54:20837 Afzal,
Mohammad. Some considerations for demographic assessment
of developing countries. Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 25, No.
4, Winter 1986. 517-34 pp. Islamabad, Pakistan. In Eng.
The author
examines data collection and analysis as well as estimation methods
used in demographic analysis in developing countries. He states that
"the overall objective of demographic assessment is a systematic
analysis of demographic parameters in order to determine demographic
trends and their interactions with the social and economic variables of
concern to the policy-maker....The non-availability of accurate
demographic information in the face of the pressing need for
socio-economic development and for limiting the growth rate of
population led to major advancements in developing alternative ways of
demographic data collection and techniques for demographic estimation.
As a result of the new approaches, a number of data sets and research
studies based on such data have been produced for different developing
countries." A comment by Sultan S. Hashmi is included (pp.
531-4).
Correspondence: M. Afzal, Chief of Research
(Population), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad,
Pakistan. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20838 Castles,
Ian. Social statistics and social change. Journal of
the Australian Population Association, Vol. 4, No. 2, Nov 1987. 93-105
pp. Carlton South, Australia. In Eng.
The author analyzes the
process of statistical data collection by modern nation states. He
concentrates on the links between programs to collect social and
economic data and on the interrelationship between vital statistics and
national accounts. Guidelines for statisticians are outlined The
geographical focus is on the world in general and Australia in
particular.
Correspondence: I. Castles, Australian
Statistician, PO Box 10, Belconnen, ACT 2616, Australia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20839 Fleming,
Sue. Socio-economic statistics on women: five case
studies in the Pacific. South Pacific Commission Technical Paper,
No. 193, ISBN 982-203-094-0. Mar 1987. ix, 85 pp. South Pacific
Commission: Noumea, New Caledonia. In Eng.
"The objectives of the
study are: (i) to review data and data collection systems in the South
Pacific region and to assess their adequacy in providing appropriate
and accurate information on women; (ii) to identify areas in need of
improvement; and (iii) to make recommendations as to how improvements
might be implemented." The study focuses on Fiji, Kiribati, the
Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands, and Tonga. Consideration is
given to data on family and households, migration, fertility and
mortality, ethnic groups, health, education, and
employment.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20840 Hill, Allan
G.; Graham, Wendy J. West African sources of health and
mortality information: a comparative review. Infant Mortality and
Health Studies: Technical Study, No. 58e, Pub. Order No. IDRC-TS58e.
ISBN 0-88936-506-7. 1988. viii, 48, [16] pp. International Development
Research Centre [IDRC]: Ottawa, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"The availability of different sources of [health and mortality]
information is reviewed for four West African countries [Mali, Senegal,
Gambia, and Sierra Leone]. The survey shows that a great deal of
potentially valuable information is being collected, much less of it
analyzed. Some series are particularly valuable for the study of
trends. There are often severe problems of interpretation because, in
the routinely collected data from the health services, there are large
selection biases that can be difficult to circumvent. The conclusion
based on this work is that further development of techniques for the
collection and analysis of data routinely produced by the health
services is probably a more productive route to follow than attempting
to install expensive registration systems as found in developing
countries." This publication is also available in
French.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20841 Uyanga,
Joseph. New approaches to the collection of planning data:
on birth and death and estimation of vital rates. Philippine
Geographical Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1986. 116-29 pp.
Manila, Philippines. In Eng.
Recent developments in the collection
of demographic data are described. The emphasis is on indirect methods
involving single-round surveys. The author reviews both the basic
demographic questionnaire and questionnaires focusing on the last live
birth. The geographical focus is on developing
countries.
Correspondence: J. Uyanga, University of Science
and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Location: U.S. Library
of Congress, Washington, D.C.
54:20842 Bobadilla,
Jose L.; Ceron, Prudencia; Coria, Irma. Coverage and
quality of the registration of perinatal deaths occurring in health
institutions in the Federal District. [Cobertura y calidad del
registro de defunciones perinatales ocurridas en instituciones de salud
del Distrito Federal.] Estudios Demograficos y Urbanos, Vol. 2, No. 2,
May-Aug 1987. 257-71, 382 pp. Mexico City, Mexico. In Spa. with sum. in
Eng.
