53:30766 India.
Office of the Registrar General. Vital Statistics Division (New Delhi,
India). Sample registration bulletin. Vol. 20, No. 1,
Jun 1986. ii, 23 pp. New Delhi, India. In Eng; Hin.
This is one in
a series of reports giving results from the Sample Registration System
(SRS) of India. "This issue gives the estimated infant mortality rates
by states along with age-specific fertility and mortality rates for
India for the year 1983...." Tables provide estimates of crude birth
and death rates for rural and urban areas, 1971-1984; birth rate by
state or union territory, 1981-1984; death rate by state or union
territory, 1981-1984; age-specific fertility indicators for rural and
urban populations, 1983; age-specific death rates for rural and urban
populations, 1983; mortality indicators, 1983; and infant mortality by
state.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30767 Kelson, M.;
Farebrother, M. The effect of inaccuracies in death
certification and coding practices in the European Economic Community
(EEC) on international cancer mortality statistics. International
Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 16, No. 3, Sep 1987. 411-4 pp. Oxford,
England. In Eng.
"An investigation into the effect of national
death certification and coding practices on published mortality
statistics in eight EEC countries is reported. Doctors in each country
were asked to complete specimen death certificates for a bank of
written case histories. Certificates from each country were coded by
their own offices and then by a WHO reference centre. Within and
between countries, discrepancies occurred both in the doctors'
diagnoses and in the codes assigned to certificates. At an
international level these differences had serious implications for the
comparability of mortality data for cancers of the cervix and uterus,
and for mesotheliomas."
Author's address: Department of Community
Medicine, St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London SE1,
England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30768 Rees,
Philip; Clarke, Martin; Duley, Chris. A model for updating
individual and household populations. School of Geography Working
Paper, No. 486, Mar 1987. iv, 44 pp. University of Leeds, School of
Geography: Leeds, England. In Eng.
A preliminary model to update
small-area population estimates in the United Kingdom during
intercensal periods is outlined. "The model is divided into three
phases. The first, Population Reconstruction, involves simulating a
list of individual, household and housing attributes at a base point in
time, using as much aggregate information as can be incorporated. The
second phase involves updating the numbers in each population and the
characteristics of each unit, employing survey and list data for years
following the base date. Data for updating are available from records
of demographic events at national, regional and local scales, from
household surveys at national and regional scales and from
administrative records such as address lists of various kinds at local
scales. The third phase of the model will involve projecting changes
in population numbers and characteristics into the future using trended
event data and attribute transition data together with a range of
alternative scenarios or policies...."
Publisher's address: School
of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30769 Anderson,
Barbara A.; Silver, Brian D. Changes in the seasonality of
births as an indicator of improvement of registration: the case of the
Soviet Union. Population Studies Center Research Report, No.
87-108, Apr 1987. 26, [9] pp. University of Michigan, Population
Studies Center: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
The authors analyze
changes in the seasonality of births in the Soviet Union as a means of
evaluating vital statistics registration. "In the case of birth
registration in the Soviet Union, we will show that although according
to the official principle vital statistics refer to the date of their
occurrence, in practice Soviet birth statistics often probably refer to
the date of registration. Furthermore, sharp changes in the seasonal
pattern of reported births between the 1950s and 1985 suggest either
movement in practice from use of date-of-registration to use of
date-of-occurrence or more timely reporting of events in general."
Official Soviet and U.N. statistics for the country as a whole are
used.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30770 Bakker, M.
L. The status of civil registration and the collection of
vital statistics through alternative sources in Papua New Guinea.
IIVRS Technical Paper, No. 30, Jul 1987. i, 14 pp. International
Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics [IIVRS]: Bethesda,
Maryland. In Eng.
The author discusses the weaknesses of the civil
registration system in Papua New Guinea and suggests ways in which
existing government programs and institutions could assume
responsibility for collecting vital statistics.
Author's address:
Population Studies Program, University of South Pacific, Suva,
Fiji.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30771 Lopez,
Diego. Comparative analysis of vital statistics in
Venezuela. [Analisis comparativo sobre las estadisticas de hechos
vitales en Venezuela.] Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas y
Sociales Documento de Trabajo, No. 30, Feb 1987. 49 pp. Universidad
Catolica Andres Bello, Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas y
Sociales: Caracas, Venezuela. In Spa.
