52:20582 Cowgill,
Donald O. Aging around the world. ISBN 0-534-05166-9.
LC 85-7174. 1986. xii, 227 pp. Wadsworth Publishing: Belmont,
California. In Eng.
A general review of aging around the world is
presented, using the modernization theory approach to explain
differences among cultures. Consideration is given to the comparative
demography of aging populations. Particular emphasis is given to
values and to the relationship between the general ethos of a society
and its treatment of the aged.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20583 Frenkel,
Izaslaw. The size and structure of the peasant population
in Poland, 1960-1982. Part 1. [Dynamika i zmiany w strukturze
demograficznej ludnosci chlopskiej w latach 1960-1982. Czesc I.]
Studia Demograficzne, No. 3/81, 1985. 3-43 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol.
with sum. in Eng; Rus.
"An examination of changes in the size and
age-sex structure of the peasant population in Poland is presented.
The analysis is based on the results of 1960-1970 and 1978 General
Censuses, the 1982 Sample Census of Rural-Farm Population and Current
Population Statistics. The time series studied refer either to
1960-1982 or 1970-1982--depending on data availability." The analysis
considers three aspects of change, namely, natural increase, migration,
and changes from peasant to non-peasant status.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20584 Kovar, M.
G. Aging in the eighties: preliminary data from the
Supplement on Aging to the National Health Interview Survey, United
States, January-June 1984. Advance Data from Vital and Health
Statistics, No. 115, Pub. Order No. DHHS (PHS) 86-1250. May 1, 1986. 8
pp. U.S. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]: Hyattsville,
Maryland. In Eng.
This report presents preliminary data concerning
the elderly in the United States taken from a supplemental survey
carried out in conjunction with the National Health Interview Survey in
the first six months of 1984. The data concern nearly 6,000
individuals 65 years and over. The data are organized separately for
those 65-74, 75-84, and 85 years and over and concern residential
characteristics, health status, health opinions, and health care
use.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20585 Myers,
George C. Aging and worldwide population change. In:
Handbook of aging and the social sciences, edited by Robert H. Binstock
and Ethel Shanas. 2nd ed. ISBN 0-442-26480-1. LC 84-25729. 1985. 173-98
pp. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, New York. In Eng.
"In this
chapter, major perspectives of the demography of aging are examined,
with particular emphasis placed on contemporary research issues.
Initially some conceptual issues are discussed that relate to the ways
in which demographers view the field. The remainder of this chapter is
organized around three concepts that can serve to guide our
understanding of population aging--population momentum, population
metabolism, and population diversity." The geographical focus is
worldwide, with particular attention given to the situation in the
United States.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:20586 Saw, S.
H. The dynamics of ageing in Singapore's population.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, Vol. 14, No. 4, Oct 1985.
709-13 pp. Singapore. In Eng.
Trends in demographic aging in
Singapore are reviewed. The causes of demographic aging are first
reviewed. The situation in Singapore is then considered, and changes
since 1947 and projected changes up to 2070 in the age distribution of
the population are described. "Some of the more significant
consequences in the areas of level of living, consumption pattern,
savings, labour shortage, and ageing work force are discussed
briefly."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20587 Sen,
Ilina. Geography of secular change in sex ratio in 1981:
how much room for optimism? Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.
21, No. 12, Mar 22, 1986. 497-500 pp. Bombay, India. In Eng.
Geographic aspects of secular changes in the sex ratio in India are
analyzed. It is observed that "in 1981, the Indian Census recorded a
sex ratio (females per 1,000 males in the population) of 936 as against
930 of the 1971 Census." The author notes that "since there had been a
secular trend of decline of the sex ratio between 1901 and 1971, the
1981 sex ratio marks the reversal of a 70-year old movement and can be
looked upon as a demographic revolution of sorts." The focus of the
analysis is on regional aspects of this change. The author concludes
that major changes in the sex ratio are unlikely in the near
future.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
52:20588 Smith,
Stanley K. Using Medicare data for short-run projections
of the elderly population. Journal of Economic and Social
Measurement, Vol. 14, No. 1, Apr 1986. 37-49 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng.
The author develops a method that uses Medicare data for
projecting the size of the elderly population in the United States.