"This paper presents the results of the first direct attempt
at evaluating the coverage of the perinatal death registration in the
Distrito Federal [of Mexico]; this study is based on the information
gathered from 574 deaths which took place in 23 hospitals in the
Distrito Federal during a three month period in 1984. Both the causes
of the failure to register many of these deaths and the quality of the
information presented in perinatal death certificates are pointed out
and discussed here. According to the evidence analyzed, it is clear
that underregistration in the Distrito Federal is extremely
marked....The paper suggests the possibility of establishing a hospital
registration system which would keep a record of both deaths and
births. It also stresses the need for establishing rules to detect
fetal deaths plus the need for unifying criteria regarding the
definition of 'live birth'."
Correspondence: J. L.
Bobadilla, Centro de Investigaciones en Salud Publica, Secretaria de
Salud, Mexico City, Mexico. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:20843 Meir,
Avinoam. Comparative vital statistics along the pastoral
nomadism-sedentarism continuum. Human Ecology, Vol. 15, No. 1, Mar
1987. 91-107 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"This paper attempts
to gather and present as much information as possible on crude birth
and death rates and natural increase rates for various pastoral nomadic
societies in different African and Middle Eastern countries. The
information is arranged by a subdivision into nomads, seminomads, and
sedentarized nomads. A summarization of this information suggests a
possible pattern by which birth rates rise, death rates fall (but may
rise in certain circumstances), and natural increase rates rise along
the nomadism-sedentarism continuum. Such a possible pattern has
several policy implications for governments assessing the needs of a
nomadic society undergoing a process of change in its socio-ecological
relationships."
Correspondence: A. Meir, Department of
Geography, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
54:20844 Salhi,
Mohammed. The evaluation of death registration by methods
based on the stable population model. [L'evaluation de
l'enregistrement des deces par les methodes pouvant reposer sur le
modele des populations stables.] ISBN 2-87085-134-0. 1987. 244 pp.
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Departement de Demographie:
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; CIACO Editeur: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. In
Fre.
Stable population methods for evaluating death registration
data are developed. The problem of underregistration in developing
countries and ways of evaluating it are discussed. Several stable
population methods are outlined and then considered under conditions
involving a drop first in mortality and then in fertility. Distortions
due to age misreporting are examined, and the methods are applied in
the context of migration and differential death registration by age. A
simulation of the existing demographic situation in Algeria is used to
assess the methods' applicability and
limitations.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20845 Appel,
Roland; Hummel, Dieter. Beware the census! Collected,
stored, and tabulated. [Vorsicht Volkszahlung! Erfasst, vernetzt
und ausgezahlt.] ISBN 3-923243-31-6. Feb 1987. 245 pp. Kolner
Volksblatt: Cologne, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
This is
a collection of articles by supporters of the boycott of the Federal
Republic of Germany's 1987 census. Arguments against the need for
census data are presented. Some of the authors discuss the dangers and
potential abuses of the stored data, as well as the possibility of its
use for identifying individuals and for state surveillance. Readers
are urged not to participate; a section is included that describes how
to resist being counted and protect one's personal
data.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20846 Canada.
Statistics Canada (Ottawa, Canada). Census Canada 1986.
Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations: a 1986 and 1981
comparison. Statistics Canada Reference Paper Series, Pub. Order
No. 99-105E. ISBN 0-660-12508-0. May 1987. 89 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In
Eng.
"This paper [which is also available in French] is part of a
series of reference documents designed to assist users of census data
in finding, understanding, using and comparing data....The purpose of
this paper is to provide a means of comparing 1986 census metropolitan
areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs) to their 1981
delineations."
Location: Stanford University Libraries.
Source: APLIC Census Network List, No. 76, Aug-Sep 1987.
54:20847 Li,
Chengrui; Tie, Dazhang; Wu, Hui; Sun, Jingxin. A census of
one billion people. Papers for International Seminar on China's 1982
Population Census. ISBN 962-7063-41-1. 1987. 704 pp. Economic
Information and Agency: Hong Kong. Distributed by Westview Press, 5500
Central Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301 (outside of China, Hong Kong,
Singapore, and Japan). In Eng.
