52:40830 American
Statistical Association (Washington, D.C.). American
Statistical Association, 1985 proceedings of the Social Statistics
Section. [1985]. ix, 442 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
These
are the papers presented at the annual meeting of the American
Statistical Association, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 5-8, 1985,
under the sponsorship of the Social Statistics Section. The papers are
organized under 20 categories, including the quality of statistics for
big problems; immigration; international data on demography, mortality,
and fertility; and cohort analyses and population
composition.
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent
issues of Population Index.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:40831 Cairo
Demographic Centre. Studies in African and Asian
demography: CDC annual seminar, 1985. CDC Research Monograph
Series, No. 15, 1986. 736 pp. Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
This volume
contains the papers presented at the 1985 annual seminar of the Cairo
Demographic Centre. The papers are grouped into eight sections:
general issues, methodological issues, fertility and family planning in
Egypt, migration and urbanization in Egypt, studies in Arab demography,
fertility and mortality in Sudan, studies in African demography, and
studies in Asian demography.
Selected items will be cited in this or
subsequent issues of Population Index.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:40832 Cliquet, R.
L.; van de Velde, L. World population at a turning point?
Results of the International Conference on Population, Mexico, August
14-16, 1984. [De wereldbevolking op een keerpunt? Resultaten van
de Internationale Bevolkingsconferentie, Mexico, 6-14 augustus 1984.]
CBGS Monografie, No. 1985/3, 1985. viii, 274 pp. Centrum voor
Bevolkings- en Gezinsstudien [CBGS]: Brussels, Belgium. In Dut.
The
aim of this report is to summarize the results of the International
Conference on Population, held in Mexico City in August 1984, and to
review the findings of working groups and regional meetings held in
preparation for the conference. Chapters are included on developments
in the decade since the 1974 World Population Conference, world
population trends, fertility and the family, population distribution
and migration, mortality and morbidity, population and the environment,
results of five regional U.N. conferences, the proceedings and results
of the Mexico City conference, and activities involving
Belgium.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:40833 Gonzalez
Quinones, Fernando R. Considerations on international
cooperation in population matters. [Consideraciones sobre la
cooperacion internacional en materia de poblacion.] 1984. 52 pp.
Universidad de la Habana, Centro de Estudios Demograficos [CEDEM]:
Havana, Cuba. In Spa.
This report was prepared on the occasion of
an international seminar on population and the New International
Economic Order held in Havana, Cuba, July 3-5, 1984. The author
describes the agreements reached and recommendations adopted at
Bucharest in 1974, subsequent developments in international
cooperation, and the results of the Havana meeting in relation to the
World Population Plan of Action.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:40834 United
Nations. Economic Commission for Africa [ECA]. Population Division.
General Demography Section (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Report
of the regional training workshop on demographic estimates and
projections in Africa: Accra, Ghana, 15-29 July 1985. Vol. 1:
organization, proceedings and lectures. Pub. Order No. RAF/84/P28.
Mar 1986. xvii, 337 pp. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In Eng.
This report
concerns a regional training workshop on population estimates and
projections in Africa held in Accra, Ghana, in 1985. The report is in
two volumes. Vol. 1 consists of two parts. Part 1 describes the
origin of the workshop, its organization, and proceedings. Part 2
consists of a detailed account of the lectures prepared for the
workshop. Vol. 2 is concerned with the data available at the workshop,
their quality, and their use in making estimates and
projections.
Topics covered in the lectures include the need for
projections in development planning; problems in estimating fertility,
mortality, and migration; the methodology of making projections at the
national and subnational levels; and projections concerning labor
force, education, housing, and health.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:40835 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Second
Annual Research Conference, March 23-26, 1986: proceedings. Jun
1986. ix, 697 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
These are the
proceedings of the Second Annual U.S. Census Bureau Research
Conference, held in Reston, Virginia, in March 1986. "The theme of
this year's conference was nonsampling error, with sessions devoted to
topics including causes, measurement, and reducing the effects of
nonsampling error; quality issues, coverage issues, and census
adjustment." The proceedings include invited speeches and papers,
formal discussion, and a summary of the floor discussion. The primary
geographic focus is on the United States.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
