52:30750 Appiah,
Rebecca. The economic status of women in Ghana. In:
Population and development. Proceedings of the symposium held at Cairo
Demographic Centre, 3-7 November 1985. CDC Research Monograph Series,
No. 14, 1986. 289-302 pp. Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
The author uses
data from the 1970 census and other sources to examine the traditional
status and role of women in Ghana, their educational status, and their
economic status. She recommends increased female education and
intensified rural development to overcome the constraints on women's
full participation in development.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:30751 Awaleh,
Abdi I. Population growth and educational planning in
Somalia. In: Population and development. Proceedings of the
symposium held at Cairo Demographic Centre, 3-7 November 1985. CDC
Research Monograph Series, No. 14, 1986. 409-18 pp. Cairo, Egypt. In
Eng.
The author discusses the educational system in Somalia and the
factors affecting enrollment ratios for the period 1965-1984.
Projections of the school-age population for the period 1985-2000 are
presented based on three alternative assumptions about fertility and
mortality, and the implications are discussed.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30752 Badran,
Hoda. Women and development: another model for
integration. In: Population and development. Proceedings of the
symposium held at Cairo Demographic Centre, 3-7 November 1985. CDC
Research Monograph Series, No. 14, 1986. 233-41 pp. Cairo, Egypt. In
Eng.
"This paper is an effort to establish the role of women within
[a] proposed Arab model of development, with special emphasis on Egypt.
The first part of the paper will discuss the existing situation of
Egyptian women within the existing [Western] model of development. The
second section will outline the basic characteristics of the proposed
Arab model of development and the role which Egyptian [women] should
contribute in this model."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:30753
Environmental Problems Foundation of Turkey (Ankara,
Turkey). Legal aspects of population planning and the
status of women in Turkey. Jan 1986. [147] pp. Ankara, Turkey. In
Eng.
This study is concerned with the status of women in Turkey and
its relationship to the country's efforts in the field of population
planning. Chapters are included on family planning and its place in
the Turkish legal system.
Location: Columbia University,
CPFH Library, New York, N.Y.
52:30754 Fucaraccio,
Angel. The capitalization retirement system and the
feasibility of extending it to the overall population. [Puede
funcionar un sistema de jubilacion por capitalizacion generalizado a
toda la poblacion?] Notas de Poblacion, Vol. 14, No. 40, Apr 1986.
61-74 pp. San Jose, Costa Rica. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
The
feasibility of extending a capitalization retirement system to an
entire population is considered. The author discusses the arguments
that have been made against such a system, involving the need to
accumulate sufficient capital and the proportion of interest
accumulated by the system, and finds them unconvincing. It is
suggested that a capitalization system is particularly attractive in a
society with a slow rate of population growth.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30755 Goubet,
Michel; Roucolle, Jean-Louis. French population and
society, 1945-1984. [Population et societe francaises, 1945-1984.]
Mementos de Geographie Sirey, 2nd ed. ISBN 2-248-01041-9. LC 85-102203.
1984. 216, [3] pp. Sirey: Paris, France. In Fre.
This book presents
a general review of population trends in France from 1945 to 1984 and
their impact on French society. In the first part, devoted to
demographic trends, separate sections are included on natural increase,
migration, and spatial distribution. The next part concentrates on the
demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the population.
Separate parts are also included on living conditions and social
relations.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
52:30756 Hammouda,
Ahmed A. Participation and integration of Jordanian women
in national development (1975-1984). In: Population and
development. Proceedings of the symposium held at Cairo Demographic
Centre, 3-7 November 1985. CDC Research Monograph Series, No. 14, 1986.
243-68 pp. Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
After summarizing the demographic
situation in Jordan since the mid-1970s, the author discusses female
labor force participation, education, and literacy and recommends
strategies to encourage the integration and participation of women in
development.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30757 Jol,
C. The merry spinster: are single women under 45 years of
age more content than single men in the same age category? [De
vrolijke vrouwelijke vrijgezel: zijn alleenstaande vrouwen onder de 45
jaar tevredener dan alleenstaande mannen in dezelfde
leeftijdscategorie?] Bevolking en Gezin, No. 3, Dec 1985. 253-70 pp.