This publication, which is also
available in Chinese, presents the proceedings of the International
Seminar on China's 1982 Population Census, held in Beijing, March
26-31, 1984. It contains 47 papers organized under four topics:
preparations for the census, data processing, evaluation of data
reliability, and data analysis. The papers were prepared by both
Chinese and international contributors.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:20848 Lintzel,
Ewa. Classifications of socio-occupational groups to be
applied in the general census of 1988. [Jaka klasyfikacje grup
spoleczno-zawodowych zastosuje sie w NSP 1988.] Wiadomosci
Statystyczne, Vol. 32, No. 11, Nov 1987. 5-8 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In
Pol.
Details are presented concerning the 27 classifications of
occupations adopted for the 1988 census of
Poland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20849 Luther,
Norman Y.; Retherford, Robert D. Consistent correction of
census and vital registration data. Mathematical Population
Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1988. 1-20, 123 pp. New York, New York/London,
England. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"A new procedure is developed
for simultaneously and consistently correcting two or more censuses and
intercensal registered births and deaths. The procedure begins with a
set of preliminary correction factors, which are not necessarily
consistent. It then uses the mathematics of finite-dimensional vector
spaces to derive an optimal set of final consistent correction factors.
The optimization procedure is based on the principle that there exists
in a hyperplane a unique point of minimum distance from a fixed point
not in the hyperplane. For purposes of illustration, the procedure is
applied to the censuses of 1970, 1975, and 1980 and intercensal
registered births and deaths for the periods 1970-75 and 1975-80 for
the Republic of Korea."
Correspondence: N. Y. Luther,
Department of Mathematics, Hawaii Pacific College, Honolulu, HI 96813.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20850 Ma,
Yuanji. Analysis and verification of errors in the data
processing of the third national population census. Population
Research, Vol. 3, No. 3, Jul 1986. 24-8 pp. Beijing, China. In Eng.
The author evaluates the quality of the data in the 1982 census of
China using data concerning the province of Qinghai. The author
concludes that the system designed to identify errors in data for China
as a whole is effective since the analysis of errors in the Quinghai
data produced similar results.
This a translation of the Chinese
article published in 1985 and cited in 54:10826.
Correspondence: Y. Ma, Computer Center, Qinghai Provincial
Planning Commission, Qinghai, China. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:20851 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Special
censuses conducted between July 1, 1982 and December 31, 1985.
Current Population Reports, Series P-28: Special Censuses, No. 1509,
Oct 1987. 17, [3] pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This report
summarizes the 167 special censuses conducted by the [U.S.] Bureau of
the Census following the April 1, 1980 decennial census through
December 31, 1985. The areas that had special censuses consist of
incorporated places such as cities and villages, minor civil divisions
such as towns and townships, counties, and American Indian
reservations....The following categories have population questions
which are included in a special census: household relationship, age,
sex, race, and Spanish origin. Occupancy and vacancy status, number of
units in structure, and tenure data are collected for housing
units."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20852 Zalewski,
Leslaw. The 1988 general census in light of the expected
recommendations of the CMEA Permanent Statistical Commission.
[Narodowy Spis Powszechny 1988 w swietle przewidywanych zalecen Stalej
Komisji Statystycznej RWPG.] Wiadomosci Statystyczne, Vol. 32, No. 11,
Nov 1987. 3-5 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol.
The author describes a
set of principles concerning census procedures agreed to by the
countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. These include
an agreement to conduct a decennial census at the end of each decade
and close to the beginning of a year, and an agreed number of minimum
and optimum components. Dates of future censuses include: Poland,
1988; USSR, 1989; Mongolia, 1989; Viet Nam, 1989; Romania, 1990;
Hungary, 1990; Cuba, 1990; Czechoslovakia, 1990; German Democratic
Republic, 1991; Yugoslavia, 1991; and Bulgaria,
2000.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20853 Anderson,
J. E.; Ali, H. E.; Dakroury, A. H.; Said, A. K.; Hussein, M. A.;
El-Ghorab, M. I.; Miller, D. C.; Brink, E. W. Use of
nutrition surveys for family planning programme evaluation: the case
of the Arab Republic of Egypt nutrition status. Journal of
Tropical Pediatrics, Vol. 33, No. 2, Apr 1987. 85-92 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
The authors suggest that fertility and
contraceptive prevalence surveys and nutritional status surveys both
measure closely related phenomena, and that combining resources in a
single survey can increase the information significantly with very
little increase in resources expended. Data from the 1978 Nutrition
Status Survey conducted in Egypt are used to illustrate how fertility
and contraceptive use information can be obtained along with
nutritional status data. The value of the combined approach for
studying the relationship between family planning use and child health
is noted.