The approach is suggested as an alternative to widely used cohort
component techniques. "Projections for several base periods and
projection horizons are made for all states and for counties in Florida
and are compared with actual Medicare enrollment. On the basis of
these comparisons it appears that Medicare data and simple projection
techniques can produce very useful short-run projections of the elderly
population for states and local areas."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20589 Sokolovsky,
Jay; Sokolovsky, Joan. Aging and the aged in the Third
World: Part II. Regional and ethnographic perspectives. Studies
in Third World Societies, Vol. 23, LC 84-070106. Mar 1983. ix, 146 pp.
College of William and Mary, Department of Anthropology: Williamsburg,
Virgina. In Eng.
This special issue contains five case studies on
aging in developing countries. The case studies concern New Britain,
China, India, Sudan, and Mexico. The focus is on the persistence of
traditional customs for caring for the aged given the changes
associated with urbanization and socioeconomic
development.
Location: New York Public Library.
52:20590 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs (New
York, New York). Selected demographic and social
characteristics of the world's children and youth. No.
ST/ESA/SER.R/60, 1986. viii, 108 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This study "presents a description of selected demographic and
social characteristics of the world's children and youth: their
number, growth, composition, mortality levels, cause-of-death patterns,
sex differentials in mortality, contribution to internal migration in
both less developed and more developed regions, and levels of
illiteracy and educational attainment in developing
countries."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20591 Universidad
de la Habana. Centro de Estudios Demograficos [CEDEM] (Havana,
Cuba). Socio-demographic aspects of youth. [Aspectos
sociodemograficos de la juventud.] 1985. 176 pp. Havana, Cuba. In Spa.
These are the proceedings of a symposium on youth studies which was
held in Havana, Cuba, June 14-15, 1985. Seven papers by various
authors are included. The papers cover topics such as the reproductive
behavior of young people, fertility at a young age and its impact on
neonatal mortality, economic activity, and education of the young in
Latin America. The primary geographic focus is on
Cuba.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20592 Zopf, Paul
E. America's older population. ISBN 0-88105-055-5. LC
84-71505. 1986. xviii, 325 pp. Cap and Gown Press: Houston, Texas. In
Eng.
The characteristics of the elderly population of the United
States are examined using official data for 1980 and more recent years.
The author investigates the combined effects of current trends in
fertility, mortality, and migration on the process of demographic
aging. Comparisons are made both externally, with other countries, and
internally, by sex, ethnic group, and rural and urban areas.
The
work also "assesses the social, economic, political, and other results
of the process of aging in America's population, basically along two
lines: (1) the impact that the elderly and their characteristics have
on society, and (2) the consequences that those characteristics have
for the elderly themselves."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:20593 Benso, L.;
Lorenzino, C.; Pastorin, L.; Gambotto, S.; Battaglia, C.; Baldassar, A.
M.; Conrieri, M. The age of menarche. [L'epoca del
menarca.] Minerva Endocrinologica, Vol. 10, No. 1, Jan-Mar 1985. 11-29
pp. Turin, Italy. In Ita. with sum. in Eng.
A review of the
literature concerning age at menarche is presented, and the various
methods for measuring age at menarche are described. Factors
considered include genetic and ethnic factors, family characteristics,
physique, geographic factors, morbidity, and socioeconomic factors.
The results of a wide range of studies from historical times to the
present are summarized. The geographic focus is
worldwide.
Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine,
Bethesda, Md.
52:20594 Franke,
Hans; Chowanetz, Wilmar; Schramm, Axel. In track of
longevity. [Auf den Spuren der Langlebigkeit.] ISBN 3-7945-0887-4.
1985. xii, 188 pp. F. K. Schattauer: New York, New York/Stuttgart,
Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
A study of longevity is
presented using data on over 575 documented centenarians in the Federal
Republic of Germany. The study involved questionnaires, personal
interviews, and physical examinations and covered topics such as
life-style patterns, psychological factors, physiological conditions,
morbidity, and causes of death. Previous literature on longevity is
also reviewed, with attention to statistics on longevity, historical
patterns, maximum length of life, and problems of studying longevity.
Finally, some suggestions are offered for achieving a longer
life.
Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine,
Bethesda, Md.
52:20595 Gavrilov,
L. A.; Gavrilova, N. S.; Semyonova, V. G.; Belozersky, A. N.
Epidemiologic approach to the biology of human life span.
Geographia Medica, Vol. 15, 1985. 40-64 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Eng.