Brussels, Belgium. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
Data from the Dutch
Quality of Life Survey of 1983 are used to analyze relative
satisfaction with the quality of life among single males and females in
the Netherlands. They indicate that single females have higher
socioeconomic status and are more satisfied with their quality of life
than single males. The reasons for this difference are sought in the
mechanisms of mate selection, in which males tend to marry down the
social scale and females up.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:30758 Miller,
Barbara D. Daughter neglect, women's work, and marriage:
Pakistan and Bangladesh compared. Medical Anthropology, Vol. 8,
No. 2, Spring 1984. 109-26 pp. Bedford Hills, New York. In Eng.
The
phenomenon of daughter neglect in Bangladesh and Pakistan is analyzed
using data from official sources. Consideration is given to juvenile
sex ratios, infant and child mortality, women's work roles, and
marriage practices. Comparisons are made with the situation in India.
The results indicate a preference for sons in both countries studied,
with actual sex ratios affected more in Pakistan than in Bangladesh. A
trend toward increased devaluation of daughters compared to sons is
apparent in both countries.
Location: U.S. National Library
of Medicine, Bethesda, Md.
52:30759 Naidenova,
Penka. The importance of tradition for the reproductive
behavior of African peoples. [Znachenie na traditsiite za
reproduktivnoto povedenie na narodite ot ekvatorialna Afrika.]
Naselenie, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1985. 51-70 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with
sum. in Eng; Rus.
"This paper discusses the historical conditions
of social control on the reproductive behaviour under patriarchal
relations....On the basis of observations made on some tribal groups in
equatorial [African] countries, inferences are drawn for the
significance of the social organization and the low level of
development of the productive forces, for the formation of labour
habits and tendency for a high rate of births. The paper considers the
importance of religion in the unique interlinkage of animism with
Christianity or Islam."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:30760 Nawar,
Laila; Nizamuddin, M. Women, population and
development. In: Population and development. Proceedings of the
symposium held at Cairo Demographic Centre, 3-7 November 1985. CDC
Research Monograph Series, No. 14, 1986. 179-232 pp. Cairo, Egypt. In
Eng.
The role of women in the developing countries of Asia and
Africa is examined, with a focus on the relationships among women's
status and demographic and development patterns. Topics considered
include the relationships between female education and fertility and
between female employment and fertility; population composition,
distribution, and change; literacy and educational attainment; labor
force participation; marital status, fertility, and contraceptive use;
nutrition and health; and political participation.
The author also
reviews progress made and obstacles met during the U.N. Decade for
Women (1976-1985); the special needs of poor rural women, elderly
women, female heads of households, and destitute and abused women;
measures for promoting implementation of basic strategies for improving
the status of women; and directions for future research on women's
issues.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30761
Safilios-Rothschild, Constantina. Socioeconomic
indicators of women's status in developing countries, 1970-1980.
May 1986. 79, [230] pp. Population Council: New York, New York. In Eng.
Selected data on women's status in developing countries are
presented for the period 1970-1980. The data cover 45 indicators for
75 countries at the beginning and end of the decade. They are taken
from a variety of sources, including official national sources, the
U.S. Bureau of the Census, and the U.N. Statistical Office.
"This
monograph differs in several ways from already published monographs,
because of: its inclusion of different types of indicators of women's
access to education, economic participation, and social visibility; the
wider coverage of national published and unpublished statistics; the
time period covered by the statistics; and the extent of the analysis
of the available data on different indicators."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30762 Santamaria,
J. N. The social effects of contraception.
International Review of Natural Family Planning, Vol. 9, No. 3, Fall
1985. 202-19 pp. Collegeville, Minnesota. In Eng.
The author
develops the hypothesis that the introduction of modern contraceptive
methods has contributed to a lowering of moral standards and a
weakening of the family as an institution. Contraception is held to
have contributed to the development of the concept of recreational sex
and to anti-child attitudes. The vested interests associated with the
promotion of contraception, including big business and the medical
profession, are described. The merits of the papal encyclical, Humanae
Vitae, as an alternative approach to human sexuality are
assessed.
Location: Columbia University, CPFH Library, New
York, N.Y.
52:30763 Shah, Nasra
M. The transition in female status in Kuwait: issues and
likely impacts. In: Population and development. Proceedings of
the symposium held at Cairo Demographic Centre, 3-7 November 1985. CDC
Research Monograph Series, No. 14, 1986. 269-88 pp. Cairo, Egypt. In
Eng.
The author uses data from the 1965-1980 quinquennial censuses
and the vital statistics of Kuwait to analyze the changing
socioeconomic status of Kuwaiti women. Data for nonnative women in
Kuwait are presented for comparative purposes. Indicators considered
include health, education, age at marriage, economic activity,
fertility, and political participation. "Demographic and social
implications of changing female status, and interactions between these
changes are discussed."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:30764 Webb,
Michael A. The brain drain and education opportunity in
less developed countries. Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 11, No.
