55:30662 Doumenge,
J. P. Demographic, economic, socio-cultural and political
facts nowadays in the French Pacific Territories. GeoJournal, Vol.
16, No. 2, Mar 1988. 143-56 pp. Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
Demographic, sociocultural, economic, and political trends in the
French islands of the South Pacific are examined. Consideration is
given to population distribution, internal and interisland migration,
economical assets and weaknesses, political relationship with France,
and cultural traditions unique to New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and
Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Correspondence: J. P. Doumenge,
Centre d'Etudes de Geographie Tropicale, Domaine Universitaire de
Bordeaux, Avenue des Antilles, F-33405, Talence, France.
Location: University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, MI.
55:30663 Entwisle,
Barbara; Coles, Catherine M. Methodology in the study of
women in development: demographic survey and Nigerian women.
Carolina Population Center Paper, No. 88-4, Aug 1987. 40, [13] pp.
University of North Carolina, Carolina Population Center: Chapel Hill,
North Carolina. In Eng.
"We address the relationship of Nigerian
women to development processes by assessing the need for and usefulness
of different data sources for providing information about women's
attitudes and activities. In particular we introduce family planning
and fertility surveys as a potential source of data on women....We
suggest a framework for the analysis and organization of survey data
based on women's roles, and examine three particular Nigerian surveys
for the data they offer on these roles. Finally we suggest ways in
which such information may be helpful in determining both the effects
of development programs and policies on women--that is, on their
ability to achieve goals they set for themselves--and the potential for
women's participation in development."
Correspondence:
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, West Franklin
Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:30664 Jeffery,
Patricia; Jeffery, Roger; Lyon, Andrew. When did you last
see your mother? Aspects of female autonomy in North India. In:
Micro-approaches to demographic research, edited by John C. Caldwell,
Allan G. Hill, and Valerie J. Hull. 1988. 321-33 pp. Kegan Paul
International: New York, New York/London, England. In Eng.
The
authors examine female autonomy, defined here as a woman's ability to
influence matters that directly affect her, with a focus on various
aspects of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. "We want
to look at indicators of female autonomy which are closer to being
defined as such by the women involved. We take some ethnographic
material from our research in 1982-3 in Uttar Pradesh, North India,
where women, by the commonly employed indicators, would appear to have
very low autonomy....Here, we particularly concentrate on how aspects
of kinship organization and domestic politics impinge on a woman's
contacts with her natal kin."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:30665 Kjurciev,
Aleksandar. Population variables in educational
development plans. In: African Population Conference/Congres
Africain de Population, Dakar, Senegal, November/novembre 7-12, 1988.
Vol. 3, 1988. 8.2.59-73 pp. International Union for the Scientific
Study of Population [IUSSP]: Liege, Belgium. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
The importance of population variables in the development of
educational goals in Sub-Saharan African countries is examined.
Factors considered include population growth rate, age and sex
distribution, women's status, rural-urban migration, mortality decline,
and the spatial distribution of the population. The integration of
these variables into educational development plans is examined and
compared with the system in Yugoslavia.
Correspondence: A.
Kjurciev, Faculty of Economics, University of Skopie, POB 576, 91000
Skopje, Yugoslavia. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
55:30666 Mason,
Karen O. The impact of women's position on demographic
change during the course of development: what do we know?
Population Studies Center Research Report, No. 88-123, Jul 1988. 24,
[2] pp. University of Michigan, Population Studies Center: Ann Arbor,
Michigan. In Eng.
"The purpose of this paper is to summarize what
we know about the impact of women's social position on demographic
change during the course of development....'Women's position' is here
taken to mean their control over resources compared to men, the degree
of their autonomy from men's control, or other aspects of their
privilege or oppression that arise from the society's social
institutions." The focus is primarily on long-term changes in
mortality and fertility in developing countries. The author concludes
that it is not possible to assess the impact of women's position on the
fertilty transition using data currently available and that new,
multilevel, comparable studies of women's position and fertility change
are needed to generate such data.