"The present work suggests a new, epidemiologic approach to the
study of the biological mechanisms determining human life span. The
proposed approach is based on revealing the biological component of
human mortality with a subsequent analysis of its regional and sex
variability. The biological component of mortality is defined as a
component which is age-dependent, but historically stable with respect
to socio-economic transformations."
Over 800 life tables from more
than 50 sources are used to develop a computerized data base from which
maps of biological mortality for males and females at age 40 are
prepared for the provinces of Europe, excluding the USSR. Reasons for
the differences observed are considered.
Location: U.S.
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md.
52:20596 Huffman,
Sandra L.; Wolff, Mark; Lowell, Sarah. Nutrition and
fertility in Bangladesh: nutritional status of nonpregnant women.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 42, No. 4, Oct 1985.
725-38 pp. Bethesda, Maryland. In Eng.
The results of a study on
the relationship between nutritional status and fertility in Bangladesh
are presented. The information was collected during a 1975
longitudinal study of over 2,000 married, nonpregnant women in Matlab.
"The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between
maternal nutritional status and: 1) components of intervals between
births (postpartum amenorrhea, menstruating interval to conception, and
gestation); 2) fetal and child survival; 3) breast-feeding behavior; 4)
seasonal influences; and 5) socioeconomic
conditions."
Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine,
Bethesda, Md.
52:20597 Roberts, D.
F.; Wood, W.; Chinn, S. Menarcheal age in Cumbria.
Annals of Human Biology, Vol. 13, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1986. 161-70 pp.
London, England. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Ger.
"A survey of age at
menarche in north-west England, how it is affected by family
environment and how it affects physique, was carried out on a large
sample of schoolgirls in Cumbria. Age at menarche shows no independent
effect of social class, but is strongly influenced by family size and
also partly by position in family. Similar results emerge from
analyses of the status quo and recall data. Menarcheal status
differences remain associated with pronounced differences in height and
weight when all other variables are held
constant...."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20598 Shock,
Nathan W.; Greulich, Richard C.; Costa, Paul T.; Andres, Reubin;
Lakatta, Edward G.; Arenberg, David; Tobin, Jordan D.
Normal human aging: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of
Aging. Pub. Order No. NIH 84-2450. Nov 1984. xxii, 399, [34] pp.
U.S. National Institutes of Health [NIH]: Bethesda, Maryland. In Eng.
This report concerns the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging,
primarily the first 23 years of activity of this project, which was
designed to trace the effects of aging on humans. Recruiting 1,000
male volunteers aged 17 to 96 was the first phase of the project. The
report begins by examining the methods for studying aging. A review of
the literature of longitudinal studies follows. Next, the Baltimore
study is described, and the tests administered are detailed. Results
from cross-sectional studies of aging in men and from longitudinal
studies of aging carried out during the course of the Baltimore study
are summarized.
Location: U.S. National Library of
Medicine, Bethesda, Md.
52:20599 Villadsen,
Sonja; Jeune, Bernard; Kongshavn, Trygve; Pedersen, Steffen H.
The age of the menopause. Methodological problems in historical
and geographic comparisons. [Alderen for menopausens indtraeden.
Metodologiske problemer i historiske og geografiske sammenligninger.]
Ugeskrift for Laeger, Vol. 147, No. 45, Nov 4, 1985. 3,637-41 pp.
Copenhagen, Denmark. In Dan. with sum. in Eng.
Questions related to
age of menopause and the methodology for estimating it are considered.
Data concern 401 women aged 40-59 living on the Danish island of Fyn in
1983. The results indicate an average age at menopause of 48 using
retrospective data and 50 using probit and logit analyses. The
difficulties of identifying changes in age at menopause over time are
discussed.
Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine,
Bethesda, Md.
52:20600 Fuchs,
Victor R. Sex differences in economic well-being.
Science, Vol. 232, No. 4749, Apr 25, 1986. 459-64 pp. Washington, D.C.
In Eng.
Sex differences in economic well-being in the United States
are examined using data from the censuses of 1960, 1970, and 1980 and
from the Current Population Surveys of 1980 and 1984. "Despite large
structural changes in the economy and major antidiscrimination
legislation, the economic well-being of women in comparison with that
of men did not improve between 1959 and 1983." The data suggest that
although women's ratio of money income almost doubled in comparison
with that of men over this period, so did their financial obligations,
resulting in little or no improvement in women's access to goods,
services, and leisure.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SQ).
