data collection was
based on parish registration.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:10736 Collazo
Evora, Tomas. Concerning the development of the objectives
of the 1981 population and housing census of the Republic of Cuba and
the intercensal exploitation program, 1982-1990. [Sobre el
desarrollo de los objetivos del censo de poblacion y viviendas de la
Republica de Cuba en 1981 y el programa de explotacion intercensal,
1982-1990.] Revista Estadistica, Vol. 7, No. 14, Dec 1984. 89-113, 121,
127 pp. Havana, Cuba. In Spa. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The results of
an evaluation of the 1981 census of Cuba are presented, together with
recommendations for future censuses. The program for using census data
in the intercensal period is outlined. Other official publications,
including demographic analyses and projections of the State Committee
for Statistics' Institute of Demography, are also
summarized.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10737 Dupaquier,
Jacques; Dupaquier, Michel. History of censuses.
[Histoire des recensements.] Revue Francaise d'Administration Publique,
No. 36, Oct-Dec 1985. 555-69 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The authors
review the history of census-taking from earliest times to the present.
The geographic focus is worldwide, with particular reference to
developments in France.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:10738 Lopez
Chavez, M. Guadalupe. A methodology for evaluating
information from the population and housing census of 1980.
[Metodologia para la critica de la informacion del censo de poblacion y
vivienda de 1980.] Revista de Estadistica y Geografia, Vol. 3, No. 10,
1982. 9-16 pp. Mexico City, Mexico. In Spa.
This is a critique of
the quality of data from the 1980 census of Mexico. The various kinds
of errors that can arise are first described. The quality of data is
then considered separately for housing, households, and
individuals.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
52:10739 Mauritius.
Central Statistical Office (Rose Hill, Mauritius). 1983
housing and population census of Mauritius. Vol. I. Methodological
report. Oct 1984. 76 pp. Rose Hill, Mauritius. In Eng.
This
methodological report from the 1983 census of Mauritius describes how
the census was organized and conducted.
Location: Boston
University, African Studies Library. Source: APLIC Census
Network List, No. 55-56, Nov-Dec 1985.
52:10740 Schulze,
Suzanne. Population information in twentieth century
census volumes: 1900-1940. ISBN 0- 89774-164-1. LC 85-11412.
1985. 274 pp. Oryx Press: Phoenix, Arizona. In Eng.
This book
completes an effort to identify the population information in all U.S.
decennial census reports from 1790 to 1940. Separate chapters are
included on each decennial census from 1900 to 1940. This work is
based on the catalog of U.S. censuses developed by Henry J. Dubester
and is designed to supplement and expand the information contained in
the catalog.
For a related volume on nineteenth century censuses,
published in 1983, see 50:20752.
Location: New York Public
Library.
52:10741 United
States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Subcommittee on Census and Population (Washington, D.C.).
The 1985 pretest census: hearing, June 26, 1984 (98th Congress,
2nd session). Serial, No. 98-48, 1984. iii, 29 pp. Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
The proceedings of a House Subcommittee on Census and
Population hearing concerning the 1985 Census Pretest and the Census
Awareness and Accountability Act of 1984 are presented. The census
pretests were scheduled to be held in Tampa, Florida, and Jersey City,
New Jersey. Details are presented concerning the objectives of the
Bureau of the Census in conducting the pretest; comments from a
representative of the General Accounting Office responsible for audits
at the Bureau are also included.
Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
52:10742 Cameroon.
Direction de la Statistique et de la Comptabilite Nationale (Yaounde,
Cameroon). National Fertility Survey of Cameroon, 1978.
Supplement to the main report: sampling scheme and weighting
factors. [Enquete Nationale sur la Fecondite du Cameroun, 1978.
Supplement au rapport principal: plan de sondage et ponderations.] LC
85-180046. [1983]. 39 pp. Yaounde, Cameroon. In Fre.
This report is
a supplement to the main report from the national fertility survey of
Cameroon, carried out in 1978 as part of the World Fertility Survey.
The supplement gives information concerning the sampling scheme
followed in the survey and the weighting procedures employed in
adjusting the data.
For the main report from this survey, published
in 1983, see 49:40211.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
52:10743 DaVanzo,
Julie. Measuring community variables for household health
and demographic surveys in developing countries. Rand Paper, No.
P-7099, May 1985. 7 pp. Rand Corporation: Santa Monica, California. In
Eng.