Correspondence: J. E. Anderson, Family Planning
Evaluation Division, Bureau of Epidemiology, Centers for Disease
Control, Atlanta, GA 30333. Location: New York Academy of
Medicine.
54:20854 Brass,
William. Implications for future demographic
enquiries. In: The World Fertility Survey: an assessment, edited
by John Cleland, Chris Scott, and David Whitelegge. 1987. 934-49 pp.
Oxford University Press: New York, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
The author assesses the implications of the World Fertility Survey
for forecasting future research developments. He states that the most
fundamental finding is "that the recording of birth histories
retrospectively can be successful even in populations with low
standards of literacy and relatively unfamiliar with national systems
of statistics." It is concluded that surveys of the WFS type should be
widely used to collect demographic data in developing countries.
"Their main contribution will be in the estimation of trends in
fertility and child mortality, detailed in time and component parts, in
close relation to proximate determinants. The design of the surveys,
in questions, sample sizes and timing should be fitted to the other
sources of population data, notably censuses."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20855 Caldwell,
John C.; Ruzicka, Lado T. Demographic levels and
trends. In: The World Fertility Survey: an assessment, edited by
John Cleland, Chris Scott, and David Whitelegge. 1987. 741-72 pp.
Oxford University Press: New York, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
The authors assess the impact of World Fertility Survey findings on
generally accepted views concerning demographic levels and trends.
"This chapter attempts to do this with regard to fertility, mortality,
nuptiality and lactation, but will not enter the area of fertility
determinants, and confines itself to developing countries. We examine
both the impact of WFS upon demographic figures with official
authorization and its more general contribution to knowledge in these
fields....Considerable attention is paid to journal articles which
represent publications independent of WFS and of
governments...."
The authors conclude that "the World Fertility
Survey has made a major contribution to the study of fertility by
insisting, so far as was in its power, on standards of excellence in
survey work, data processing and analysis. The existence of its
fertility histories and lactation data have substantially advanced
analytical methodology and will probably continue to do so for some
time to come. WFS has probably not greatly affected estimates of the
overall birth rates, death rates or rates of population growth. It
almost certainly has made a greater contribution to estimates of infant
and child mortality and to the age structure of fertility. For some
countries, its estimates of trends in fertility and infant and child
mortality will probably be found to be sound, but we suspect that a
substantial number will prove to have been quite wide of the
mark."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20856 Casterline,
John B. The collection and analysis of community
data. In: The World Fertility Survey: an assessment, edited by
John Cleland, Chris Scott, and David Whitelegge. 1987. 882-905 pp.
Oxford University Press: New York, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
This chapter is concerned with the value of the community data
collected during the course of the World Fertility Survey. The author
assesses the importance of such data for analyzing the effects of
family planning and health services on fertility and mortality, for
examining the relationships between socioeconomic opportunities and
fertility, and for exploring the relationships among fertility,
mortality, and migration. The design of the community survey and the
process of data collection in the minority of WFS countries that did
collect community data are described. The author concludes that data
of this kind are proving valuable despite their obvious
drawbacks.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20857 Chander,
Ramesh; Grootaert, Christiaan. Standardized multi-national
research: strengths and weaknesses. In: The World Fertility
Survey: an assessment, edited by John Cleland, Chris Scott, and David
Whitelegge. 1987. 923-33 pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New
York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
The advantages and disadvantages of
multinational research projects of the kind represented by the World
Fertility Survey are studied. "In this chapter we outline some of the
arguments that can form part of such a study....We review selected
international research efforts, then...the benefits and disadvantages
of multinational approaches to each of the four research components,
before presenting our recommendations...." The authors conclude that
the same approach could usefully be applied to the study of
agriculture, migration, and mortality.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:20858 Cleland,
John; Scott, Chris; Whitelegge, David. The World Fertility
Survey: an assessment. ISBN 0-19-828525-6. LC 87-23483. 1987.
xvi, 1,058 pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New York/Oxford,
England. In Eng.
