55:20558 Alter,
George; Riley, James C. Frailty, sickness, and death:
models of morbidity and mortality in historical populations.
Population Studies, Vol. 43, No. 1, Mar 1989. 25-45 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
"Insurance records from historical sources and
recent health surveys suggest that movements in mortality and morbidity
are inversely related. Data from nineteenth century England show
increases in the prevalance of sickness at all adult ages at the same
time that death rates were falling. This paper examines theoretical
models which relate movements in mortality and morbidity. The
heterogeneous 'frailty' model proposed by Vaupel, Manton, and Stallard
is adapted to show the effect on morbidity of the increased survival of
relatively 'frail' individuals. The model is also modified by making
frailty endogenously dependent on morbidity. The endogenous frailty or
'insult accumulation' model leads to different predictions regarding
age patterns of frailty and morbidity and the degree of heterogeneity
in the population at birth."
Correspondence: G. Alter,
Department of History, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20559 Dupaquier,
Jacques; Cabourdin, Guy; Lepetit, Bernard; Poussou, Jean-Pierre;
Biraben, Jean-Noel; Blanchet, Didier; Blum, Alain; Gutierrez, Hector;
Gutton, Jean-Pierre; Lebrun, Francois; Bideau, Alain; Bardet,
Jean-Pierre; Houdaille, Jacques; Fauve-Chamoux, Antoinette; Grenier,
Jean-Yves; Burguiere, Andre; Perrot, Jean-Claude. The
history of the French population. Part 2: from the Renaissance to
1789. [Histoire de la population francaise. 2: de la Renaissance
a 1789.] ISBN 2-13-041383-8. 1988. 601 pp. Presses Universitaires de
France: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is the second in a planned
series of four volumes on the history of the population of France, and
covers the period from the fifteenth century to the French Revolution
of 1789. Chapters are included on data sources and institutions,
population estimation, migration, natural increase, demographic crises,
mortality, marriage and the family, fertility, the factors controlling
population trends, growth and instability, the economic consequences of
population growth, and the economists, the philosophers, and
population.
For Part 1, see 54:30545; for Part 3, see 55:10569.
Correspondence: Presses Universitaires de France, 108
boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20560 Dupaquier,
Jacques; Drouard, Alain; Garden, Maurice; Le Bras, Herve; Sauvy,
Alfred; Chesnais, Jean-Claude; Desplanques, Guy; Vallin, Jacques;
Biraben, Jean-Noel; Pumain, Denise; Courgeau, Daniel; Bourcier de
Carbon, Philippe; Segalen, Martine. The history of the
French population. Part 4: from 1914 to the present day.
[Histoire de la population francaise. 4: de 1914 a nos jours.] ISBN
2-13-042070-2. 1988. 590 pp. Presses Universitaires de France: Paris,
France. In Fre.
This is the fourth and final volume in a series on
the history of the population of France, and covers the period from
1914 to the present. Chapters are included on knowledge about
demographic facts, population trends during World War I, population
trends between the wars, population trends during World War II,
population policy since 1914, health, fertility, population and the
economy, spatial distribution, migration, the foreign population, and
changes in the family. The book ends with a general conclusion.
For
Part 1, see 54:30545; for Part 2, see elsewhere in this issue; and for
Part 3, see 55:10569.
Correspondence: Presses
Universitaires de France, 108 boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20561 Ganiage,
Jean. The Beauvais region in the eighteenth century: the
countryside. [Le Beauvaisis au XVIIIe siecle: la campagne.]
Travaux et Documents Cahier, No. 121, ISBN 2-7332-121-2. 1988. vi, 278
pp. Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France;
Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
A
demographic analysis of the Beauvais region of France in the eighteenth
century is presented. The data concern 34 parishes in the city of
Beauvais and the surrounding region and were compiled from parish
registers using the methods of family reconstitution developed by Louis
Henry. The first part describes the region and its population
characteristics at that time. The second part is concerned with
demographic trends and includes sections on nuptiality, natality and
fertility, and mortality.
Correspondence: Presses
Universitaires de France, Departement des Revues, 14 avenue du
Bois-de-l'Epine, B.P. 90, 91003 Evry Cedex, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20562 Gouws, N.
B. The demography of whites in South Africa prior to
1820. Southern African Journal of Demography/Suidelike Afrikaanse
Tydskrif vir Demografie, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jul 1987. 7-15 pp. Pretoria,
South Africa. In Eng.
