52:10758 Association
of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN]. Population Coordination Unit (Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia). ASEAN directory of demography and
family planning research and training institutions. Studies on
Health and Family Planning in ASEAN Countries, Mar 1983. 219 pp. Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. In Eng.
An attempt is made to list all
English-language facilities and resources available for training and
research in family planning and demography in the ASEAN region of
southeastern Asia. The research institutions are first listed by
country and by biomedical or socio-demographic field of interest. The
second part lists the institutions and the types of courses they offer,
with details of content, duration, criteria for admission, and officer
to be contacted.
Location: Columbia University, CPFH
Library, New York, N.Y.
52:10759 Harris,
Diana K. The sociology of aging: an annotated
bibliography and sourcebook. Garland Bibliographies in Sociology,
No. 5, ISBN 0-8240-9046-2. LC 83-48220. 1985. xiii, 283 pp. Garland
Publishing: New York, New York/London, England. In Eng.
This
sourcebook on the sociology of aging covers the published literature
for the years 1960 through 1980, focusing primarily on North America.
It consists of an annotated bibliography organized by subject and
contains a subsection on the demography of aging. An author index and
lists of offices, associations, and centers concerned with aging are
also included.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:10760 Lucas,
David; Sherlaimoff, Tania; Waddell-Wood, Peter; Higman, Merle.
An annotated bibliography of the Nigerian fertility and family
planning literature up to 1982. 1986. iv, 119 pp. Australian
National University, Demography Department: Canberra, Australia. In
Eng.
This annotated bibliography is concerned with the literature
on fertility and family planning in Nigeria published from 1960 to
1982, with a concentration on items in English. The bibliography,
which is organized alphabetically by author, was compiled from a
variety of sources, including Population Index, Geographical Abstracts,
and the Population Information and Documentation System for Africa
(PIDSA).
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10761 Petersen,
William; Petersen, Renee. Dictionary of demography:
biographies. ISBN 0-313-21419-0. LC 83-12567. 1985. xx, 1,365 pp.
Greenwood Press: Westport, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
These two volumes provide biographies of 3,363 individuals from 99
countries who are demographers or have otherwise made a contribution to
the study of demography. The biographies are arranged in alphabetical
order, with A to L in the first volume and M to Z in the second. For
each entry, data are included on name, sex, birth and death dates,
nationality, principal career positions, and professional publications.
An appendix classifying the entries by nationality and an index of
individuals and subjects are found in the second volume.
This work
is part of a general reference work on demography. Other parts present
information on terms, concepts, and institutions, and a multilingual
glossary of demographic terms.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:10762 Petersen,
William; Petersen, Renee. Dictionary of demography:
multilingual glossary. ISBN 0-313-25139-8. LC 85-27055. 1985. vii,
259 pp. Greenwood Press: Westport, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
In this glossary, over 400 basic demographic terms are translated
into French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, German, Chinese, and Japanese.
Translations are also provided from each of these languages into
English. This work is part of a general reference work on demography.
Other parts present information on terms, concepts, and institutions,
and on biographies of individuals active in the study of
demography.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10763 Population
Center Foundation (Manila, Philippines). Philippine
population literature, 1983. An annotated bibliography. 1985.
xiii, 174 pp. Manila, Philippines. In Eng.
This annotated
bibliography is concerned with the population literature produced in or
about the Philippines. The 192 items included were primarily produced
in 1983, but some earlier materials not included in previous
bibliographies are cited. The bibliography combines information
previously published in bibliographies and in inventories of population
studies. The entries are organized by subject; and title, author, and
regional indexes are included.
Main topics included are population
data; fertility; implications of population growth; population change
and status of subpopulations; mortality; migration, spatial
distribution, and urbanization; families and households; demographic
aspects of manpower and labor force; population and development
planning; population policy/law; and family
planning.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10764 Population
Crisis Committee (Washington, D.C.). Private organizations
in the population field. Population, No. 16, Dec 1985. 16 pp.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This is a selective list of private
organizations active around the world in various aspects of population
issues. "It includes those private organizations with a primary focus
on U.S. or international population trends, family planning programs,
and reproductive rights, as well as some health, environmental, and
development organizations which have significant population
components." The list is arranged alphabetically and includes
addresses and a one-paragraph description of activities and areas of
interest.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10765 Thacker,
Prabha. Population and development in Nepal: an annotated
bibliography. 1984. vii, 99 pp. National Commission on Population:
Katmandu, Nepal. In Eng.
This annotated bibliography contains
citations of 140 publications, mainly in English, concerning the
population of Nepal. The bibliography is organized according to the
following subject headings: social, economic, cultural, and
psychological aspects of population and family planning; family
planning and health; information, education, and communication; and
policy and programs. Subject, author, and title indexes are
included.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:10766 United
States. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
[NICHD]. Office of Planning and Evaluation (Bethesda, Maryland); United
States. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
[NICHD]. Center for Population Research (Bethesda, Maryland); United
States. Interagency Committee on Population Research (Washington,
D.C.). Population sciences: inventory and analysis of
federal population research, fiscal year 1984. [1985]. iii, 210
pp. U.S. National Institutes of Health [NIH]: Bethesda, Maryland. In
Eng.
This annual report lists the population research projects
supported by the U.S. federal government, together with an index of
investigators, a list of projects started in 1984, and an overall
analysis of trends in government-supported population research.
For
a previous edition for fiscal year 1983, published in 1984, see
51:10834.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