This book, which consists of 39 papers by various
authors, is an assessment and review of the findings and
accomplishments of the World Fertility Survey (WFS). The papers are
grouped into eight substantive parts concerning the origin and nature
of the project; the data collection instruments; survey management,
design, and cost; sampling and data collection; data processing; data
evaluation, analysis, and archiving; different aspects of the WFS
contribution to knowledge; and implications of the WFS for policy and
future data collection.
Selected items will be cited in this or
subsequent issues of Population Index.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:20859 De Sandre,
Paolo. The WFS in developed countries. In: The World
Fertility Survey: an assessment, edited by John Cleland, Chris Scott,
and David Whitelegge. 1987. 906-20 pp. Oxford University Press: New
York, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
The author reviews the 20
surveys that were carried out in developed countries under general
guidelines from the World Fertility Survey. He notes that the use of
both single-round sample surveys and questions developed to meet local
needs has reduced the possibility for comparative analysis and for the
analysis of fertility levels and trends over
time.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20860 Haaga, John
G. Reliability of retrospective survey data on infant
feeding. Demography, Vol. 25, No. 2, May 1988. 307-14 pp.
Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng.
"This article examines retest
reliability and digit preference in retrospective survey data on
breastfeeding duration and type of supplementary food, covering three
decades and reported by more than 1,200 Malaysian women. Women with
little or no education, rural residents, and those of Malay ethnicity
are found to give less reliable data. In a logistic regression
analysis, these respondent characteristics are more important
determinants of data quality than the length of the recall
period."
Correspondence: J. G. Haaga, Economics and
Statistics Department, Rand Corporation, 2100 M Street NW, Washington,
D.C. 20037. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20861 Hermalin,
Albert I.; Osheba, Ibrahim K.; Sayed, Hussein A.-A. On the
reliability of community data in Egypt. Population Studies Center
Research Report, No. 88-117, Jan 1988. 30 pp. University of Michigan,
Population Studies Center: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
The
reliability of community data in Egypt is examined using data for areas
covered by both the 1980 Egyptian Fertility Survey (EFS) and the 1982
Population and Development Program (PDP) Community Surveys. Results
are presented in tabular form for the percent agreement, reliability
ratio, and index of reliability for selected community variables. The
authors conclude that "the levels of response inconsistency between the
1980 EFS and 1982 PDP Community Surveys are rather high for most of the
village variables examined. Second, these high levels of response
inconsistency result from all villages showing inconsistency on a few
variables, rather than a few villages showing inconsistency on many
variables."
Correspondence: Population Studies Center,
University of Michigan, 1225 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20862 Kovar, Mary
G. Aging in the eighties, people living alone--two years
later: data from the 1984 and 1986 Longitudinal Study of Aging
interviews. Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, No.
149, Pub. Order No. DHHS (PHS) 88-1250. Apr 4, 1988. 12 pp. U.S.
National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]: Hyattsville, Maryland. In
Eng.
"The [U.S.] Longitudinal Study of Aging is a long-term
collaborative project with the National Institute of Aging that
involves matches with existing records, such as death certificates, for
all of the people in the Supplement on Aging, and reinterviews with
samples of people who were in the 1984 study....One part of the
Longitudinal Study of Aging involved selecting a sample of 5,151 people
who were age 70 years and over in 1984 to be reinterviewed in
1986....Information about the 1,921 people in the 1986 Longitudinal
Study of Aging reinterview sample who had been living alone in 1984 is
the basis of this report." Tabular data are included on housing
characteristics, contacts with children, social contacts, and
assistance with daily living activities.
Correspondence:
NCHS, 3700 East-West Highway, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20863 Lengsfeld,
Wolfgang. Opinions and attitudes about population trends
in the Federal Republic of Germany: results of an opinion poll.
[Meinungen und Einstellungen zur Bevolkerungsentwicklung in der
Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Ergebnisse einer Meinungsumfrage.]
