52:40738 Avramov,
Dragana. Educational attainment of Yugoslav women.
[Obrazovanje: pokazatelj drustvene afirmacije zena u Jugoslaviji.]
Stanovnistvo, Vol. 22-23, No. 1-4, Jan-Dec 1984-1985. 92-8 pp.
Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In Scr. with sum. in Eng.
The author presents
data indicating that women have not shared in the overall increase in
educational attainment in Yugoslavia in the 1970s and 1980s. Regional
differences and the relationship between educational attainment and
employment status are discussed.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:40739 Bianchi,
Suzanne M.; Spain, Daphne. American women in
transition. The Population of the United States in the 1980s: A
Census Monograph Series, ISBN 0-87154-111-4. LC 85-62809. 1986. xxii,
286 pp. Russell Sage Foundation: New York, New York. In Eng.
This
study, undertaken for the National Committee for Research on the 1980
Census, is the first in a planned series of volumes presenting analyses
of the data from the 1980 U.S. census. The authors combine 1980 census
data with data from previous censuses and national surveys to describe
the changes affecting American women over the past 30 years,
particularly their move from the home to the labor force and from
traditional family life to the realms of work and higher
education.
The authors "document women's increasing educational
attainment and labor force participation, their continued commitment to
marriage and family, and the 'balancing act' necessitated by this
overlap of roles. Pointing to the lack of affordable child care and
women's lower earning power, the authors describe the current realities
of women's lives in a society that has not yet adapted to their
changing status."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:40740 Centro de
Estudios de Poblacion y Paternidad Responsable [CEPAR] (Quito,
Ecuador). Ecuador: a statistical compendium on women.
[Ecuador: compendio estadistico sobre la mujer.] Jul 1985. 97 pp.
Quito, Ecuador. In Spa.
This presentation of statistics on
Ecuadorian women between 1950 and 1982 is based on information
assembled from censuses and special reports. Data are included on
population, mortality, fertility, nuptiality, reproductive preferences,
knowledge of contraceptive methods, breast-feeding, use of mother and
infant health care facilities, education, economic activity, and
population projections to the year 2000.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:40741 Petersen,
Jorn H. Old-age pensions, fertility behavior, and
intergenerational transfers. [Alderspensionering,
befolkningsudvikling og omfordeling mellem generationerne.]
Nationalokonomisk Tidsskrift, Vol. 123, No. 3, 1985. 298-318 pp.
Copenhagen, Denmark. In Dan. with sum. in Eng.
"The paper presents
rough estimates of the expected development of a hypothetical 'pension
tax rate' caused by the fertility behaviour of the Danish population.
Various measures of the change of the tax rate from 1984 to 2024 are
calculated. Having demonstrated the empirical relevance of the problem
of intergenerational redistribution the paper develops the consequences
of a change of behaviour concerning fertility and labour force
participation rates within a simplified model. It is illustrated how a
change of behaviour influences the relation between the actual and the
actuarial pensions for succeeding generations."
Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
52:40742 Sadik,
Nafis. Integration of women in population and development
programmes. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, Sep
1986. 3-20 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
The author reviews the
conceptual issues involved in discussing women and development and the
socioeconomic and demographic factors linked to the status of women.
Tabular data are included on the effect of women's education on infant
mortality and fertility in 41 developing countries, the distribution of
the female economically active population of the world by economic
sector and geographic area in 1970, and the correlation between infant
mortality and selected socioeconomic measures in 99 developing
countries.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:40743 Schapiro,
Morton O.; Ahlburg, Dennis A. Why crime is down.
American Demographics, Vol. 8, No. 10, Oct 1986. 56-8 pp. Ithaca, New
York. In Eng.
The relationship between demographic trends and U.S.
crime rates is examined. The authors suggest that crime rates are
declining and will continue to do so because of the decline in the
population of males aged 15-29.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:40744 Shanawany,
Haifaa. Women in development: issues with demographic
implication. In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC
annual seminar, 1985. CDC Research Monograph Series, No. 15, 1986.
285-306 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
The
author discusses the gap between legislation and practice in improving
the status of women in developing countries. Situations in the areas
of employment, education, political and civil rights, and marriage and
family are described.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:40745 Tu,
Jow-ching. Population change and social organization.
Journal of Population Studies, No. 9, Jun 1986. 25-34 pp. Taipei,
Taiwan. In Chi. with sum. in Eng.
"This paper examines the effect
of demographic changes on social organizations. Due to data
availability, this study applies stable population theory to the
situation of the United States."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:40746 Ehrlich,
Paul R.; Ehrlich, Anne H. Ecology of nuclear war:
population, resources, environment. In: Nuclear weapons and the
future of humanity, edited by A. Cohen and S. Lee. 1986. 85-101 pp.