The intent of this paper is to emphasize the significance of
collecting community-level data in demographic and health surveys
conducted in developing countries. Important information may be
obtained at the community level concerning health and family planning
programs, food supply, labor markets, schools, modern conveniences and
sanitation, transportation, environmental conditions, and
communications. According to the author, "community data are
particularly valuable for policy purposes because they provide
information on factors affecting health and survival that are often
directly manipulable by policies and programs."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10744 Germany,
Federal Republic of. Bundesinstitut fur Bevolkerungsforschung
(Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic of). Family
formation in the Federal Republic of Germany: design and execution of
the panel study of the Federal Institute for Demographic Research.
[Familienbildung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Anlage und
Durchfuhrung der Panelstudie des Bundesinstituts fur
Bevolkerungsforschung.] Materialien zur Bevolkerungswissenschaft, No.
45, 1985. 36, [211] pp. Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic of. In
Ger.
The aim of this publication is to describe the methodology
used in a panel study of family formation in the Federal Republic of
Germany. The study, which was carried out between 1975 and 1984 by the
Federal Institute for Demographic Research, involved five rounds of
interviews as well as three supplementary surveys. Two cross-sectional
surveys of different samples were also conducted for comparative
purposes. The focus was on the factors influencing desired and actual
family size.
The original sample for the panel study included about
4,000 married German women who were born after 1945 and were still in
first marriages; later interview rounds covered smaller samples. An
extensive appendix contains the questionnaires used in each part of the
study.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10745 Haaga, John
G. The accuracy of retrospective data from the Malaysian
Family Life Survey. Rand Note, No. N-2157-AID, Jan 1986. xi, 61
pp. Rand Corporation: Santa Monica, California. In Eng.
The author
investigates the accuracy of retrospective life history data from the
Malaysian Family Life Survey, conducted in 1976-1977. "The quality of
data on a number of topics--fertility, contraceptive use, infant and
fetal mortality, breastfeeding, education--were studied, using
comparisons with external sources of information, checks of the
reliability of answers to a few questions asked more than once, and
checks of internal consistency and plausibility of patterns in the
data. The types of error investigated include omission or
overreporting of events, and misreporting of the timing of events or
the duration of intervals between events."
Factors contributing to
differences in the quality of reporting are noted, and ways to reduce
error are suggested.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:10746 Haber,
Sheldon E. A perspective on linking SIPP to administrative
and statistical records. Journal of Economic and Social
Measurement, Vol. 13, No. 3-4, Dec 1985. 331-40 pp. New York, New York.
In Eng.
"This paper examines ways in which the new [U.S.] Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP) can be improved at reasonable
cost by augmenting it with administrative and statistical records. One
reason for linking SIPP and other data sets is to assess the quality of
SIPP and to improve imputation algorithms for missing
data....Administrative and statistical data sets maintained by federal
and state agencies as well as the Bureau of the Census are identified
and examples given of the benefits to be gained from linking them to
SIPP. The problem of maintaining the confidentiality of the data in a
linked file and ways of making the data available to the research
community are also discussed."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:10747
International Statistical Institute [ISI] (Voorburg,
Netherlands); World Fertility Survey [WFS] (Voorburg,
Netherlands). Software user's manual. WFS Basic
Documentation, No. 12, Dec 1984. 269 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Eng.
In administering the World Fertility Survey, a variety of software
for survey data processing was developed and distributed. "The present
document, the last of the WFS Basic Documentation series, describes
this software, specifying input and output files, command language
used, restrictions, error messages, sample jobs run and other details
for seventeen major programs developed between 1977 and 1983. In
addition, separate manuals are available on a widely used program for
estimation of sampling variances (CLUSTERS), and on the extensive
subroutines library not described here."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10748 Kalton,
Graham; Lepkowski, James. Following rules in SIPP.
Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, Vol. 13, No. 3-4, Dec 1985.
319-29 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The authors review the
"following rules", which are used to define the units at each wave of
data collection in the U.S. Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP). These rules are examined in relation to the SIPP objectives
and compared with the rules of other panel
surveys.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10749 Lucas,
David; Kane, Penny. Asking demographic questions.
Demography Teaching Notes, No. 5, ISBN 0- 86784-577-5. 1985. vii, 220
pp. Australian National University, National Centre for Development
Studies: Canberra, Australia. In Eng.
