54:40797 Afrikanov,
Dimitar. On some problems of the integration of USCRASP
and the population census. [Za nyakoi problemi pri integratsiyata
na ESGRAON i prebroyavaneto na naselenieto.] Naselenie, Vol. 5, No. 4,
1987. 132-6 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
"The major problems inherent to the operation, improvement and
development of the Unified System for Civil Registration and
Administrative Servicing of the Population (USCRASP) over the period of
preparation for the integration with the 1985 [Bulgarian] census are
discussed....Analysed are the results from the experiment for solving
problems of [organization], software, hardware and [methodology]...with
respect to defining the information base of USCRASP and increasing the
possibilities [of using] the information of the system in future
censuses and sociological surveys."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:40798 American
Academy of Pediatrics (Elk Grove Village, Illinois); American College
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Washington, D.C.).
Standard terminology for reporting of reproductive health
statistics in the United States. Public Health Reports, Vol. 103,
No. 5, Sep-Oct 1988. 464-71 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The
definitions, formulae, and reporting requirements approved by the
relevant U.S. authorities in order to promote uniform collection
procedures and the proper use and interpretation of reproductive health
statistics are presented.
Correspondence: American College
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 300E,
Washington, D.C. 20024. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:40799 United
States. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS] (Hyattsville,
Maryland). Proceedings of the Workshop on Needs and
Resources for Occupational Mortality Data. Vital and Health
Statistics, Series 4: Documents and Committee Reports, No. 26, Pub.
Order No. DHHS (PHS) 88-1463. ISBN 0-8406-0393-2. LC 88-600196. Aug
1988. vi, 63 pp. Hyattsville, Maryland. In Eng.
"This report
contains the proceedings of the Workshop on Needs and Resources for
Occupational Mortality Data, January 21-22, 1987. The workshop was
sponsored by the [U.S.] National Center for Health Statistics, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health. The use of industry and occupation data from death
certificates and the history of coding these data in mortality data
bases are reviewed. Options for future occupational mortality data
coding are developed and discussed by agency representatives and
working groups of Workshop participants. Evaluation of the options
[includes] criteria of timeliness, geographic and occupational coverage
and detail, data quality, surveillance capability, cost, and relevance
to State and national research."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:40800 Venedikov,
Iordan. For a representative approach in the census.
[Za reprezentativen podkhod pri prebroyavaneto.] Naselenie, Vol. 5, No.
4, 1987. 95-8 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The author compares and evaluates the use of censuses and of
sampling methods to enumerate populations. Specific advantages of each
method are outlined.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
54:40801 Wallman,
Katherine K. Losing count: the federal statistical
system. Population Trends and Public Policy, No. 16, Sep 1988. 16
pp. Population Reference Bureau: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The
author develops the hypothesis that although the U.S. government's need
for adequate statistical data is increasing, the federal statistical
system is less able to provide these data because of cuts in funding
and changes in policy.
Correspondence: Population Reference
Bureau, 777 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20005. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40802 Nissel,
Muriel. People count: a history of the General Register
Office. ISBN 0-11-691183-2. 1987. viii, 157 pp. Her Majesty's
Stationery Office: London, England. In Eng.
This is a history of
the 150 years of the General Register Office (GRO) of England and
Wales. "With extracts from past censuses, registration documents, and
quotes from the colourful and picturesque comments made by the
Registrar General in drawing attention to the problems of the time,
this unusual book traces the historical background to the introduction
of civil registration in 1837 and outlines the work of the GRO during a
period of great social change. It also looks at how the information
collected has been used in policy decisions, with particular emphasis
on the growing demands for more medical and social
data."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40803 Roberts, G.
W. Registration of vital events in the English-speaking
Caribbean. IIVRS Technical Paper, No. 32, Jun 1988. i, 10 pp.
International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics [IIVRS]:
Bethesda, Maryland. In Eng.
The author presents a history and
description of the registration of births, deaths, and marriages in the
English-speaking Caribbean, starting with early attempts to measure
fertility and mortality among the slave population. Accounts are
provided of the current data collection systems in Jamaica, St. Lucia,
Dominica, and Barbados. The reliability of the modern data is tested
by comparing it with census data for the same
years.
Correspondence: International Institute for Vital
Registration and Statistics, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40804 Rosenwaike,
Ira; Bradshaw, Benjamin S. The status of death statistics
for the Hispanic population of the Southwest. Social Science
Quarterly, Vol. 69, No. 3, Sep 1988. 722-36 pp. Austin, Texas. In Eng.
"Mortality data for the Hispanic population of the southwestern
United States are reviewed and compared with population data from the
1980 Census. Hispanic identifiers used in death records are described
and compared with those used in the 1980 Census, and recommendations
are made as to the best combination of definitions for studying
mortality. Until there is better consistency between definitions of
Hispanic origin in the vital records and the census, Spanish surname
remains the best means of defining the Hispanic population of the
Southwest."