Materialien zur Bevolkerungswissenschaft: Sonderheft, No. 14, 1987. 89
pp. Bundesinstitut fur Bevolkerungsforschung: Wiesbaden, Germany,
Federal Republic of. In Ger.
These are the results of a 1984
opinion poll in the Federal Republic of Germany concerning people's
knowledge, opinions, and fears about population trends. The poll
involved 2,500 West German citizens aged 18 and over. Six categories
were explored: knowledge and information about population trends and
their consequences, knowledge of family allowances and opinions on
family policy measures, marriage and consensual union, the importance
of children and reasons for the fertility decline, the significance of
women's occupational status, and attitude toward the foreign
population.
For a related study, published in 1986, see 53:30789.
Correspondence: Bundesinstitut fur Bevolkerungsforschung,
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 6, Postf. 5528, D-6200 Wiesbaden, Federal
Republic of Germany. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
54:20864 Little,
Roderick J. A. Some statistical analysis issues at the
World Fertility Survey. American Statistician, Vol. 42, No. 1, Feb
1988. 31-6 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"The World Fertility Survey
carried out cross-sectional probability surveys of fertility in more
than 40 developing countries between 1972 and 1984. Statistical issues
in regression analysis of the data are reviewed, including treatment of
interactions, the selection of regressor variables, and appropriate
linear models for rate variables. Similar issues arise in many other
applications of regression to observational
data."
Correspondence: R. J. A. Little, Department of
Biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20865 McDevitt,
Thomas M. The survey under difficult conditions:
population data collection and analysis in Papua New Guinea.
HRAFlex Books, Ethnography Series, No. OJ1-006, 1987. xvii, 515 pp.
Human Relations Area Files: New Haven, Connecticut. In Eng.
This is
a collection of 22 studies by authors from various disciplines on
methodological issues associated with data collection and analysis
involving surveys taken under difficult conditions. The example of
Papua New Guinea is used. Part 1 contains 15 papers dealing with
problems related to data collection in Papua New Guinea. Emphasis is
placed on types of nonsampling error, including age misstatement and
residential classification errors, and the causes of those errors.
Part 2 contains 7 papers that attempt to answer questions concerning
how the deficiencies in the data collected in Papua New Guinea can be
overcome. Among the techniques and models considered are one- and
two-parameter model life table systems, model fertility schedules,
Brass's childhood and adult mortality estimation techniques, the
own-children fertility technique, and the combination of data of
multiple types. The complementarity of data collection and data
analysis is stressed throughout the
collection.
Correspondence: T. M. McDevitt, Training
Branch, International Statistical Programs Center, U.S. Bureau of the
Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Location: University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Population Center Library.
54:20866 Ndiaye,
Salif; Sarr, Ibrahima; Ayad, Mohamed. Demographic and
Health Survey in Senegal, 1986. [Enquete Demographique et de Sante
au Senegal, 1986.] Mar 1988. xviii, 173 pp. Direction de la
Statistique, Division des Enquetes et de la Demographie: Dakar,
Senegal; Westinghouse Institute for Resource Development, Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Fre.
The
methodology and main results of the 1986 Demographic and Health Survey
of Senegal are presented. The survey was based on a stratified sample
of some 5,000 women of reproductive age and 1,000 children aged 6 to 36
months. Sections are included on nuptiality and exposure to risk of
pregnancy, fertility, knowledge and use of contraception, fertility
preferences, and mortality and health of mother and
child.
Correspondence: Direction de la Statistique,
Ministere de l'Economie et des Finances, BP 116, Dakar, Senegal.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20867 Ortega,
Manuel; Vaessen, Martin. Dissemination and utilization of
findings and methodology within countries. In: The World Fertility
Survey: an assessment, edited by John Cleland, Chris Scott, and David
Whitelegge. 1987. 950-67 pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New
York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"This chapter presents the results of
a postal survey about the dissemination of National Fertility Survey
(NFS) findings in nine countries and the utilization of NFS findings
and methodology in 25 countries. The survey was carried out under
contract with the WFS." The authors provide a brief general assessment
of the survey experience, focusing on benefits, negative effects, and
the adequacy of the NFS model for future research
projects.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20868 Population
Council (New York, New York). Dominican Republic 1986:
results from the Demographic and Health Survey. Studies in Family
Planning, Vol. 19, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1988. 122-6 pp. New York, New York.