Demographic characteristics of the white free
burgher population in South Africa during the eighteenth century and up
to 1820 are studied. Data from tax files, genealogies, and parish
registers are used to estimate population size, fertility, nuptiality,
mortality, migration, morbidity, and family
size.
Correspondence: N. B. Gouws, Department of National
Health and Population Development, Pretoria, South Africa.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20563 Kollmann,
Wolfgang. Historical demographic research in the Federal
Republic of Germany. [Bevolkerungsgeschichtliche Forschung in der
Bunderespublik Deutschland.] In: Demographie in der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland: vier Jahrzehnte Statistik, Forschung und Politikberatung.
Festschrift fur Karl Schwarz, edited by Charlotte Hohn, Wilfried
Linke, and Rainer Mackensen. Schriftenreihe des Bundesinstituts fur
Bevolkerungsforschung, Vol. 18, 1988. 29-36 pp. Boldt-Verlag: Boppard
am Rhein, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
This paper provides
an overview of major developments and research approaches in the field
of historical demography in the Federal Republic of Germany since the
end of World War II.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
55:20564 Leboutte,
Rene. The redeployment of the labor force and the
demographic transition: the industrial centers downriver from Liege,
seventeenth to twentieth centuries. [Reconversions de la
main-d'oeuvre et transition demographique: les bassins industriels en
aval de Liege, XVIIe-XXe siecles.] Bibliotheque de la Faculte de
Philosophie et Lettres de l'Universite de Liege, No. 251, ISBN
2-251-66251-6. 1988. 519, 11 pp. Societe d'Editions Les Belles Lettres:
Paris, France. In Fre.
The author examines the history of the
region between Liege and Maastricht (in present-day Belgium) from 1620
to 1976, with a focus on how the population experienced both the
industrial revolution and the demographic transition. Data from a
variety of sources, including parish registers and population
registers, are used to reconstitute the family histories of 3,640
families living in the region. Separate chapters are included on
nuptiality and family alliances, fertility and the family,
illegitimacy, mortality and morbidity, and
migration.
Correspondence: Societe d'Edition Les Belles
Lettres, 95 Boulevard Raspail, Paris VI, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20565 Lesthaeghe,
R. Motivation and legitimation: living conditions, social
control and the reproductive regimes in Belgium and France from the
16th through the 19th century. IPD Working Paper, No. 1989-2,
1989. 46 pp. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Interuniversity Programme in
Demography: Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
The reproductive regime,
defined as nuptiality and marital fertility, and the various factors
that have historically affected it are reviewed. The study is
concerned with Belgium and France from the sixteenth to the nineteenth
centuries. Factors considered include material living conditions,
strategies of property transmission, and attempts by elites, such as
the church or state, to alter popular culture. Particular attention is
given to the different economic, political, and ideational contexts in
which the transition to lower fertility occurred in the two countries.
The author stresses the impact of institutional factors on demographic
change, the joint effect of both economic and ideational factors on
reproductive patterns, and the lack of a general model that specifies
individual motivations.
Correspondence: IPD, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20566 Mineau,
Geraldine P.; Bean, Lee L.; Anderton, Douglas L. Migration
and fertility: behavioral change on the American frontier.
Journal of Family History, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1989. 43-61 pp. Greenwich,
Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"This study focuses on the
relationship between fertility and migration in families settling the
Utah Territory. Genealogical data are used to identify the timing of
migration (i.e., after, during, or before childbearing) and country of
origin for migrants; and to analyze both fertility levels for different
types of migrants and the changes in fertility behavior associated with
these levels. The highest fertility levels are among adults who
migrated during their reproductive ages. Those who migrated young,
before childbearing began, have lower fertility and are similar to
natives of the frontier."
Correspondence: G. P. Mineau,
Department of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20567
Radzikowska, Barbara. Antilogistic function and
possibilities of its application in the analysis of the demographic
transformation process. [Funkcja antylogistyczna i mozliwosci jej
zastosowania w analizie procesu transformacji demograficznej.]
Wiadomosci Statystyczne, Vol. 33, No. 8, Aug 1988. 5-7 pp. Warsaw,
Poland. In Pol.
The antilogistic function and method of simple
substitution (deduced from projecting trends in technological
development) are applied to the analysis of the demographic transition
using data concerning Poland and Sweden from the eighteenth century to
the present.