Correspondence: I. Rosenwaike, School of Social
Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
54:40805 Anderson,
Margo J. The American census: a social history. ISBN
0-300-04014-8. LC 87-29828. 1988. xiii, 257 pp. Yale University Press:
New Haven, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
This is a social
history of the U.S. census from 1790 to the present. The focus is on
the role of the census as a policy-making tool and on how issues of
race and region, growth and decline, and equity and justice have been
contested through census politics over time. The author shows how
policy issues formed the way the census was taken and how the resulting
census data in turn shaped policy. Attention is paid to the role of
census data in apportioning political representation and federal
funding and in the redistribution of wealth and power in the modern
welfare state.
Location: New York Public Library.
54:40806 Appel,
Sibylle. Information campaign for the population census
1987. Studies on Statistics, No. 44, Pub. Order No. 6614410-88900.
Jul 1988. 16 pp. Statistisches Bundesamt: Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal
Republic of; W. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, Germany, Federal Republic of. In
Eng.
The public census information campaign conducted in West
Germany is described. The campaign was designed both to inform people
about the census, which was postponed in 1983, and to motivate people
to participate in it when it was eventually held in 1987. Data from
surveys carried out each month of the campaign indicate that its
objectives were achieved, particularly as public awareness of the
census increased from 56 to 98 percent and the percentage of those
categorically refusing to participate declined from 8 to 2
percent.
This is a translation of the German article published in
1987 and cited in 54:10804.
Correspondence: S. Appel,
Statistisches Bundesamt, Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11, D-6200 Wiesbaden 1,
Federal Republic of Germany. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:40807 Arnaudova,
Tsvetana; Miteva, Liliya. Post-enumeration surveys of
undercount and accuracy of registration during the general population
and housing census in Bulgaria. [Kontrolni prebroyavaniya za
palnotata na obkhvata i tochnostta na registratsiyata pri obstite
prebroyavaniya na naselenieto i zhilistniya fond v NR Balgariya.]
Naselenie, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1987. 100-5 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with
sum. in Eng; Rus.
The authors discuss problems involved in
post-enumeration surveys of undercount and registration accuracy, with
reference to the 1965, 1975, and 1985 censuses of
Bulgaria.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40808 Budaev,
V. Explaining to the public the objectives and tasks of
the All-Union population census. [Propagandistskaya rabota po
raz"yasneniyu tselei i zadach vsesoyuznoi perepisi naseleniya.] Vestnik
Statistiki, No. 6, 1988. 51-4 pp. Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
The
information campaign undertaken in the Soviet Union in connection with
the population census of 1989 is described.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40809 Castles,
Ian. Census of population and housing, 30 June 1986.
Catalogue of 1986 census tables. 2nd ed. Pub. Order No. 2175.0.
[1987?]. 334 pp. Bureau of Statistics: Belconnen, Australia. In Eng.
This publication describes the planned output products and data
available from the 1986 census of Australia. Information is included
on the characteristics, classifications, and codes available for
individuals, families, and dwellings.
Correspondence:
Information Services, Australian Bureau of Statistics, P.O. Box 10,
Belconnen ACT 2616, Australia. Location: Stanford University
Libraries. Source: APLIC Census Network List, No. 88, Sep
1988.
54:40810 da Costa,
Luiz N. The application of data sampling to population
censuses in Brazil. [Aplicacao da amostragem na coleta dos censos
demograficos no Brasil.] Revista Brasileira de Estatistica, Vol. 48,
No. 189-190, Jan-Dec 1987. 35-64 pp. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In Por.
with sum. in Eng.
The data sampling methods used in recent censuses
in Brazil, including the 1980 census, are reviewed and compared with
the sampling methods used in the United States, Canada, and
Argentina.
Correspondence: L. N. da Costa, Fundacao
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica, Rua Andre Cavalcanti
106, Bairro de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Location:
Princeton University Library (PF).
54:40811
International Cartographic Association (Perth,
Australia). Report of the Ad-Hoc Commission on Population
Cartography. Oct 1987. xv, 66, [73] pp. Perth, Australia. In Eng.
This is a report delivered at the thirteenth International
Conference of the International Cartographic Association, held in
Morelia, Mexico, in October 1987. The report is designed to help
national statistical offices prepare for the 1990 censuses. It
presents an inventory of maps used in collecting demographic data in
various countries, and suggests optimal methodology and production
design techniques for such maps. Recommendations for the preparation
of census maps in developing countries are also provided. A selection
of maps is included.
Location: Population Council Library,
New York, NY.
54:40812 Kolosova,
G. On the preparation of organizational plans to conduct
the 1989 population census. [O sostavlenii organizatsionnykh
planov provedeniya perepisi naseleniya 1989 g.] Vestnik Statistiki, No.
5, 1988. 33-40 pp. Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
A detailed outline of
preparatory work being undertaken for the 1989 census of the Soviet
Union is presented.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
54:40813 Livi Bacci,
Massimo. The census of Floridablanca in the context of
European censuses. [Il censimento di Floridablanca nel contesto
dei censimenti europei.] Genus, Vol. 43, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1987. 137-51
pp. Rome, Italy. In Ita. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
The 1787 census of
Spain, known as the census of Floridablanca, is described and compared
with the first censuses of the United States, Great Britain, and
France. The focus is on the historical circumstances that initially
led these countries to conduct censuses.