In Eng.
These are the results of the 1986 "Dominican Republic
Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)....Data were collected in a
nationally representative survey from 7,155 households and complete
interviews were conducted with 7,649 women aged 15-49." Tables and
graphs present data on fertility trends and differentials, fertility
preferences, contraceptive use and knowledge, nuptiality, postpartum
variables, infant mortality trends and differentials, health, and
nutritional status.
Correspondence: Population Council, One
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20869 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs (New
York, New York). A comparative evaluation of data quality
in thirty-eight World Fertility Surveys. No. ST/ESA/SER.R/50/Rev1,
1987. xiv, 463 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This is a revised
and expanded version of a publication that provides a comparative
evaluation of data quality in 38 World Fertility Surveys (WFS), carried
out in developing countries between 1974 and 1981. The report
describes a series of simple data quality checks that can be used to
assess age and date reporting and that involve both internal data
comparisons as well as comparisons with other sources of data. "The
assessment presented here provides a baseline for comparison when
successive surveys are undertaken in all those countries participating
in the World Fertility Survey programme whose data are reviewed here."
The applicability of the methods outlined here to the assessment of
data quality in other countries is evaluated. The results indicate that
the WFS estimates of fertility were reasonably reliable in at least 27
of the 38 countries surveyed. "Of the 11 countries for which WFS
failed to provide reliable estimates of recent fertility, three
(Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan) were the most populous of all 38
countries, and nine had total fertility rates of six or more
children."
For the 1983 edition of this publication, see 49:40249.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20870 Verma,
Vijay; Palan, V. T. Contribution to survey capability in
developing countries. In: The World Fertility Survey: an
assessment, edited by John Cleland, Chris Scott, and David Whitelegge.
1987. 968-85 pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New York/Oxford,
England. In Eng.
The authors assess the World Fertility Survey's
contribution to the development of survey capability in developing
countries. They conclude that "the major limitations of WFS in making
a contribution to the enhancement of national survey capability sprang
largely from the limited time horizon and rather predetermined content
and scope of the programme. These features--dictated in great part by
the limited mandate given to the WFS by its donor agencies--precluded
much significant contribution to institution building, strengthening
survey-taking infrastructural facilities, and long-term formal training
of national staff....However, on the whole, the orientation and manner
with which WFS implemented national fertility surveys seriously
attempted to transcend some of these inherent limitations. The WFS
staff, as individuals and as a group, demonstrated a clear commitment
to improving survey research methods and supporting the growth of
survey capability in developing countries."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20871
Westinghouse Institute for Resource Development. Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland).
Interviewer's manual: for use with model "A" questionnaire for
high contraceptive prevalence countries. DHS Basic Documentation,
No. 5, Sep 1987. 74 pp. Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
This manual is
designed to guide interviewers in using the model "A" questionnaire of
the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for high contraceptive
prevalence countries. Following an introduction to the DHS, sections
are included on conducting an interview, field procedures, general
procedures for completing the questionnaire, the household
questionnaire, and the individual
questionnaire.
Correspondence: Westinghouse Institute for
Resource Development, P.O. Box 866, Columbia, MD 21044.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20872
Westinghouse Institute for Resource Development. Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland).
Interviewer's manual: for use with model "B" questionnaire for low
contraceptive prevalence countries. DHS Basic Documentation, No.
6, Sep 1987. 69 pp. Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
This manual is
designed to guide interviewers in using the model "B" questionnaire of
the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for low contraceptive
prevalence countries. Following an introduction to the DHS, sections
are included on conducting an interview, field procedures, general
procedures for completing the questionnaire, the household
questionnaire, and the individual
questionnaire.