The quality of data on births
and deaths in Venezuela is assessed. The author compares the
procedures used by two primary organizations providing statistical
information on births and deaths, the Central Office of Statistics and
Information and the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance.
Questionnaire design, distribution, collection, and processing methods
are described. Suggestions are made for improving the analytical
capabilities of the vital statistics system and for maintaining
acceptable levels of data quality.
Publisher's address: Urb.
Montalban, La Vega, Apartado 29068, Caracas 1021,
Venezuela.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30772 United
Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
[ESCAP] (Bangkok, Thailand). Status of civil registration
and vital statistics in Asia and the Pacific. No. ST/ESCAP/465,
1987. 312 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
This publication is based
on papers presented at seminars organized in 1985 by the U.N. Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) concerning civil
registration and vital statistics. It consists of an overview of the
civil registration systems in South, Southeastern, and Eastern Asia and
in Oceania, as well as 33 country reviews.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30773 Arretx,
Carmen; Chackiel, Juan. Some problems relating to the
collection of demographic data in the population censuses taken in
Latin America during the 1980s. [Algunos problemas relativos a la
recoleccion de datos demograficos en los censos de poblacion de America
Latina en la decada de 1980.] Notas de Poblacion, Vol. 14, No. 42, Dec
1986. 51-76 pp. Santiago, Chile. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
Methods
of data collection in the 1980 census round in Latin America are
described and evaluated. The authors first note that 16 out of 20
countries concerned have already carried out censuses in this decade.
They describe how these censuses contain more data on fertility,
mortality, and international migration than in the past. Problems
involved in preparing reasonable estimates for such demographic
variables are considered, including the preparation of questionnaires,
census omissions, lack of response, and the use of
sampling.
Author's address: U.N. Centro Latinoamericano de
Demografia, Casilla 91, Santiago, Chile.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30774 Bretz,
Manfred; Wedel, Edgar. The purpose and significance of the
census of population, employment, and housing. [Zweck und
Bedeutung der Volks-, Berufs-, Gebaude- und Wohnungszahlung.]
Wirtschaft und Statistik, No. 3, Mar 1987. 195-206 pp. Wiesbaden,
Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
The author describes the uses
of population statistics in West Germany and the value of statistical
data as the foundation of rational policy. Political, social, and
administrative applications of census data on population, employment,
and housing are discussed for federal, state, and local levels.
Consideration is given to labor force participation, schooling and job
training, commuting, and housing. The authors discuss the limitations
of sample studies and population registers as alternatives to
population census.
Location: Princeton University Library
(PF).
53:30775 Eichler,
Ullrich. PC efforts in carrying out the 1987 population
census. [PC-Einsatz zur Durchfuhrung der Volkszahlung '87.]
Berliner Statistik: Monatsschrift, Vol. 41, No. 4, 1987. 77-91 pp.
Berlin, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
The use of personal
computers (PCs) in carrying out the 1987 population census in West
Berlin is described. Emphasis is on how PCs were used to deal with
problems related to the return of questionnaires.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30776 Findlay,
Allan. The 1980-1982 European census round: an evaluation
of the census as a data source. In: West European population
change, edited by Allan Findlay and Paul White. 1986. 1-17 pp. Croom
Helm: Dover, New Hampshire/London, England. In Eng.
"The purpose of
this chapter is to compare the quantity and quality of census data
across the nations of Western Europe in the 1980s, and to evaluate the
consequences of the divergent trends in census-taking" that have
recently developed. These trends include a growing opposition to
censuses in countries such as the Federal Republic of Germany and the
Netherlands and a growing dependence on the census as a primary data
source in other countries such as Spain. Data are from a survey of
European censuses carried out in January 1985. The author concludes
that "despite difficulties in comparing census data compiled in
different European countries, meaningful comparisons are possible on a
wide range of variables for many of the European states."
Author's
address: Department of Geography, University of Glasgow, Glasgow,
Scotland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30777 Hill,
Kenneth. Estimating census and death registration
completeness. Asian and Pacific Population Forum, Vol. 1, No. 3,
May 1987. 8-13, 23-4 pp. Honolulu, Hawaii. In Eng.