Correspondence: M.
Livi Bacci, Dipartimento Statistico, Universita degli Studi, Piazza San
Marco 4, 50121 Florence, Italy. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:40814 Martine,
George; Arias, Alfonso R. The evolution of employment in
agriculture. [A evolucao do emprego no campo.] Revista Brasileira
de Estudos de Populacao, Vol. 4, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1987. 39-84 pp. Sao
Paulo, Brazil. In Por. with sum. in Eng.
Data collected from
population and agricultural censuses concerning agricultural employment
in Brazil are compared. "This study aims at analyzing the origin, the
form and the significance of the differences between the two censuses.
In this first part a detailed comparison is made between their
respective concepts, their methodologies, their limitations and their
outcomes. The comparison goes back even to the first modern censuses
in order to evaluate the evolution of censal instruments and its
importance for the...understanding of employment in agriculture." Other
data sources are also considered.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:40815 Ohadike,
Patrick O. Determinants of quality of age data: a case
study of the 1974 Liberian census. RIPS Working Paper, No. 2/87,
[1987]. 40 pp. University of Ghana, Regional Institute for Population
Studies [RIPS]: Legon, Ghana. In Eng.
The quality of the data on
age and sex in the 1974 census of Liberia is analyzed. Factors
associated with errors in age reporting are identified, including
enumerator error, household characteristics, and level of socioeconomic
development.
Correspondence: RIPS, University of Ghana,
P.O. Box 96, Legon, Ghana. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:40816 Pavlova,
Veselka; Foteva, Maya; Dimitrova, Milka. Methodological
aspects of studies of households and families: observations and some
indicators connected with them. [Metodologichni aspekti na
nablyudenieto na domakinstvata i semeistvata i nyakoi svarzani s tyakh
priznatsi.] Naselenie, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1987. 122-8 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria.
In Bul. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The author discusses some basic
methodological aspects and problems of analyzing information on
households and families as provided by the population census in
Bulgaria.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40817 Stavrov,
Boris. Some theoretical and methodological conclusions
from the 1985 census. [Nyakoi teoretiko-metodologichni izvodi ot
prebroyavaneto prez 1985 g.] Naselenie, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1987. 84-94 pp.
Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The author
critically examines the methodology and the results of the 1985 census
of Bulgaria. The census is evaluated from a Marxist-Leninist
perspective.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40818 Zakhariev,
Petar. The analytical approach in using the results of the
1985 population and housing census. [Analitichniyat podkhod pri
izpolzuvane na rezultatite ot prebroyavaneto na naselenieto i
zhilistniya fond, provedeno kam 4.XII.1985 g.] Naselenie, Vol. 5, No.
4, 1987. 129-31 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
"The possibilities offered by the analytical approach for the use
of...statistical information in general and especially...[the] volume
and variety [of] information provided by the 1985 [Bulgarian]
population and housing census and the concomitant sociological sample
surveys are discussed."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:40819 Population
Council (New York, New York). Columbia 1986: results from
the Demographic and Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning,
Vol. 19, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1988. 305-9 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
Results from the 1986 Colombia Demographic and Health Survey are
presented. Summary statistics are provided for population
characteristics, fertility trends, contraceptive prevalence and use,
attitudes toward contraception and pregnancy, postpartum variables,
infant mortality, and health and nutrition status of children. Data
were collected from 4,873 households and complete interviews were
conducted with 5,331 women aged 15-49.
Correspondence:
Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40820 Population
Council (New York, New York). Liberia 1986: results from
the Demographic and Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning,
Vol. 19, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1988. 250-4 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This is a tabular summary of results from the Demographic and
Health Survey conducted in Liberia in 1986.
Correspondence:
Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40821 Sweet,
James; Bumpass, Larry; Call, Vaughn. The design and
content of the National Survey of Families and Households. NSFH
Working Paper, No. 1, Aug 1988. 54, [8] pp. University of Wisconsin,
Center for Demography and Ecology: Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
This
report provides a background or procedural history of the 1987-1988
National Survey of Families and Households, a survey involving a
probability sample of 13,017 respondents in the United States. The
authors "a. describe the history of the project; b. enumerate the
major criteria that guided our decisions as we designed the survey,
decided what topics to cover, and what questions to include; and c.
describe the procedures that were used, including sample design, field
procedures, and data preparation."
Correspondence: Center
for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin, 4412 Social
Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40822 Zarkovich,
S. S. An epilogue to the World Fertility Survey.
Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik, Vol. 203, No. 5-6, Oct
1987. 656-9 pp. Stuttgart, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Eng. with
sum. in Ger.
The author reviews the experience gained from the
World Fertility Survey, which was conducted between 1972 and 1984. The
author is particularly critical of the project's failure to develop the
capacity of the United Nations to undertake such statistical surveys
and to contribute to statistical development in developing
countries.
Correspondence: S. S. Zarkovich, 32 Makedonska,
Belgrade 11000, Yugoslavia. Location: Princeton University
Library (FST).
