57:10222 Abulata,
Mohamed F. Cohort fertility measures based on last closed
birth interval (a stochastic model analysis). In: Studies in
African and Asian demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 59-74
pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"The analytical
approach proposed in this paper depends on modelling data on the last
closed birth interval with the aim of estimating birth order-specific
fecundability (fertility hazard) that can be used for inter-cohort
fertility analysis." The geographical scope is
worldwide.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10223 Acharya,
Laxmi B. Age at first birth and its determinants in
Nepal. In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC Annual
Seminar, 1989. 1990. 851-87 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt.
In Eng.
"The major proximate determinants of age at first live
birth are considered to be the age at puberty (menarche), age at the
first marriage, contraception and pregnancy wastage before the first
live birth and duration between marriage and consummation of marriage.
The socio-economic and cultural variables influence the age at first
live birth through these variables. In this paper, using the data
collected in a sample survey conducted in 1976, the age at first live
birth [and its determinants] among married women in Nepal, will be
analysed."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10224 Ahmed,
Ferial A. El-K. The effect of child mortality on fertility
and family planning practice. In: Studies in African and Asian
demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 183-202 pp. Cairo
Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"The Theory of
Demographic Transition suggests that fertility decline follows
mortality decline and an improvement in social and economic conditions
or modernization....The purpose of this paper is to examine this
hypothesis by studying the effect of child mortality on fertility and
family planning practice in Egypt utilizing the data from the Egypt
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey...1984."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10225 Al Najjar,
Latifa M. Entry into sexual union and timing of first
birth in Jordan. In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC
Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 581-608 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre:
Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
The relationship between initiation of sexual
union and timing of first birth among Jordanian women is examined.
"The main objectives of this study can be set as follows: 1) to
examine the trend in age at first marriage and its socio-economic
variations, 2) to examine the trend in age at first birth and its
differentials, [and] 3) to study the determinants of the first birth
interval." Data are from the 1976 Jordan Fertility
Survey.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10226 Arcury,
Thomas A.; Williams, Belinda J.; Kryscio, Richard J. Birth
seasonality in a rural U.S. county, 1911-1979. American Journal of
Human Biology, Vol. 2, No. 6, 1990. 675-89 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng.
"This paper examines birth seasonality in a rural U.S. county
over the period 1911-1979. Data were taken from the complete series of
birth certificates for the county population during this period....No
birth seasonality was found for any decade during this century. The
absence of a seasonal fertility pattern remained when all births were
examined, and when such factors as ethnicity (only births to white
mothers), occupation (only births to women married to farmers), and
stillbirths were controlled singly and in
combination."
Correspondence: T. A. Arcury, University of
Kentucky, Center for Developmental Change, Lexington, KY 40506.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10227 Arnold,
Fred; Blanc, Ann K. Fertility levels and trends. DHS
Comparative Studies, No. 2, Oct 1990. vi, 41 pp. Institute for Resource
Development/Macro Systems, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]:
Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
"The purpose of this report is to
analyze fertility levels and trends in 25 developing countries which
took part in the Demographic and Health Surveys program. In addition
to various measures of current and past fertility, the report presents
information on two of the components that determine fertility--age at
first birth and infertility. The report uses standard recode data
files [for 1986-1989] which were available at the time this report was
prepared--for 13 African countries, 3 Asian countries, and 9 countries
in Latin America and the Caribbean."
Correspondence:
Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Demographic and
Health Surveys, 8850 Stanford Boulevard, Suite 4000, Columbia, MD
21045. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10228 Assogba, L.
N. Mensan. The status of women, family structures, and
fertility: transitions in the Gulf of Benin. [Statut de la femme,
structures familiales, fecondite: transitions dans le Golfe du Benin.]
Les Dossiers du CEPED, No. 14, ISBN 2-87762-015-8. Nov 1990. v, 28 pp.
Centre Francais sur la Population et le Developpement [CEPED]: Paris,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The relationships among women's
status, family structures, and fertility are explored using data from a
1983 survey of 3,600 mothers, which was carried out in Lome, the
capital of Togo. Women's status is defined as a multidimensional
concept constructed from a selection of variables including
socialization, socioeconomic characteristics, and aspirations and
opinions concerning the family and fertility. The results indicate a
trend in women's status toward individuality, which is related to
increased education for women and urbanization. "Together with the
change in women's status, family structure is also being modified.