"This article
presents a new method for estimating the relative completeness of two
census enumerations and of intercensal registered deaths. The method
applies to any two censuses, no matter what the intercensal interval,
and is simple to apply....The key assumptions of the method are that
the population is closed to migration and that all the coverage factors
involved are invariant with age, at least for the age range studied."
The method is applied to data on the female population of South Korea
for the years 1970-1975.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
53:30778 Mills,
Ian. Developments in census-taking since 1841.
Population Trends, No. 48, Summer 1987. 37-44 pp. London, England. In
Eng.
"This article looks at how the census in England and Wales has
developed over the last 150 years by looking in detail at particular
areas of the census content and operation. The main developments have
been: an increase in the number of questions asked, from six in 1841
to twenty-one in 1981; the introduction in 1891 of questions on housing
quality; the development of classifications of occupations and
industries; the first computer processing of census returns in 1961;
growth in the quantity of output, to around 1.5 million pages from the
1981 Census; [and] increasingly thorough checks on the quality of
census data."
Author's address: Census Division, Office of
Population Censuses and Surveys, London, England.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30779 Robey,
Bryant. How censuses aid policymakers. Asian and
Pacific Population Forum, Vol. 1, No. 4, Aug 1987. 13-5 pp. Honolulu,
Hawaii. In Eng.
The author discusses the eleventh Asian and Pacific
Population Census Conference, held in 1986 in Sydney and Canberra,
Australia. The focus of the meeting was on the value of census data
for analyzing social policy issues; participants included population
experts from Asian and Pacific countries, Canada, and the United
States. Topics include literacy measurement, fertility and mortality
estimation, studies of the elderly, and preparations for the 1990 round
of censuses, including information processing and increased use of
automation.
Author's address: East-West Population Institute, 1777
East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30780 Sillitoe,
Ken. Developing questions on ethnicity and related topics
for the census. OPCS Occasional Paper, No. 36, ISBN 0-904952-35-5.
1987. v, 149 pp. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys [OPCS]:
London, England. In Eng.
This report is part of an undertaking to
develop questions for the census of England and Wales. It "describes
the results from the first three field trials in the second series of
tests undertaken by the Social Survey Division of the OPCS, aimed
primarily at developing a question on ethnicity, for the Census." It
also tests questions on religions of South Asians and languages spoken
at home. Fieldwork was performed in 1985 and 1986 in towns selected on
the basis of their ethnic components. The report describes procedures
for the collection of data, evaluates data quality, discusses
respondents' opinions of the test questions and the impact of language
facility, reviews findings, and recommends census question
modifications. Field documents used in the trials are reproduced in an
appendix.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30781 Storm, H.;
Verhoef, R. Population statistics in the Netherlands.
[Bevolkingsstatistieken in Nederland.] Maandstatistiek van de
Bevolking, Vol. 35, No. 5, May 1987. 24-34 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands.
In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
The authors describe the collection of
population statistics in the Netherlands. They note that most of the
statistics come from the system of continuous population registration,
in which all changes in marital status, births, deaths, and migrations
are entered in municipal registers for people residing in the
Netherlands. A historical review of Dutch population statistics is
included as well as a review of other sources of
data.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30782 Stortzbach,
Bernd. An international comparison of censuses.
[Volkszahlungen im internationalen Vergleich.] Wirtschaft und
Statistik, No. 3, Mar 1987. 207-18 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal
Republic of. In Ger.
In this study of censuses, the author compares
the West German census with a selection of censuses from other
industrialized countries. International guidelines set forth by the
United Nations and the European Community for census taking are
described, and matters pertaining to the collection, quality, and
comparability of data are discussed. A comparison is made of the 1987
West German questionnaire and questionnaires from other countries.
Methods and laws regulating population censuses and plans for future
censuses are discussed.
Location: Princeton University
Library (PF).
53:30783
Switzerland. Service Cantonal de Statistique. Departement de
l'Economie Publique (Geneva, Switzerland). Federal
censuses of population from 1850 to 1980: statistical retrospective.
Vol. 2: the canton of Geneva. [Recensements federaux de la
population de 1850 a 1980: retrospective statistique. Volume 2: le
canton de Geneve.] Etudes et Documents, No. 10, Apr 1987. 184 pp.
Geneva, Switzerland. In Fre.