2, Apr-Jun 1985. 145-55 pp. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Eng.
The
impact of the brain drain on the educational systems of the countries
of origin is examined, with particular reference to governmental
decisions concerning education subsidies and the market for educational
services. Two hypothetical cases are considered, one in which
governments increase expenditures for education in the presence of a
widespread brain drain, the other in which they decrease such
expenditures.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
52:30765 Homans,
Hilary. The sexual politics of reproduction. ISBN
0-566-00853-X. LC 85-5625. 1985. viii, 198 pp. Gower: Brookfield,
Vermont. In Eng.
This book presents nine papers by various authors
on the political forces involved in reproductive processes. Most of
the papers are the products of meetings of the British Sociological
Association's Human Reproduction Study Group, and the primary
geographic focus is on the United Kingdom. Topics covered include
sexual politics and the maintenance of patriarchal social relations;
the construction of medical knowledge and its implications for the
understanding of male reproductive systems, contraceptive choice, or
health care in pregnancy; the political forces that led to U.K.
abortion law reform; questions related to prenatal screening programs;
and the process of achieving pregnancy through artificial
insemination.
"The papers address different aspects of the sexual
politics of reproduction and ask questions about who controls
reproduction; how is our knowledge about reproduction dominated by male
views about women and what role does the medical profession play in all
this; how is access to services tempered by the state and professional
control; and in whose interests are technological
developments."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:30766 Land,
Kenneth C.; Hough, George C.; McMillen, Marilyn M. Voting
status life tables for the United States, 1968-1980. Demography,
Vol. 23, No. 3, Aug 1986. 381-402 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Using current and retrospective [U.S.] voting data from the
November Current Population Surveys of Presidential election years,
this study modifies and applies demographic accounting and
increment-decrement life table methods to construct voting status life
tables for three recent election periods. The paper shows how to
combine a continuously occurring process (mortality) with a process
that is active only at discrete times (voting transitions) within a
multistate life table."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:30767 Aoki,
K. The changing health spectrum in Japan: facts and
implications. In: New developments in the analysis of mortality
and causes of death, edited by Harald Hansluwka, Alan D. Lopez, Yawarat
Porapakkham, and Pramote Prasartkul. ISBN 974-585-857-9. 1986. 409-36
pp. Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health, Institute for
Population and Social Research: Bangkok, Thailand; World Health
Organization [WHO], Global Epidemiological Surveillance and Health
Assessment: Geneva, Switzerland. In Eng.
A review of the situation
concerning morbidity and mortality in Japan is presented. Separate
consideration is given to the factors contributing to the decline in
mortality before and after World War II. Recent developments in the
health care system are described.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:30768 Bairagi,
Radheshyam. Food crisis, nutrition, and female children in
rural Bangladesh. Population and Development Review, Vol. 12, No.
2, Jun 1986. 307-15, 377-9 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre; Spa.
"This paper investigates sex differentials in the effects
of the 1974-75 Bangladesh famine and socioeconomic status on the
nutritional status of children. Data on approximately 1,400 children
aged 1-4 years were collected from 12 villages in Matlab thana, a rural
area in Bangladesh. Anthropometric indexes--weight-for-age,
height-for-age, and weight-for-height--are used as measures of
nutritional status."
The results indicate that malnutrition among
children increased significantly during the famine. "Children of all
socioeconomic status groups were adversely affected by the famine;
however, female children and children of low socioeconomic status were
more seriously affected. Sex differentials were more marked among high
socioeconomic status groups, suggesting that a simple improvement in
household resources is not likely to decrease male-female differences
affecting nutritional status in this population."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30769 Charlton,
John R. H. Use of mortality data in health planning.
In: New developments in the analysis of mortality and causes of death,
edited by Harald Hansluwka, Alan D. Lopez, Yawarat Porapakkham, and
Pramote Prasartkul. ISBN 974-585-857-9. 1986. 31-56 pp. Mahidol
University, Faculty of Public Health, Institute for Population and
Social Research: Bangkok, Thailand; World Health Organization [WHO],
Global Epidemiological Surveillance and Health Assessment: Geneva,
Switzerland. In Eng.
The use of mortality data, particularly vital
statistics data, for the purposes of health planning is examined.
"Interpretation and methods for assessing the validity of mortality
data are discussed, as well as ways in which the quality of the data
can be improved or their value enhanced. Attention is focused on
current applications, mostly in the United
Kingdom...."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30770 Delgado, H.