Correspondence:
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
48104. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30667 McLaughlin,
Steven D.; Melber, Barbara D.; Billy, John O. G.; Zimmerle, Denise M.;
Winges, Linda D.; Johnson, Terry R. The changing lives of
American women. ISBN 0-8078-1813-5. LC 88-9699. 1988. xix, 250 pp.
University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, North Carolina/London,
England. In Eng.
Changing demographic trends affecting women's
lives in the United States are discussed. Consideration is given to
educational attainment, marriage and divorce, premarital sexual
behavior, labor force participation, and childbearing. The authors
examine how these demographic changes are related to each other and how
they fit into a historical context. Particular attention is paid to
differences among three cohorts: the mothers of the baby-boom
generation, women of the baby-boom generation, and their
daughters.
Correspondence: University of North Carolina
Press, POB 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
55:30668 Okafor, S.
I. The population factor in public service provision in
Nigeria. Applied Geography, Vol. 9, No. 2, Apr 1989. 123-33 pp.
Guildford, England. In Eng.
"This paper is concerned with
ascertaining the impact of population on the spatial pattern of public
service provision in Nigeria....Using a set of population and revenue
variables as explanatory variables, a step-wise multiple regression
model was employed to determine the impact of these variables on the
provision of selected public services. The results of the analyses show
that urban population is generally more important than total population
in explaining the spatial pattern of public services. Generally
speaking, the revenue variables are even more important in this regard,
especially the internal revenue of states....One implication of these
results is that ability to pay, rather than need, is the basis for
public service provision in Nigeria. Thus, the richer and more
developed states are better off than the less developed ones,
irrespective of population size."
Correspondence: S. I.
Okafor, Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Location: New York Public Library.
55:30669 Vizev,
Stoyan. Certain needs for medical and social care among
the old and the elderly. [Nyakoi potrebnosti na vazrastnite i
starite khora ot meditsinski i sotsialni grizhi.] Naselenie, Vol. 6,
No. 2, 1989. 3-23 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
Basic needs of the elderly for medical and social care in developed
countries are examined. The author decribes trends and consequences of
demographic aging. Consideration is also given to the social and
cultural needs of the healthy aged. Specific attention is paid to
Bulgaria's attempts to meet these new demands on available social
resources.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30670 Weisbeek,
Joop; De Kam, Flip; Goudriaan, Rene; De Groot, Hans; Hooijmans,
Evelien; Pommer, Evert; Ruitenberg, Leendert; Van Tulder,
Frank. Demographic trends and public expenditure in the
Netherlands, 1981-2030. In: Population and family in the low
countries VI, edited by R. L. Cliquet, G. Dooghe, J. de Jong-Gierveld,
and F. van Poppel. Vol. 18, 1989. 17-37 pp. Netherlands
Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute [NIDI]: The Hague, Netherlands;
Population and Family Study Centre [CBGS]: Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
The authors analyze current demographic trends using data from the
1984 Population Forecast for the Netherlands to predict public
expenditure for government services by the year 2030. Analysis is by
age and sex, since many government and social security programs are
intended for people of a specific age, sex, or marital status.
Findings indicate considerable increases in expenditures in the areas
of health services, social security, and social services due to the
projected aging of the Dutch population.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30671 Calhoun,
Shannon. Comparing the impact of recent and settled
migrants on the political system in Florida. Center for the Study
of Population Working Paper, No. WPS 89-56, 1989. 34 pp. Florida State
University, College of Social Sciences, Center for the Study of
Population: Tallahassee, Florida. In Eng.
"The primary objective of
this paper was to assess the impact of migrants on the political system
in Florida. Comparisons of attitudes were made through observations of
two groups of migrants and the indigenous population. An attempt was
made to determine if there was a shift in attitudes toward political
issues as a result of a longer length of residence....The results
appear conclusive enough to support the idea that the longer a migrant
lives in Florida, the more similar to a native he becomes." Data are
from the Florida Annual Population Survey conducted in
1988.
Correspondence: Robert H. Weller, Editor, Working
Paper Series, Center for the Study of Population, College of Social
Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4063.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30672 da Rocha,
Maria I. B. Parliament and the demographic question: a
study of the debate over birth control and family planning in the
National Congress. [O Parlamento e a questao demografica: um
estudo do debate sobre controle de natalidade e planjamento familiar no
Congresso Nacional.] Textos NEPO, No. 13, Dec 1987. 165-286 pp.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Nucleo de Estudos de Populacao
[NEPO]: Campinas, Brazil. In Por. with sum. in Eng.