52:20601 Margo,
Robert A. Race, educational attainment, and the 1940
census. Journal of Economic History, Vol. 46, No. 1, Mar 1986.
189-98 pp. Wilmington, Delaware. In Eng.
"Decreases in the racial
schooling gap have been shown to account for one-third of the increase
in the black- white income ratio from 1930 to 1970 [in the United
States]. But the usual measure of the gap, based on census educational
attainment data, is flawed. Data on school enrollment rates and months
of school attended reveal that schooling levels of blacks born in the
late nineteenth century were far lower than census data indicate. With
the corrections proposed, the narrowing of the racial schooling gap
explains two-thirds of the rise in the black-white income ratio from
1930 to 1970."
Location: Princeton University Library (SH).
52:20602 Gray,
Alan. Some myths in the demography of aboriginal
Australians. Journal of the Australian Population Association,
Vol. 2, No. 2, Nov 1985. 136-49 pp. North Sydney, Australia. In Eng.
The author discusses the proliferation of stereotypes and myths
concerning the demography of aboriginal Australians. "In this paper,
four of these myths will be discussed, in the hope that a basis for
constructive analysis of recent and historical demographic change can
be laid." The myths considered pertain to the validity of studying
aboriginal societies that have been in contact with non-aboriginal
societies, disorder in the aboriginal family, the study of aborigines
as a third world population, and the relationship between high
fertility and aboriginal poverty.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20603 Horak,
Stephan M. Guide to the study of the Soviet nationalities:
non-Russian peoples of the USSR. ISBN 0-87287-270-X. LC 81-18657.
1982. 265 pp. Libraries Unlimited: Littleton, Colorado. In Eng.
This is an annotated, selective bibliography of literature
concerning non-Russian ethnic groups residing in the Soviet Union. It
is intended for the general reader and is organized by subject area
under each of nine major categories of ethnic group. An introduction
to each section provides reference information, including the addresses
of relevant institutions. For most groups, a section is included on
geography and demography. Approximately 60 percent of the works cited
are in English.
Location: Princeton University Library
(FST).
52:20604 Lichter,
Daniel T.; Heaton, Tim B.; Fuguitt, Glenn V. Convergence
in black and white population redistribution in the United States.
Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 1, Mar 1986. 21-38 pp. Austin,
Texas. In Eng.
"U.S. black and white population redistribution is
examined for metro-nonmetro, South--non-South, central city-suburb, and
urban-rural locations using the 1950-80 decennial censuses. Results
reveal some racial convergence in population growth rates across
regions and metro-nonmetro locations, although considerable divergence
persisted within detailed metro-nonmetro locations. Moreover, black
underrepresentation in recent U.S. population deconcentration resulted
in only modest changes in racial distributions across broad residential
categories."
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
52:20605 McKenney,
Nampeo R.; Farley, Reynolds; Levin, Michael J. Direct and
indirect measures of ethnicity: how different definitions affect the
size and characteristics of various ethnic groups. In: American
Statistical Association, 1983 proceedings of the Social Statistics
Section. [1983]. 123-30 pp. American Statistical Association:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This paper is one of a series of reports
investigating the quality and completeness of data gathered by the new
ancestry question that was asked in the [U.S.] Census Bureau November
1979 Current Population Survey (CPS) and the 1980 decennial census.
The paper has two aims: first, data from the November 1979 CPS are
analyzed to illustrate how the definition of an ancestry group
influences estimates of its size and characteristics. Second, the
ancestries reported in the November 1979 CPS are compared with those in
the decennial census taken 5 months later to test for reliability of
ancestry reporting."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:20606 Smith, Tom
W. Problems in ethnic measurement: over-, under- and
misidentification. In: American Statistical Association, 1983
proceedings of the Social Statistics Section. [1983]. 107-16 pp.
American Statistical Association: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The
author examines subjective ethnicity measurements frequently used in
U.S. governmental and scholarly surveys. He discusses problems of
overidentification, or mentioning two or more distinct ethnicities;
under-identification, mentioning no ethnicity; and misidentification,
mentioning an incorrect or inappropriate ethnicity. The capabilities
of subjective techniques to reduce overidentification and
under-identification and to improve the reliability of ethnicity
measurements are assessed. Ethnic pluralism and assimilation in the
United States, as evidenced in ethnicity measurements, are also
considered.