Correspondence: B. Radzikowska, Akademia
Ekonomiczna we Wroclawiu, 53 345 Wroclaw, Komandorska 118/120, Poland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20568 Reher,
David-Sven. Economic fluctuations and demographic trends
in urban Spain. [Fluctuaciones economicas y comportamiento
demografico en la Espana urbana.] Boletin de la Asociacion de
Demografia Historica, Vol. 6, No. 3, Nov 1988. 51-79 pp. Madrid, Spain.
In Spa.
The author uses an analytical model to study the effect of
variations in the price of wheat on fertility, mortality, and
nuptiality in the four Spanish cities of Madrid, Grenada, Talavera, and
Cuenca and in the region of New Castile during the period 1661-1830.
The analysis is done separately for the rich and for the
poor.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20569 Strong,
Michael A.; Preston, Samuel H.; Hereward, Mark C. An
introduction to the Public Use Sample of the 1910 U.S. census of
population. Historical Methods, Vol. 22, No. 2, Spring 1989. 54-6
pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This paper is a brief introduction to
the Public Use Sample (PUS) from the 1910 United States Census of
Population that was created at the University of Pennsylvania and
recently released to the public." It contains a 1-in-250 sample of the
total population included in the census, producing a total of 88,814
households and 366,239 individuals. The 1910 PUS is available in
machine-readable form from the ICPSR at the University of
Michigan.
Correspondence: M. A. Strong, Population Studies
Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA
19104. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20570 Szentgali,
Tamas. England's population during the three centuries
before the demographic transition. [Anglia nepessege a demografiai
atmenet elotti harom evszazadban.] Statisztikai Szemle, Vol. 67, No. 1,
Jan 1989. 75-96 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
An attempt is made to analyze demographic trends in England between
the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, the period before the
demographic transition. The focus is on long-term population changes
and on the factors tending to reduce fertility. Consideration is given
to English family structure and its impact on fertility, social aspects
of demographic trends, and the development of a system of social
support for the indigent.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
55:20571 Whiteman,
Anne; Clapinson, Mary. The Compton Census of 1676: a
critical edition. Records of Social and Economic History, New
Series, No. 10, ISBN 0-19-726041-1. LC 87-144782. 1986. cxxiv, 801 pp.
Oxford University Press: New York, New York/London, England; British
Academy: London, England. In Eng.
This volume presents data from
the manuscript returns of the ecclesiastical survey of 1676, known as
the Compton Census, for the Province of Canterbury and the dioceses of
York and Carlisle in England. "It is accompanied by a full, detailed
and critical introduction together with a bibliography and comparative
demographic material."
Correspondence: Oxford University
Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6OP, England. Location: U.S.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
55:20572 Komlos,
John. The birth-baptism interval and the estimate of
English population in the eighteenth century. Research in Economic
History, Vol. 11, 1988. 301-16 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut. In Eng.
"The increase in the time elapsed between the vital event of birth
and the ecclesiastical one of baptism poses a problem for demographers
insofar as its variation leads to an undercount of births. In an
epidemiological environment in which infant mortality was high and
baptisms were restricted to live babies, even small variations in the
birth/baptism interval could have a significant influence on the
shortfall in baptisms--the difference between the unknown number of
births and a measure used as its proxy, the known number of of baptisms
[in England]. This article explores changes in the birth/baptism
interval by analyzing seasonal variation in baptisms. Average elapsed
time was estimated to have increased from eight days in 1670 to 54 in
1810."
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
55:20573 Perez
Moreda, Vicente. Demographic responses to an economic
event in rural Spain during the ancien regime. [Respuestas
demograficas ante la coyuntura economica en la Espana rural del antiguo
regimen.] Boletin de la Asociacion de Demografia Historica, Vol. 6, No.
3, 1988. 81-117 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
Various methods of
historical demography that are used to study demographic responses to
short-range economic variations are examined. The author then
demonstrates an analytical model for the analysis of regional
variations in mortality, fertility, and nuptiality in eight different
locations in rural Spain during the period
1692-1830.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20574 Snow, Dean
R.; Starna, William A. Sixteenth-century depopulation: a
view from the Mohawk Valley. American Anthropologist, Vol. 91, No.
1, Mar 1989. 142-9 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
An attempt is made
to analyze demographic trends among the American Indian population of
the Mohawk Valley in the sixteenth century using archeological
methodology. Specifically, the method employed uses an average number
of square meters per Mohawk village inhabitant to estimate total
village population size from the area of the village. The impact of
epidemics, warfare, and emigration on population trends is
discussed.
Correspondence: D. R. Snow, Department of
Anthropology, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12203.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