Women of modern status marry later and have fewer children than women
of traditional status. It appears that status is an intermediate
variable through which socio-cultural variables and socialization
influence fertility decisions."
Correspondence: Centre
Francais sur la Population et le Developpement, 15 rue de l'Ecole de
Medecine, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10229 Bletzinger,
Matthias; Walz, Uwe. Shadow price and income concepts in
the economic theory of fertility. [Zum Schattenpreis- und
Einkommensbegriff in der okonomischen Theorie der Fertilitat.]
Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik, Vol. 206, No. 6, Dec
1989. 591-8 pp. Stuttgart, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger. with
sum. in Eng.
"This paper deals with endogenous shadow prices and
therefore non-linear budget constraints with endogenous income. In
contrast to the quantity-quality-models in the economic theory of
fertility, here, these main features result from assumptions concerning
home production technology. The distinction between observable and
'true' change in income is crucial. Only the latter is relevant for
microeconomic decision calculus. The concept of superiority is related
to true changes in income, in the case of children as well.
Nonetheless the presented model is able to explain negative observable
income effects with respect to the number of
children."
Correspondence: M. Bletzinger, Universitat
Tubingen, Abteilung Volkswirtschaftslehre, Insbesondere
Wirtschaftstheorie, Mohlstrasse 36, D-7400 Tubingen, Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
57:10230 Brittain,
Ann W. Migration and the demographic transition: a West
Indian example. Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 39, No. 3, Sep
1990. 39-64 pp. Kingston, Jamaica. In Eng.
"Two problems of the
Caribbean region are the large-scale emigration of ambitious and
educated youth and sustained high birth rates. This study shows that
for St. Barthelemy (French West Indies) migration rates positively
influence birth rates. Crude rates of birth, death and emigration were
calculated from 1880 through 1967. There was no statistically
significant relationship between the death rate and birth rate.
Instead, the probability of emigration accounted for 34 per cent of the
variation in the crude birth rate, with increases in emigration being
followed by increases in the birth rate five years
later."
Correspondence: A. W. Brittain, University of
Miami, Department of Anthropology, Coral Gables, FL 33124.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
57:10231 Cain, Mead
T. Risk and fertility in a semi-feudal context: the case
of rural Madhya Pradesh. Population Council Research Division
Working Paper, No. 19, 1990. 47 pp. Population Council, Research
Division: New York, New York. In Eng.
"This paper analyzes the
institutional context and determinants of fertility in two villages of
Madhya Pradesh State [India]....Fertility is high in the two villages,
and contraceptive prevalence is low....The analysis suggests that [the]
feudal social order has a decisive effect on the fertility regime
through two channels. First, it creates and perpetuates a relatively
harsh environment of risk which, in turn, stimulates an extraordinary
demand for insurance...[that] can be partially fulfilled by sons.
Second, because of an aggressive policy of isolation and seclusion
pursued by the dominant landlords, the village populations are
relatively ignorant and insular, starved for information on a range of
matters--including health care and contraceptive options--and lacking
the public (or private) services that are potential sources of such
information. An additional important factor underlying the high levels
of fertility...is a low status of women and a relatively high degree of
economic dependence...which creates a strong preference for sons and
also produces a further barrier to the free flow of
information."
Correspondence: Population Council, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10232 Calhoun,
Charles A.; De Beer, Joop. Birth expectations and
population forecasts: the case of the Netherlands. In: Future
demographic trends in Europe and North America: what can we assume
today? edited by Wolfgang Lutz. 1991. 197-226 pp. Academic Press: San
Diego, California/London, England; International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis [IIASA]: Laxenburg, Austria. In Eng.
"This chapter
has introduced a new approach to modeling changing and uncertain birth
expectations and applied it to data from the 1982 and 1988 Netherlands
Fertility Surveys. Of particular interest was whether a multivariate
model could be used to support the fertility assumptions underlying
recent national population forecasts in the Netherlands. A bivariate
ordered-probit model, based on latent variables for cumulative
fertility experience and subjective birth expectations, was proposed as
a means of addressing several issues relating to the analysis of
discrete fertility outcomes....The importance of accounting for the
effects of explanatory variables that differ by age was emphasized, and
the empirical model included interaction terms for the impact of
education, employment, and marriage on cumulative and expected
fertility."
