55:10769 Asociacion
Demografica Costarricense (San Jose, Costa Rica); Costa Rica. Direccion
General de Estadistica y Censos (San Jose, Costa Rica); Escuela de
Estadistica Universidad de Costa Rica (San Jose, Costa Rica); Instituto
de Estudios Sociales en Poblacion (Heredia, Costa Rica).
Eighth National Seminar on Demography: September 7, 8, and 9,
1983. [Octavo Seminario Nacional de Demografia: 7, 8 y 9 de
setiembre, 1983.] May 1986. xv, 249 pp. Asociacion Demografica
Costarricense: San Jose, Costa Rica. In Spa.
These are the
proceedings of a seminar on the demography of Costa Rica, held in San
Jose in September 1983. The 17 papers were presented at six sessions
organized under the titles general demographic aspects and the labor
force, fertility, mortality and health, the third age, migration, and
population policy.
Correspondence: Direccion General de
Estadistica y Censos, Apartado 10216, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:10770 Associacao
Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais [ABEP] (Belo Horizonte,
Brazil). Sixth National Conference on Population Studies:
Proceedings. [VI Encontro Nacional de Estudos Populacionais:
anais.] 1988. 694; 654; 451; 767 pp. Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In Por.
These are the proceedings of the Sixth National Conference on
Population Studies in Brazil, held in Olinda, October 16-20, 1988. The
proceedings are in four volumes. Volume 1 is concerned with the
demographic transition and includes subsections on the family in the
demographic transition, aging, and political implications of
demographic changes. Volume 2 is about urbanization and the process of
change in Brazilian society; the focus is on living conditions and
migration. Volume 3 deals with the demography of the black population
of Brazil. Volume 4 contains sections on the demography of the
northeast, issues concerning the 1980 census, methods of demographic
analysis, and contributed papers on various
topics.
Correspondence: ABEP, Presidencia, Rua Curitiba
832, 9o andar, 30000 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:10771
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
[IUSSP] (Liege, Belgium); Union for African Population Studies [UAPS]
(Dakar, Senegal); Senegal. Direction de la Statistique (Dakar,
Senegal). African Population Conference, Dakar, Senegal,
November 7-12, 1988. [Congres Africain de Population, Dakar,
Senegal, novembre 7-12, 1988.] Vol. 1, ISBN 2-87108-001-9. 1988. xii,
xiii, [444] pp. Liege, Belgium. In Eng; Fre.
This is the first of a
three-volume set containing the papers presented at a November 1988
conference on African population issues. The conference, which was
held in Dakar, Senegal, was sponsored by the International Union for
the Scientific Study of Population in cooperation with the Union for
African Population Studies and the Central Statistical Office of
Senegal. The volume is divided into two chapters. The first is
concerned with data quality and approaches to data collection and
processing. In the second chapter consideration is given to the impact
on fertility of various biological, cultural, religious, marital, and
family planning characteristics.
Correspondence: IUSSP, 34
rue des Augustins, 4000 Liege, Belgium. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:10772 Lindauer,
M.; Schopf, A. The earth our environment: overpopulation
and underpopulation as problems of population dynamics. [Die Erde
unser Lebensraum: Uberbevolkerung und Unterbevolkerung als Probleme
einer Populationsdynamik.] ISBN 3-12-984570-4. 1987. 376 pp. Ernst
Klett: Stuttgart, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
This
publication contains papers from a symposium on interdisciplinary
approaches to the study of population dynamics, held at the University
of Wurzburg, Federal Republic of Germany. Individual papers consider
Malthusianism, the earth's ecosystems, overpopulation, agrarian
carrying capacity and its geo-ecological basis in West Africa, problems
of an aging population, the role of physicians in fertility control,
the relationship between population growth and ethical issues,
socio-cultural factors of regional population growth, and genetic
technology.
Location: New York Public Library.