The author
explores the involvement of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies and Federal
Senate in issues of population policy, family planning, and birth
control. The focus is on the period 1960-1985, with special attention
to actions taken by the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission. The debate
within the National Congress on these issues is described, and the
opinions of members of Parliament are outlined. Data are from official
and other published sources.
Correspondence: NEPO,
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6166, Campinas, SP,
Brazil. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30673
Goldscheider, Calvin. The demographic embeddedness
of the Arab-Jewish conflict in Israeli society. Middle East
Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, Spring 1989. 15-24 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng.
The demographic aspects of the Arab-Jewish conflict in Israel
and the Occupied Territories are examined. The author reviews the
changing demographic patterns of majority-minority relationships.
"This includes an investigation into the changing size, growth, and
ethnic composition of the Jewish and Arab populations, the demographic
formation of these communities, particularly the evolution of
immigration patterns, differential fertility of Jewish and Arab
populations, and the changing relative population proportions of each,
now and in the future. At the same time we shall explore issues of
inequality within and between Jewish and Arab populations. Here we
link social inequalities to demographic processes, examining as well
the individual views of Arabs about Jews and Jews about
Arabs."
Correspondence: C. Goldscheider, Department of
Sociology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
55:30674 Amin,
Sajeda. The impact of health interventions on
socio-economic differentials in infant and child mortality in Punjab,
India. Pub. Order No. DA8904310. 1989. 173 pp. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"In this
dissertation I examine the impact of health interventions on
socio-economic differentials in infant and child mortality in a rural
population of Punjab, India. The data come from the Narangwal Health
Project, which took place in the late 1960s and early
1970s....Multivariate analyses of infant and child survival during the
first two years of life reveal that the impact of interventions depends
on the type of services offered and on the criterion by which social
class is measured."
This work was prepared as a doctoral
dissertation at Princeton University.
Correspondence:
University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI
48106. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A:
Humanities and Social Science 49(12).
55:30675 Canesqui,
Ana M. Medical assistance for health and human
reproduction. [Assistencia medica e a saude e reproducao humana.]
Textos NEPO, No. 13, Dec 1987. 13-163 pp. Universidade Estadual de
Campinas, Nucleo de Estudos de Populacao [NEPO]: Campinas, Brazil. In
Por. with sum. in Eng.
Brazil's federal health policy is examined,
with separate focus on the periods before and after 1964. Special
attention is given to sanitation and to maternal and child health care.
The impact of government involvement on health policy development and
the policy's subsequent effects on demographic processes, especially
fertility, are also discussed. Data are from official and other
published sources.
Correspondence: NEPO, Universidade
Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6166, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30676 Ermakov, S.
P. Demographic models of reproduction processes of a
population's health. [Demograficheskie modeli protsessov
vosproizvodstva zdorov'ya naseleniya.] In: Metody issledovaniya, edited
by A. G. Vishnevskii. 1986. 133-50, 182 pp. Mysl': Moscow, USSR. In
Rus. with sum. in Eng.
The author discusses the use of mathematical
models in the analysis of demographic and health processes. A new
method is described, and its use in estimating the influence of
exogenous factors on mortality is assessed.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30677 Ewbank,
Douglas C. Evaluation of short term demographic impact of
health programmes. In: African Population Conference/Congres
Africain de Population, Dakar, Senegal, November/novembre 7-12, 1988.
Vol. 3, 1988. 7.1.1-15 pp. International Union for the Scientific Study
of Population [IUSSP]: Liege, Belgium. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"This paper attempts to define the demographer's potential role in
evaluating the impact of health programmes and to place that role into
the broader context of medical research and operations research....I
have tried...to describe the importance of impact evaluation, outline
most of the important research strategies, and note which demographic
tools are most important for this kind of research. I have also tried
to note those areas in which demographers are least apt to be skilled
and the ways in which other types of non-demographic research
complement impact studies."