Correspondence: C. A. Calhoun, Urban Institute,
Population Studies Center, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10233 Chang,
Kyung-Sup. Socialist institutions and family wealth flows
reversal: an assessment of post-revolutionary Chinese rural
fertility. Journal of Family History, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1990.
179-200 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"The
study examines a hypothesis explaining the historical impact of
socialist agricultural institutions on Chinese rural fertility. The
implementation of collective agricultural management and socialization
of traditional family relations under various types of socialist rural
institutions are shown to have affected Chinese peasants' fertility by
changing the 'intergenerational wealth flows' situation. To take into
account the extraneous effects of economic conditions and family
planning policy on rural fertility, statistical models are constructed
which compute residual fertility fluctuations unexplained by these
factors. By comparing the unexplained fluctuations of rural fertility
with institutional changes that in varying degrees weakened the
traditional sociopolitical and economic functions of family, we assess
our hypothesis on the relation between macro institutional changes and
fertility behavior of rural families."
Correspondence:
K.-S. Chang, Brown University, Department of Sociology, Providence, RI
02912. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10234 Chaudhry,
Mahinder. Role of the social and cultural factors in human
fertility in India. Population and Environment, Vol. 12, No. 2,
Winter 1990. 117-37 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"The objective
of the paper is to examine the impact of...cultural and social
practices and traditions on the changing fertility behaviour in India."
Trends since the 1940s are analyzed, with a focus on the effects of
changes in age at marriage, widowhood and remarriage, proportions
married, induced abortion, postpartum infecundability and abstinence,
son preference, and coital frequency.
Correspondence: M.
Chaudhry, Royal Military College of Canada, Department of Political and
Economic Science, Kingston, Ontario K7K 5L0, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10235 Chen,
Yen. An analysis of the fertility of Puerto Rican
cohorts. Pub. Order No. DA9002913. 1989. 160 pp. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This paper
will utilize the 1982 Puerto Rican fertility survey data and conduct
cohort analysis to show that more recent birth cohorts have different
fertility patterns from the earlier birth cohorts....The study suggests
that with rapid economic development on the island, changes in
compositional variables such as education, female labor force
participation and occupation, will lead to changes in fertility
behavior."
This work was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at
Florida State University.
Correspondence: University
Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(8).
57:10236 Cherlin,
Andrew. Recent changes in American fertility, marriage,
and divorce. In: World population: approaching the year 2000,
edited by Samuel H. Preston. Jul 1990. 145-54 pp. Sage Publications:
Newbury Park, California/London, England. In Eng.
"This article
discusses recent trends in fertility, marriage, and divorce in the
period since 1965 in the United States. It describes briefly the sharp
changes in patterns of births, marriage, informal unions, divorce, and
remarriage. Very recent developments of note include the increasingly
important place of cohabitation in the life course, the continuing
postponement of marriage, and the rise in birth rates to women in their
thirties. Explanations are examined that emphasize both the increased
economic opportunities for women and the cultural shift toward a
greater emphasis on individualism and self-fulfillment. In the
concluding section, it is argued that concerns about fertility and the
family in the years ahead will focus less on the number of children
than on whether their upbringing and education will be adequate to meet
the needs of a society with a relatively small labor force and a large
dependent population."
Correspondence: A. Cherlin, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
57:10237 Chiassino,
Giuseppe; Papa, Onofrio. On seasonal variations in
fertility in Italy. [Sulle fluttuazioni stagionali delle nascite
in Italia.] Rassegna Economica, Vol. 54, No. 2, Apr-Jun 1990. 317-29
pp. Naples, Italy. In Ita.
The authors examine changes in seasonal
variations in fertility in Italy from 1951-1960 to 1971-1980 using
official data. Differences among regions are also analyzed. The
effect of trends in the timing of marriage on seasonal variations in
fertility is noted.
Correspondence: G. Chiassino,
Universita degli Studi di Bari, Palazzo Ateneo, 70121 Bari, Italy.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
57:10238 Chung,
Sung-Ho. Socio-economic determinants of fertility behavior
in Korea: a synthetic approach. Pub. Order No. DA8918966. 1989.
227 pp. University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In
Eng.