The author concludes that "both because of its
complexity and because of its lability for many people, ethnic
identification is highly sensitive to measurement variation and
response effects."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:20607 Stevens,
Gillian; Swicegood, Gray. The linguistic context of ethnic
endogamy. Working Papers in Population Studies, No. WP 8601, 1986.
28, [3] pp. University of Illinois, Department of Sociology: Urbana,
Illinois. In Eng.
This study is concerned with ethnic endogamy in
the United States, and particularly with the extent to which language
is associated with ethnic endogamy. "The analysis, based on the 1976
Survey of Income and Education, first shows strong relationships
between endogamy and ethnic group size and geographic segregation. The
second part of the analysis shows that ethnic endogamy is associated
with not only the language characteristics of group members but also
with the relative size and vitality of the embedded non-English
language subgroup. These results underscore the importance of
non-English languages as sources of ethnic group cohesion and
continuity."
This is a revised version of a paper originally
presented at the 1985 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (see Population Index, Vol. 51, No. 3, Fall 1985, p.
397).
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20608 Sullivan,
Teresa A.; Gillespie, Francis P.; Hout, Michael; Greeley, Andrew
M. Surname versus self-identification in the analysis of
Hispanic data. In: American Statistical Association, 1983
proceedings of the Social Statistics Section. [1983]. 117-22 pp.
American Statistical Association: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The
authors examine several issues involved in the choice between the use
of self-identification and Spanish surname as indicators of Hispanic
identity in official U.S. demographic data, particularly censuses and
vital records. They conclude that "the recoding of Spanish surnames
may offer a compromise position between administrative definition of
ethnic group and an ambiguous self-identification. Because the
Spanish-surname recode is used only in statistical tabulations and does
not appear on the vital record itself, its possible stigmatizing
influence is neutralized." Examples of two surname classification
programs currently being used, one by the federal government and one by
the state of Texas, are discussed.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20609 Taffel,
Selma M.; Keppel, Kenneth G. Characteristics of Asian
births: United States, 1980. In: American Statistical
Association, 1983 proceedings of the Social Statistics Section. [1983].
304-8 pp. American Statistical Association: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"In this paper the demographic profiles of Asian mothers [in the
United States] with respect to age, education, nativity, and parity,
and the health of their babies, as measured by birth weight and APGAR
scores, are compared with those of white and black mothers and births.
It will be demonstrated that for a number of characteristics there are
major differences between Asians and other races and between
foreign-born and U.S.-born Asian mothers."
Evidence of a process of
assimilation is also presented. The authors conclude that "as the flow
of Asian immigrants and refugees abates, the childbearing patterns of
Asian mothers will more and more resemble those of white mothers. An
increased frequency of teenage births, out-of-wedlock births, and
low-birth-weight babies among Asians will be cause for
concern."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20610 Tienda,
Marta; Ortiz, Vilma. "Hispanicity" and the 1980
census. Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 1, Mar 1986. 3-20
pp. Austin, Texas. In Eng.
"This research evaluates the term
'Hispanic' as an ethnic label by analyzing the degree of correspondence
among six indicators of Spanish/Hispanic origin or descent available in
the 1980 [U.S.] Census of Population. Hispanics were quite consistent
in reporting characteristics which indicate their Hispanic origin or
descent, and the full-enumeration Spanish/Hispanic origin question
proved to be the single best item to identify this population. This
does not automatically establish the existence of an ethnically unified
group or the validity of 'Hispanicity' as a culturally meaningful
social construct, but the results provide confidence in the validity of
the 1980 enumeration."
Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
52:20611 Verhoef,
R.; Tas, R. F. J. Aliens in the Netherlands on January 1st
1985. Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 34, No. 3, Mar 1986.
42-54 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Eng.
"The increase in the
number of aliens in the Netherlands has slowed down considerably since
1980. Nevertheless, we can still speak of significant changes in the
alien population. This article gives a brief description of these
changes in 1984 and looks at differences with the recent past....Some
preliminary figures on changes in the alien population in the first
half of 1985 are also given. The article concludes with a summary of
the (annually) available figures on aliens in the Netherlands." Data
are included on people born in Suriname or the Netherlands Antilles who
have Dutch nationality.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