55:10773 Nordisk
Statistisk Sekretariat (Copenhagen, Denmark). Nordic
Seminar on Empirical Life History Analysis and Panel Studies,
Stockholm, November 25 to 27, 1987. Nordisk Statistisk Sekretariat
Tekniske Rapporter, No. 46, ISBN 87-88083-36-5. 1988. 404 pp.
Copenhagen, Denmark. In Eng.
These are the proceedings of a seminar
on life history analysis and panel studies, held in Stockholm, Sweden,
in November 1987. The papers are mostly in English, with some in
various Scandinavian languages. Topics covered include criminality;
data quality, including data on marriage and divorce of Swedish
immigrants and register-based data in Denmark; education; the family,
with consideration given to divorce in Norway, parity progression
intensities in Norway, third births in the United Kingdom, and third
births in Sweden; historical data, including infant and child mortality
in Norway and Sweden, disease mortality in Sweden, and survivorship and
family formation in Denmark; the labor force, particularly fertility
and female labor force participation in the United Kingdom; mortality,
including infant mortality, occupational mortality, and life
expectancy; and panel studies.
Correspondence: Nordisk
Statistisk Sekretariat, Sejrogade 11, Postbox 2550, DK-2100 Copenhagen
0, Denmark. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:10774 Portugal.
Instituto Nacional de Estatistica [INE]. Centro de Estudos Demograficos
(Lisbon, Portugal). International Conference on
Population, 1984. [Conferencia Internacional sobre
Populacao--1984.] Centro de Estudos Demograficos Caderno, No. 9, 1988.
105 pp. Lisbon, Portugal. In Por.
This report contains the
recommendations included in the World Population Plan of Action, an
accord discussed at the International Conference on Population held in
Mexico in August 1984.
Correspondence: Centro de Estudos
Demograficos, INE, Avenida Antonio Jose de Almeida 5, 1078 Lisbon,
Portugal. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:10775 Swanson,
David A.; Wicks, Jerry W. Issues in applied demography:
proceedings of the 1986 national conference. ISBN 0-944244-00-9.
1987. ix, 121 pp. PSRC Press: Bowling Green, Ohio. In Eng.
These
are the proceedings of the 1986 Conference on Applied Demography. The
focus of the conference was on ways in which demographic data and
concepts can be used to produce better and more informed business and
public policy decisions. Subject headings include applied demography
and government policy; technical issues in business demography;
relations between public sector and academic demographers; demography
and management issues in business; and linking the demographic
information needs of business, state and local governments, and
universities. The geographical focus is on the United
States.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:10776 Vogel,
Christian; Voland, Eckart; Schiefenhovel, Wulf; Otto, Eckart;
Herrmann-Otto, Elisabeth; Imhof, Arthur E.; Jurgens, Hans W.; Kraus,
Otto. Regulation, manipulation, and explosion of
population density: papers presented at the meeting of the Joachim
Jungius Scientific Society, Hamburg, November 15-16, 1985.
[Regulation, Manipulation und Explosion der Bovolkerungsdichte:
Vortrage gehalten auf der Tagung der Joachim Jungius-Gesellschaft der
Wissenschaften, Hamburg, am 15. und 16. November 1985.]
Veroffentlichung der Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften,
Hamburg, No. 55, ISBN 3-525-86221-0. 1986. 178 pp. Vandenhoeck und
Ruprecht: Gottingen, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
This
publication contains seven papers presented at a 1985 conference on the
regulation, manipulation, and explosion of population density in
various societies. The papers deal with the regulation of population
density and individual reproductive strategies from the viewpoint of
evolutionary biology; the evolution of reproductive control; population
homeostasis among the Eipo in West New Guinea; relationships among
population growth, the formation of states, and cultural development in
Iron Age Israel; the reproduction of slaves in the Roman Empire; the
regulation, manipulation, and explosion of population density from the
viewpoint of a social historian; and a demographic perspective on the
transition from preindustrial to industrial
society.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