"The objective of this study is to examine the socioeconomic
and intervening determinants of fertility behavior in [the Republic of]
Korea by developing and testing a model which links these factors to
the use of deliberate fertility regulation and observed fertility. The
conceptual framework applied here is based on the synthesis framework
of fertility determination developed by Easterlin and Crimmins. The
data come from the 1974 Korean National Fertility Survey, which was
conducted as part of the World Fertility Survey."
This work was
prepared as a doctoral dissertation at the University of New York at
Albany.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(4).
57:10239 Cliquet, R.
L.; Bosman, E.; Van Dongen, W. Decreasing fertility and
changing relational behavior in the OECD member states. A brief
overview of the background, effects and policy implications. [De
dalende vruchtbaarheid en het veranderend relationeel gedrag in de
OESO-lidstaten. Een bondige schets van de achtergronden, effecten en
beleidsimplicaties.] Tijdschrift voor Sociale Wetenschappen, Vol. 34,
No. 3, Jul-Sep 1989. 215-35 pp. Ghent, Belgium. In Dut. with sum. in
Eng.
The consequences and policy implications of recent demographic
changes in the OECD member countries are examined at the individual,
family, and national levels, with the focus on changes in fertility.
The need for development of social and economic policies in response to
demographic changes is noted, as well as the need to develop policies
that might influence demographic trends. The authors conclude that the
main policy dilemma concerns how to ensure that the quality of life of
parents choosing to have more children is not adversely
affected.
Correspondence: R. L. Cliquet, Ministerie van de
Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Centrum voor Bevolkings- en Gezinstudien,
Nijverheidsstraat 35, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. Location: New
York Public Library.
57:10240
d'Armagnac-Mathias, Janine. Changes in the
distribution of births throughout the day: a recent phenomenon.
[La modification du rythme horaire des naissances: un phenomene
recent.] Population, Vol. 45, No. 3, May-Jun 1990. 657-61 pp. Paris,
France. In Fre.
Data from a historical study of a rural population
in southwestern France in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are
used to examine changes in the distribution of births during the
day.
Correspondence: J. d'Armagnac-Mathias, Universite de
Bordeaux I, Institut d'Etudes Demographiques, 351 cors de la
Liberation, 33405 Talence, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10241 De Simoni,
Alessandro. The recent evolution of fertility in Italy.
An analysis of parity-specific fertility tables. [L'evolution
recente de la fecondite italienne. Une analyse des tables de fecondite
par rang de naissance.] Cahiers Quebecois de Demographie, Vol. 19, No.
1, Spring 1990. 123-36 pp. Montreal, Canada. In Fre. with sum. in Eng;
Spa.
Using age- and parity-specific fertility tables, the author
analyzes the evolution of fertility change in Italy. "The application
of this 'multidimensional' (age and parity) approach shows how profound
the fertility decline has been, the intensity of the decline being in
some way 'hidden' by the impact of past evolution when traditional
measures are used."
Correspondence: A. De Simoni, Istituto
di Ricerche sulla Popolazione, Viale Beethoven 56, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10242
El-Nashashibi, Abla M. Determinants and
consequences of age at first birth: the case of Syria, 1978. In:
Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989.
1990. 545-79 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"The present study attempts to examine the determinants and
consequences of age at first birth in the Syrian context. The
objectives of the study are: 1) to determine what factors have played
important roles in influencing age at first birth, 2) to assess the
change in the roles of demographic and socio-economic variables in
influencing age at first birth over time, and 3) to investigate the
extent to which age at first birth is associated with subsequent
fertility and child mortality." Data are from the 1978 Syrian
Fertility Survey.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10243 Ellison,
Peter T. Human ovarian function and reproductive ecology:
new hypotheses. American Anthropologist, Vol. 92, No. 4, Dec 1990.
933-52 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"A series of eight hypotheses
is presented, based on the results of current research, concerning the
responsiveness of the human ovary to constitutional and environmental
variables. These hypotheses are motivated by a theoretical position
that seeks to understand human reproductive physiology as the product
of natural selection....Together, these hypotheses provide for two,
non-exclusive theories of facultative modulation of female reproductive
effort. One theory views ovarian function as responsive to the
prospects for positive reproductive outcome as these may be affected by
maternal age, maturation, energy balance, and activity level. The
second theory views ovarian function as responsive in a similar way to
the need to maintain long-term maternal energy
balance."