Correspondence: D. C. Ewbank,
Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust
Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:30678 Gendreau,
Francis; Cantrelle, Pierre. The prospective of global
disequilibrium: demography and health. [Prospective des
desequilibres mondiaux: demographie et sante.] Les Dossiers du CEPED,
No. 7, ISBN 2-87762-008-5. Jun 1989. 33 pp. Centre Francais sur la
Population et le Developpement [CEPED]: Paris, France. In Fre. with
sum. in Eng.
The demographic and health issues that are likely to
arise from the projected growth of the world's population are explored.
"Population size, growth, fertility and mortality, age structure,
urbanization and migration are studied in turn, with an emphasis on the
socio-cultural context of fertility and the major factors of mortality
as well as health policies."
Correspondence: CEPED, 15 rue
de l'Ecole de Medecine, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30679 Gray,
Ronald H. The integration of demographic and epidemiologic
approaches to studies of health in developing countries. In:
Differential mortality: methodological issues and biosocial factors,
edited by Lado Ruzicka, Guillaume Wunsch, and Penny Kane. 1989. 36-63
pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New York/Oxford, England;
Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng.
"The objective of the
present chapter is to review approaches to field studies of health in
developing countries, and to suggest some practical
modifications....[It] will consider issues of mortality and morbidity
within the Mosley-Chen...framework, and suggest alternative study
strategies. The initial discussion will focus on the use of algorithms
for the identification of diseases or disease processes which may be
used as indicators or markers for the proximate determinants of
mortality, and on how such information can be obtained from surveys of
morbidity or mortality. Then consideration will be given to the risk
factors for disease, which implies measurement of the underlying
determinants and factors such as maternal characteristics,
environmental conditions, diet, and so on, which influence the
probability of disease, the severity of illness, and the effects of
medical care. I will then address epidemiologic approaches to the
study of risk factors which could be integrated with demographic
studies."
Correspondence: R. H. Gray, School of Hygiene and
Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30680 Miller,
Jane E.; Huss-Ashmore, Rebecca. Do reproductive patterns
affect maternal nutritional status?: an analysis of maternal depletion
in Lesotho. American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 1, No. 4,
1989. 409-19 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"This study examines
nutritional status and fertility history for 873 women in highland
Lesotho. Parity, age, pregnancy status, length of last closed birth
interval, open interval, and median birth interval were used to predict
nutritional status (BMI [Body Mass Index], triceps skinfold, arm muscle
area). While there is evidence that both short-term and long-term
nutritional depletion are related to lactation and pregnancy spacing,
both BMI and triceps fat increase with parity. For this population,
then, the assumption of cumulative depletion due simply to high
fertility is not supported."
Correspondence: J. E. Miller,
Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
19104-6298. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30681 Mohan,
Jitendra. Overcrowding: a behavioral perspective.
Population Geography, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, Jun-Dec 1987. 56-61 pp.
Chandigarh, India. In Eng.
The author discusses overpopulation as
it affects public mental health by reviewing relevant literature in the
fields of psychology and demography. The impact of population density
in India is addressed.
Correspondence: J. Mohan, Department
of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:30682 Shekelle,
Richard B.; Stamler, Jeremiah. Dietary cholesterol and
ischaemic heart disease. Lancet, No. 8648, May 27, 1989. 1,177-9
pp. Boston, Massachusetts/London, England. In Eng.
The intake of
dietary cholesterol and its association with risk of ischaemic heart
disease is examined. Data are from a study of 2,107 men aged 40-55 who
worked for the Western Electric Company in Chicago, Illinois.
Participants were initally assessed between October 1957 and December
1958 and were followed for 25 years. The authors find that "intake of
dietary cholesterol was positively associated with risk of death from
ischaemic heart disease, from all other cardiovascular diseases, and
from all causes combined; these associations persisted after adjustment
for serum cholesterol, diastolic blood pressure, cigarette smoking,
age, body mass index, and intake of energy, alcohol, saturated fatty
acids, and polyunsaturated fatty acids."
Correspondence: R.
B. Shekelle, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health
Science Center, P.O. Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225. Location:
Princeton University Library (SZ).
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