This collection of papers,
which is intended for use by graduate students in demography, focuses
on the advantages and disadvantages of asking questions in various
forms in an interview schedule or questionnaire. The primary
geographic focus is on developing countries. Individual chapters by
different authors are devoted to topics such as household
identification, personal names, sex and gender, age, nuptiality,
fertility, mortality, birth intervals, breast-feeding, current use of
contraception, reasons for migration, internal migration, education and
literacy, occupation, and ethnicity.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:10750 Nag,
Prithvish. Census mapping survey. LC 84-902653. 1984.
xxiii, 299 pp. Concept Publishing: New Delhi, India. In Eng; Fre.
This collection of essays by various authors is concerned with
census mapping around the world. The papers, except for one in French,
are in English. The book is the result of a survey carried out under
the joint auspices of the International Geographical Union's Commission
on Population Geography and the International Cartographic
Association's Commission on Census Mapping. The focus of the
collection is on progress in mapping during the 1980 census round.
Following an introductory chapter, reports are included on 21
countries, representing approximately 43 percent of the world's
population. A retrospective or summary chapter is also
included.
Countries included are Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh,
Brazil, Cameroon, the Federal Republic of Germany, Hungary, India,
Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Sweden, Tanzania,
Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Topics
covered include the use of census districts for mapping population, the
use of automation to produce maps, the importance of post-censal
mapping, and the use of census maps as tools by
planners.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10751
O'Muircheartaigh, C. A. The magnitude and pattern
of response variance in the Lesotho Fertility Survey. WFS
Scientific Reports, No. 70, Dec 1984. 43 pp. International Statistical
Institute [ISI]: Voorburg, Netherlands; World Fertility Survey [WFS]:
London, England. In Eng.
This is the third in a series of six
reports in a project designed to evaluate response error in World
Fertility Survey data and the implications for analysis of the data.
Earlier reports present the background, objectives, and methodology of
the country studies. In the current report, the results of the Lesotho
survey are examined through a reinterview process and calculation of
the total variance of the estimator.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:10752 Rizgalla,
M. Evaluation of the Sudan Fertility Survey 1978-79.
WFS Scientific Reports, No. 72, Jul 1985. 43 pp. International
Statistical Institute [ISI]: Voorburg, Netherlands; World Fertility
Survey [WFS]: London, England. In Eng.
The quality of the
demographic data collected in the 1978-1979 Sudan Fertility Survey,
which was conducted as part of the World Fertility Survey, is assessed.
Errors in age reporting and misdating of vital events in marriage and
birth histories are found, and their affects on both period trends and
levels of fertility and mortality are noted. The authors conclude that
"the quality of the data is relatively good, and with suitable
demographic and statistical techniques can provide reasonable estimates
of demographic patterns and trends in the Sudan."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10753 Santow,
Gigi; Bioumla, A. An evaluation of the Cameroon Fertility
Survey 1978. WFS Scientific Reports, No. 64, Dec 1984. 46 pp.
International Statistical Institute [ISI]: Voorburg, Netherlands; World
Fertility Survey [WFS]: London, England. In Eng.
The quality of
data reporting in the 1978 Cameroon Fertility Survey, which was
conducted as part of the World Fertility Survey, is evaluated. After
adjusting for poor age reporting and underreporting of first marriages
and fetal wastage, the authors find the data for women under 45 years
of age in areas other than the north to be reasonably reliable. Among
the demographic trends noted are an overall rise in fertility due to a
decline in primary sterility and a decrease in infant and child
mortality. Regional diversity in these rates is highlighted by lower
fertility and higher mortality rates in the northern areas and by a
substantial variation in levels of primary and secondary
sterility.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10754 Waksberg,
Joseph; Northrup, Doris R. Integration of sample design
for the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle IV, with the National
Health Interview Survey. Vital and Health Statistics, Series 2:
Data Evaluation and Methods Research, No. 96, Pub. Order No. DHHS (PHS)
86-1370. ISBN 0-8406-0311-8. LC 84-600398. Dec 1985. vi, 38 pp. U.S.
National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]: Hyattsville, Maryland. In
Eng.
"Research was undertaken to develop alternative methods of
selecting a sample of eligible women for the [U.S.] National Survey of
Family Growth (NSFG) from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
This report presents estimates of the effects of alternative design
options, obtained by statistical modeling techniques, for linking the
NSFG with the NHIS. The estimated survey costs, lengths of data
collection period, and projected response rates for alternative linked
design options and for the unlinked design are compared for fixed
precision. The findings indicate that substantial gains in the NSFG
design efficiency could be realized if particular linked design options
are adopted to replace the independent design."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