Rowman and Allanheld: Totowa, New Jersey. In Eng.
"In the first
part of this essay, we briefly describe the global
population-resource-environment predicament and consider ways in which
heightening international tensions arising from it might increase the
chances of war. While this global predicament has developed, with its
underlying sources of conflict, war itself has become increasingly
deadly....In the second part of this chapter, therefore, we look at the
devastating ecological consequences of a nuclear war and their impacts
on the plight and the prospects of the human
survivors."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:40747 Pilliard,
J. P. Patterns and forms of immigrant participation and
representation at the local and national levels in Western
(Continental) Europe. International Migration/Migrations
Internationales/ Migraciones Internacionales, Vol. 24, No. 2, Jun 1986.
501-13 pp. Geneva, Switzerland. In Eng.
The author presents an
overview of political participation by immigrants in selected Western
European countries since 1974. Attention is given to participation in
national and local elections and to the roles of international
organizations, consultative bodies, and foreigners'
associations.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:40748 Saunders,
John. Population growth in Latin America and U.S. national
security. ISBN 0-04-497002-1. LC 86-7970. 1986. xxvii, 305 pp.
Allen and Unwin: Boston, Massachusetts/London, England. In Eng.
This collection of 12 studies by various authors is the product of
a symposium held at Mississippi State University in February 1985 to
examine the implications of future population trends in Latin America
for the security of the United States. Five papers are concerned with
demographic issues; the prospects for fertility reduction, labor
absorption, emigration, food supply, and socioeconomic development are
considered. Five papers focus on the consequences of these trends for
the United States. In two introductory papers, political issues for
both Latin America and the United States are
discussed.
Location: New York Public Library.
52:40749 Bednyi, M.
S. Demographic factors of health. [Demograficheskie
faktory zdorov'ya.] LC 85-103555. 1984. 243 pp. Finansy i Statistika:
Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
This monograph is concerned with such
problems as longevity and the health of couples from a systems analysis
point of view. It shows the relationship between the number of
children in a family, the health of parents, and the availability of
medical services. The author recommends ways of improving demographic
processes and the health of the population. The geographic focus is on
the USSR.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
52:40750 Bucquet,
Denis; Curtis, Sarah. Socio-demographic variation in
perceived illness and the use of primary care: the value of community
survey data for primary care service planning. Social Science and
Medicine, Vol. 23, No. 7, 1986. 737-44 pp. Elmsford, New York/Oxford,
England. In Eng.
Data from a sample of 1,145 adults aged 16 and
over residing in London, England, are used to focus on "social
variation in perception of illness and on the response in seeking
medical care in general practice." Percentages of respondents to the
Nottingham Health Profile reporting six types of illness are presented
by sex and manual or nonmanual occupational class.
"The results show
that certain aspects of morbidity vary according to social group more
markedly than other aspects, and that some dimensions of self reported
morbidity are predictive of recent consultation reported by the
respondents." The implications for health services planning are
considered.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
52:40751 Giridhar,
G.; Satia, J. K. Planning for service delivery at health
centres: an experiment. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 1,
No. 2, Jun 1986. 39-56 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"This paper
contains highlights of an experiment conducted in a district of
Rajasthan State [India] in order to verify the feasibility of
developing and institutionalising an internal planning system that
would improve the performance of primary health centres that deliver
maternal and child health and family planning
services."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:40752
Karefa-Smart, John. Health and family planning in
Africa. Populi, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1986. 20-9 pp. New York, New York.
In Eng.
An overview of African needs in health and family planning
services is presented. The emphasis is on the development of
appropriate policies for the establishment of such
services.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:40753 Stillman,
Robert J.; Rosenberg, Michael J.; Sachs, Benjamin P.
Smoking and reproduction. Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 46,
No. 4, Oct 1986. 545-66 pp. Birmingham, Alabama. In Eng.
The effect
of smoking on reproductive health is examined. The authors "address
the evidence for and possible causes of a perturbation of physiologic
characteristics in three major areas of reproduction: female
fertility, male fertility, and the effect of smoking in
pregnancy."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:40754
Rajanikumari, J.; Rao, T. Venkateswara. Selection
intensities in menopausal and permanent contraceptor women of a rural
population in India. Social Biology, Vol. 33, No. 1-2,
Spring-Summer 1986. 127-30 pp. Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
"The
opportunity for selection was estimated in the rural population of
Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. The index of total
selection was found to be low. Selection in relation to birth control
reveals that opportunity for selection is lower among the women who
completed their fertility by family planning methods than in women who
completed their fertility by attaining menopause. Further, the results
showed that differential fertility and mortality make equal
contributions to the total measure of selection in both
groups."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