Correspondence: P. T. Ellison, Harvard
University, Department of Anthropology, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:10244 Elwan, Ann
E. Fertility in urban squatter settlements in Jordan: a
microeconomic analysis. Pub. Order No. DA8923677. 1989. 147 pp.
University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"A population of low-income urban squatter households in Amman
[Jordan], many of whom are migrants, is used to investigate the degree
to which fertility has been affected by exposure to the influences of
an urban environment. The data are provided by two surveys, carried
out in 1981 and 1985, before and after a substantial upgrading program
was carried out. The program included the provision of physical and
social infrastructure (paved roads, piped water and sewerage,
electricity, community centers, and women's training centers, etc.).
The aspects of fertility...investigated [are]...cumulative fertility
[and]...contraceptive use....The picture that emerges is that, for the
main part, the households studied either still have a large desired
family size, possibly due to cultural factors not included in the
analysis...or that their altered perceptions regarding number of
children have not yet been translated into lower fertility."
This
work was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins
University.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(10).
57:10245 Engelen,
Theo L. M. On historical roots of contemporary demographic
problems. In: Emerging issues in demographic research, edited by
Cornelius A. Hazeu and Gerard A. B. Frinking. 1990. 301-5 pp. Elsevier
Science Publishers: New York, New York/Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
The author discusses the historical implications of assessing
demographic trends, specifically fertility decline in the Netherlands.
The use of historical demography in the study of current demographic
problems is emphasized.
Correspondence: T. L. M. Engelen,
Catholic University of Nijmegen, Department of Economic and Social
History, Comeniuslaan 4, POB 9102, 6500 HC Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10246 Feeney,
Griffith; Lutz, Wolfgang. Distributional analysis of
period fertility. In: Future demographic trends in Europe and
North America: what can we assume today? edited by Wolfgang Lutz.
1991. 169-95 pp. Academic Press: San Diego, California/London, England;
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [IIASA]:
Laxenburg, Austria. In Eng.
The authors outline and illustrate
possibilities for fertility trend analysis, with a focus on "the
distribution of children over all women and the estimates that can be
derived from parity-specific period information...." Data from the
German Democratic Republic and Austria are applied to models "to
illustrate their potential for assessing distributional consequences of
currently observed fertility behavior." Conclusions are applicable to
observing fertility trends and the effect of pronatalist policies on
fertility behavior in developed countries.
Correspondence:
G. Feeney, East-West Center, East-West Population Institute, 1777
East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10247
Friedlander, Dov; Schellekens, Jona; Ben-Moshe,
Eliahu. The transition from high to low marital fertility:
cultural or socioeconomic determinants? Economic Development and
Cultural Change, Vol. 39, No. 2, Jan 1991. 331-51 pp. Chicago,
Illinois. In Eng.
"In the present article we analyze, mainly
through regressions, three aspects of marital fertility transitions in
the 600 districts of England and Wales: pretransition marital
fertility levels, the timing of their decline, and the rates of their
decline. The aim is to assess the relative importance of cultural,
demographic, and socioeconomic variables in explaining the transitional
process from relatively high to relatively low marital fertility levels
in England and Wales. In addition, we attempt to evaluate the
independent effect of diffusion forces which, according to some of the
studies outlined above, played a major role in the spread of marital
fertility decline within cultural boundaries....The analysis in this
study is based on nineteenth-century census and vital registration
data."
Correspondence: D. Friedlander, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPIA).
57:10248 Hasan, Amal
F. M. Age at first marriage and fertility in Egypt,
1984. In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC Annual
Seminar, 1989. 1990. 281-308 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo,
Egypt. In Eng.
"The purpose of the research was to assess the
extent to which later age at first marriage is associated with lower
fertility and the influence of social background on age at first
marriage as well as on fertility among a sample of ever married women
in Egypt." Variables considered include place of residence, employment
and educational status of husband and wife, and age difference between
husband and wife. Data are from the 1984 Egypt Contraceptive
Prevalence Survey.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10249 Hern,
Warren M. Individual fertility rate: a new individual
fertility measure for small populations. Social Biology, Vol. 37,
No. 1-2, Spring-Summer 1990. 102-9 pp. Port Angeles, Washington. In
Eng.