Information is provided concerning the
data available at the canton level from Swiss censuses from 1850 to
1980. The focus is on the data available for the canton of Geneva.
Data are included on population density, age and sex distribution,
language and nationality, marital status, religion, households, and
economic activity.
Publisher's address: Rue du 31-Decembre 8, Case
Postale 36, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30784 United
Nations. Economic Commission for Europe [ECE]. Conference of European
Statisticians (Geneva, Switzerland); United Nations. Economic
Commission for Europe [ECE]. Committee on Housing, Building and
Planning (Geneva, Switzerland). Draft recommendations for
the 1990 censuses of population and housing in the ECE region. No.
CES/AC.6/153; HBP/AC.7/R.2, Dec 1986. 75; 29, 4 pp. Geneva,
Switzerland. In Eng.
Draft recommendations for the 1990 census
round in the ECE [Economic Commission for Europe] region are presented.
Information is included on units, place, and time of enumeration;
topics for which data are to be collected and manner of data
collection; definition and classification of topics; and tabulation
program. A separate addendum contains illustrative sketches for the
recommended tabulation program. The ECE region consists of Europe,
Northern America, USSR, and Turkey.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30785 United
Nations. Economic Commission for Europe [ECE]. Conference of European
Statisticians (Geneva, Switzerland); United Nations. Economic
Commission for Europe [ECE]. Committee on Housing, Building and
Planning (Geneva, Switzerland). National practices in the
1980 round of population and housing censuses in the ECE region.
Report by the Secretariat. No. CES/AC.6/152; HBP/AC.7/R.1, Dec 15,
1986. 33, [24] pp. Geneva, Switzerland. In Eng.
"This paper
provides an overview of the extent to which ECE countries complied with
the ECE recommendations for the 1980 round of population and housing
censuses that they conducted in the period 1975-1984." Separate
consideration is given to basic, additional, and other topics;
compliance with definitions and classifications of topics; and
compliance with the recommended tabulation program. The ECE region
consists of Europe; Northern America; USSR; and
Turkey.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30786 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). First
Annual Research Conference, March 20-23, 1985: Sheraton International
Conference Center, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia.
Proceedings. [1985?]. viii, 550 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
These are the proceedings of a conference held in 1985 to consider
the U.S. Bureau of the Census's Five Year Research Plan. "These
Proceedings contain the full record of the conference--invited speeches
and papers, formal discussion and floor discussion." Sessions were
included on automation, survey design and estimation, statistical
computing, census evaluation studies, confidentiality issues in federal
statistics, improving national population projection methodology, a
total survey design approach for telephone surveys, data analysis,
nonresponse adjustment procedures in sample surveys, statistical
standards, and quality issues and experiences in government or
nonmarket organizations.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
53:30787 Bleek,
Wolf. Lying informants: a fieldwork experience from
Ghana. Population and Development Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, Jun
1987. 314-22, 374, 377 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre; Spa.
"During anthropological research into birth control
beliefs and practices in a rural Ghanaian community, a coincidental
event revealed the lies that informants had told the interviewers about
sensitive aspects of their lives. The author argues that the
informants had good reason to lie, but that demographers have no reason
to believe them." In this anecdotal article the author compares
interviewees' responses about divorce, induced abortion, and other
topics with his own observations from fieldwork in 1971 and 1973, and
he questions the value of information acquired through survey
interviews.
Author's address: Anthropological-Sociological Center,
University of Amsterdam, Spui 21, 1012 WX, Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30788
Esenwein-Rothe, Ingeborg. World Fertility Survey:
results and further research activities. [World Fertility Survey:
Ergebnisse und weitere Forschungsaktivitaten.] Allgemeines
Statistisches Archiv, Vol. 71, No. 2, 1987. 145-56 pp. Gottingen,
Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
The World Fertility Survey,
completed in 1984, its results, and plans for future research are
described. The paper is presented in four sections and includes a
discussion of the origin and purpose of the World Fertility Survey; an
overview of World Fertility Survey participant publications; comments
on coverage of the World Fertility Survey, including its contributions
to both the social sciences and demography; and a discussion of the
continuation of the fertility surveys.
Location: Princeton
University Library (PF).