Correspondence: Westinghouse Institute for
Resource Development, P.O. Box 866, Columbia, MD 21044.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20873
Westinghouse Institute for Resource Development. Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland). Model "A"
questionnaire: with additional health questions and commentary for
high contraceptive prevalence countries. DHS Basic Documentation,
No. 3, Sep 1987. x, 61 pp. Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
This
publication contains the model "A" questionnaire of the Demographic and
Health Surveys (DHS), designed for use in high contraceptive prevalence
countries, with additional health questions. The aims of the
questionnaire, which are to obtain information of programmatic and
academic interest to family planners, demographers, and health
professionals, are discussed. The questionnaire consists of eight
sections: respondent's background, reproduction, contraception, health
and breast-feeding, marriage, fertility preferences, husband's
background and woman's work, and weight and length of
children.
Correspondence: Westinghouse Institute for
Resource Development, P.O. Box 866, Columbia, MD 21044.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20874
Westinghouse Institute for Resource Development. Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland). Model "A"
questionnaire: with commentary for high contraceptive prevalence
countries. DHS Basic Documentation, No. 1, Sep 1987. x, 57 pp.
Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
This is one in a series providing
information on the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), a program of
the Institute for Resource Development at Westinghouse. The present
publication contains the core version of the DHS model "A"
questionnaire, designed for use in high contraceptive prevalence
countries. The aims of the questionnaire, which are to obtain
information of programmatic and academic interest to family planners,
demographers, and health professionals, are discussed. The
questionnaire consists of eight sections: respondent's background,
reproduction, contraception, health and breast-feeding, marriage,
fertility preferences, husband's background and woman's work, and
weight and length of children.
Correspondence: Westinghouse
Institute for Resource Development, P.O. Box 866, Columbia, MD 21044.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20875
Westinghouse Institute for Resource Development. Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland). Model "B"
questionnaire: with additional health questions and commentary for low
contraceptive prevalence countries. DHS Basic Documentation, No.
4, Sep 1987. x, 55 pp. Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
This publication
contains the model "B" questionnaire of the Demographic and Health
Surveys (DHS), designed for use in low contraceptive prevalence
countries, with additional health questions. The aims of the
questionnaire, which are to obtain information of programmatic and
academic interest to family planners, demographers, and health
professionals, are discussed. The questionnaire consists of eight
sections: respondent's background, reproduction, contraception, health
and breast-feeding, marriage, fertility preferences, husband's
background and woman's work, and weight and length of
children.
Correspondence: Westinghouse Institute for
Resource Development, P.O. Box 866, Columbia, MD 21044.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20876
Westinghouse Institute for Resource Development. Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland). Model "B"
questionnaire: with commentary for low contraceptive prevalence
countries. DHS Basic Documentation, No. 2, Sep 1987. x, 51 pp.
Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
This is one in a series providing
information on the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), a program of
the Institute for Resource Development at Westinghouse. The present
publication contains the core version of the DHS model "B"
questionnaire, designed for use in low contraceptive prevalence
countries. The aims of the questionnaire, which are to obtain
information of programmatic and academic interest to family planners,
demographers, and health professionals, are discussed. The
questionnaire consists of eight sections: respondent's background,
reproduction, contraception, health and breast-feeding, marriage,
fertility preferences, husband's background and woman's work, and
weight and length of children.
Correspondence: Westinghouse
Institute for Resource Development, P.O. Box 866, Columbia, MD 21044.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20877
Westinghouse Institute for Resource Development. Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland). Sampling
manual. DHS Basic Documentation, No. 8, Nov 1987. 68 pp. Columbia,
Maryland. In Eng.
This publication, part of a series containing
basic documentation for the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), is
concerned with DHS sampling policy. Selected sampling techniques and
issues are also discussed.
Correspondence: Westinghouse
Institute for Resource Development, P.O. Box 866, Columbia, MD 21044.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:20878
Westinghouse Institute for Resource Development. Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland).
Supervisor's manual: for use with model "A" and "B"
questionnaires. DHS Basic Documentation, No. 7, Dec 1987. 59 pp.
Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
This manual is designed for field
supervisors using the model "A" and "B" questionnaires of the
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Following an introduction to the
DHS, attention is given to preparing for fieldwork, organizing and
supervising fieldwork, maintaining fieldwork control sheets, monitoring
interviewer performance, and editing
questionnaires.
Correspondence: Westinghouse Institute for
Resource Development, P.O. Box 866, Columbia, MD 21044.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