L.; Valverde, V.; Hurtado, E. Effect of health and
nutrition interventions on infant and child mortality in rural
Guatemala. In: Determinants of mortality change and differentials
in developing countries: the Five-Country Case Study Project.
Population Studies, No. 94; ST/ESA/SER.A/94, Pub. Order No.
E.85.XIII.4. ISBN 92-1-151151-8. 1986. 145-70 pp. U.N. Department of
International Economic and Social Affairs: New York, New York. In Eng.
The authors assess the impact of health and nutrition interventions
on infant and child mortality in rural Guatemala using data primarily
from international organizations. "The purposes of the present chapter
are: (a) to review the current state of knowledge concerning health,
nutrition, population and community development in the Central American
region, in general, and in Guatemala, in particular; (b) to describe
the approach and methodology of some simplified health care programmes
implemented in different rural areas in Guatemala and discuss their
results; and (c) to propose a simplified integrated model of health,
nutrition and family planning services for rural areas...."
The
authors outline a program that includes management of common diseases;
care during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum; infant and child care;
family planning; and preventive medicine. Aspects of a prevention
program include "host-oriented health promotion activities, which aim
to make the host more resistant by modifying factors that influence
health and illness. These activities include instruction, education
and behaviour modification, persuasion, proselytizing, screening and
counselling."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30771 Glasser,
Jay H. Implications of declining mortality for the
organization of health care: the case of Jamaica. In: New
developments in the analysis of mortality and causes of death, edited
by Harald Hansluwka, Alan D. Lopez, Yawarat Porapakkham, and Pramote
Prasartkul. ISBN 974-585-857-9. 1986. 509-26 pp. Mahidol University,
Faculty of Public Health, Institute for Population and Social Research:
Bangkok, Thailand; World Health Organization [WHO], Global
Epidemiological Surveillance and Health Assessment: Geneva,
Switzerland. In Eng.
This study is concerned with the implications
of the demographic transition, and particularly of declining mortality,
for the development and planning of health services in developing
countries. The focus is on the implications for the care of the
elderly. The problems are illustrated using the example of
Jamaica.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30772 Mahidol
University. Institute for Population and Social Research [IPSR]
(Bangkok, Thailand). The morbidity and mortality
differentials. ASEAN Population Programme Phase III: Thailand. A
report on the secondary data analysis. IPSR Publication, No. 90,
ISBN 974-585-950-8. Jan 1985. [v], 75 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
An analysis of morbidity and mortality differentials in Thailand is
presented using data from secondary sources. The report is from the
first stage of a project being developed throughout the ASEAN region,
the first objective of which is to provide accurate estimates of
morbidity and mortality levels and trends. It includes a chapter on
sources of data and methodology. Sections are included on mortality
differentials by age, region, and socioeconomic status; causes of
death; socioeconomic differentials in morbidity; and
hospitalization.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:30773 Northrup,
Robert S. Decision making for health care in developing
countries. In: Consequences of mortality trends and differentials.
Population Studies, No. 95; ST/ESA/SER.A/95, Pub. Order No.
E.85.XIII.3. ISBN 92-1-151149-6. 1986. 135-49 pp. U.N. Department of
International Economic and Social Affairs: New York, New York. In Eng.
The author asserts that health-care systems in developing countries
are largely sickness-care systems, focusing primarily on death
avoidance and contributing little to the improved health of the
population. "We propose to describe the mortality and morbidity
patterns and the sickness-care systems of developing countries....We
will discuss the disadvantages and deficiencies of mortality and
morbidity data as a basis for planning a health-oriented care system.
We will then propose an expanded data set, a set of health statistics,
which might more effectively provide the basis both for planning and
for management of such a health-care system."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30774 Imaizumi,
Yoko. Genetic and biological consequences of mortality
changes. In: Consequences of mortality trends and differentials.
Population Studies, No. 95; ST/ESA/SER.A/95, Pub. Order No.
E.85.XIII.3. ISBN 92-1-151149-6. 1986. 67-76 pp. U.N. Department of
International Economic and Social Affairs: New York, New York. In Eng.
The author explores the biological and genetic consequences of
mortality decline using data from official and published sources for
Japan. Attention is given to mortality rates for congenitally
malformed infants, the impact of parental ages on chromosomal
aberrations, and issues pertaining to consanguineous marriages.
Particular consideration is given to genetically linked
diseases.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