53:30789 Lengsfeld,
Wolfgang; Linke, Wilfried. Opinion poll on population
development in the Federal Republic of Germany--Autumn 1984. In:
Referate zum deutsch-franzosischen Arbeitstreffen auf dem Gebiet der
Demographie vom 30. September bis 3. Oktober 1985 in Dijon. Materialien
zur Bevolkerungswissenschaft, No. 49, 1986. 5-17 pp. Bundesinstitut fur
Bevolkerungsforschung: Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Eng.
The results of a 1984 opinion poll on population trends in the
Federal Republic of Germany are summarized. The survey's objective was
"to determine which information, ideas, opinions and apprehensions the
population has with regard to...present and presumable future
population development. This survey comprised [2,500] persons of German
nationality aged 18 years and over living in the Federal
Republic....The following topics were included in the survey:
knowledge and information about...population development in the Federal
Republic of Germany, information about family allowances and measures
of family policy, marriage behaviour and consensual unions, desire to
have children and childlessness, significance of the [family, and]
attitude towards the foreign population."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30790 Mathiowetz,
Nancy; Northrup, Doris; Sperry, Sandra; Waksberg, Joseph.
Linking the National Survey of Family Growth with the National
Health Interview Survey: analysis of field trials. Vital and
Health Statistics, Series 2: Data Evaluation and Methods Research, No.
103, Pub. Order No. DHHS (PHS) 87-1377. LC 86-600390. Sep 1987. vi, 46
pp. U.S. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]: Hyattsville,
Maryland. In Eng.
"This report presents the results of field
experiments that tested and evaluated alternative strategies for using
the [U.S.] National Health Interview Survey as the sampling frame for
the National Survey of Family Growth. Several design factors were
tested, including two types of sampling unit, two modes of initial
contact, and length of elapsed time between the two surveys. The
criteria used in the evaluation were response rates, level of effort,
and costs associated with the different design factors. The findings
indicate that the experimental variables had little impact on response
rates but differed significantly in level of effort and associated
costs."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30791 Nichols,
Douglas; Woods, Emile T.; Gates, Deborah S.; Sherman, Joyce.
Sexual behavior, contraceptive practice, and reproductive health
among Liberian adolescents. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 18,
No. 3, May-Jun 1987. 169-76 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"This
paper reports on a survey that was aimed at obtaining information for
use in designing programs to reduce the incidence of adolescent
pregnancy in Liberia. The sample of 1,488 never-married adolescents
aged 14-21 was divided into subgroups based on age, sex, student
status, and (for non-students) level of education." Information is
included on reproductive knowledge, sex behavior, contraceptive use,
and pregnancy history. "These results indicate a substantial unmet
need on the part of Liberian adolescents with respect to reproductive
health knowledge, information, and access to contraceptive
methods."
Author's address: Family Health International, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
53:30792 United
States. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS] (Hyattsville,
Maryland). The supplement on aging to the 1984 National
Health Interview Survey. Vital and Health Statistics, Series 1:
Programs and Collection Procedures, No. 21, Pub. Order No. DHHS (PHS)
87-1323. ISBN 0-8406-0369-X. LC 87-600066. Jun 1987. v, 115 pp.
Hyattsville, Maryland. In Eng.
This report describes the materials
and methods of collecting and analyzing data for interviews conducted
by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the National Health Interview
Survey (NHIS) 1984 Supplement on Aging. The sample group of 16,148
persons included "a systematic one-half sample of people in the 1984
NHIS households who were ages 55-64 years [and] all people in the 1984
NHIS households who were ages 65 years and over." The questionnaire
solicited information concerning family and household, community and
social support, employment status, health status, health care
requirements, and activities. "One of the objectives of the Supplement
on Aging (SOA) was to provide finer statistical measures of functional
limitations and the presence of chronic health conditions among older
persons than is provided in the NHIS basic questionnaire....Another
objective of the SOA was to provide information about older people that
could be used as baseline data in measurements of change over time
through a later prospective study."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30793 Whitehead,
Frank. The GRO use of social surveys. Population
Trends, No. 48, Summer 1987. 45-54 pp. London, England. In Eng.
The
author describes how the work of the Social Survey Division in England
and Wales has complemented the statistical work of the General Register
Office over the past 40 years. The activities described include the
testing of census questions and the evaluation of the quality and
coverage of results; the use of continuous surveys in the production of
migration, population, and fertility statistics; and surveys concerning
health.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