"Fertility measurement in small preindustrial societies is
hampered by small numbers and the lack of some essential data. Most
measures of fertility are collective and require large enough
populations to permit grouped data analysis. Existing individual
measures of fertility are often unsatisfactory. This paper presents a
new measure of individual fertility, the Individual Fertility Rate
(IFR), which is constructed by dividing parity by reproductive span in
years and multiplying the product by 100. The result is a number which
may be used as a dependent individual or cumulative variable to study
the effects of health and socioeconomic factors on fertility." The
geographical focus is on Peru.
Correspondence: W. M. Hern,
University of Colorado, Department of Anthropology, Boulder, CO 80309.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10250 Jia,
Zhongke. Fertility patterns of mainland China and
Taiwan. Pub. Order No. DA9005598. 1989. 267 pp. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This
dissertation research first describes fertility variations among
China's provinces and counties. Secondly, it examines the relationship
between socioeconomic development and family planning efforts with
fertility. Thirdly, it compares Taiwan's fertility patterns with those
of mainland China. Finally, it discusses these findings in light of
theoretical and policy implications. The data are drawn from China's
1982 population census and Taiwan's statistics yearbooks and
demographic [fact] books."
This work was prepared as a doctoral
dissertation at the University of Texas at
Austin.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(9).
57:10251 Johnson,
Patricia L.; Wood, James W.; Weinstein, Maxine. Female
fecundity in highland Papua New Guinea. Social Biology, Vol. 37,
No. 1-2, Spring-Summer 1990. 26-43 pp. Port Angeles, Washington. In
Eng.
"In this paper, we apply a stochastic model of the
determinants of fecundability (the monthly probability of conception)
to endocrinological data collected among the Gainj, a tribal population
in highland Papua New Guinea. Based on previous research, the Gainj are
known to have age patterns of ovarian function that differ markedly
from the Western norms. When account is taken of the late menarche,
early menopause, and long ovarian cycles that appear to characterize
Gainj women, mean apparent fecundability across the female reproductive
span is reduced by about 27 per cent...and the mean waiting time to
next apparent conception is increased by just over one month. Thus,
despite the fact that Gainj women differ from Western women with
respect to reproductive physiology by as much as or more than any other
known population, the demographic impact of these differences appears
to be slight."
Correspondence: P. L. Johnson, Pennsylvania
State University, Department of Anthropology, University Park, PA
16802. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10252 Kaloyanov,
Todor. Analysis of the influence of social status on
fertility of women in Bulgaria. [Analiz na vliyanieto na
sotsialnoto polozhenie varkhu plodovitostta na zhenite v NRB.]
Naselenie, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1988. 33-40 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with
sum. in Eng; Rus.
"The author studies the influence [of] the social
status of women upon their fertility during first marriages [in
Bulgaria]. The study has been made by means of the structural-factor
analysis which is based on conventional one-dimensional and
two-dimensional moment distributions. The degree of variations is
determined by the integral coefficient of structural differences, the
mean arithmetic value, the standard deviation, coefficients of
asymmetry and excess. The author discusses: 1) the changes in the
structure of various categories of women according to social groups, 2)
the changes in the separate structures for each of the social groups of
women according to the number of live-born children during the
1965-1985 period. The method of filtering variables is used to control
the influence of the important demographic factor 'duration of
marriage'." Data are from the censuses of 1965, 1975, and
1985.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10253 Keyfitz,
Nathan. Subreplacement fertility: the third level of
explanation. In: Future demographic trends in Europe and North
America: what can we assume today? edited by Wolfgang Lutz. 1991.
235-46 pp. Academic Press: San Diego, California/London, England;
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [IIASA]:
Laxenburg, Austria. In Eng.
Several social and economic
explanations for below-replacement fertility in developed countries are
presented. The author discusses these in light of possible policy
measures to encourage fertility.
Correspondence: N.
Keyfitz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,
Population Program, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10254 Klinger,
Andras. Survey of recent fertility trends and assumptions
used for projections. In: Future demographic trends in Europe and
North America: what can we assume today? edited by Wolfgang Lutz.
1991. 147-67 pp. Academic Press: San Diego, California/London, England;
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [IIASA]:
Laxenburg, Austria. In Eng.
"In this survey chapter, my task is to
summarize recent fertility changes in developed countries and from
this, comparing existing forecasts, [to] outline and discuss possible
future trends in fertility." Total fertility rates for 1950-1985 and
completed cohort fertility for birth cohorts from 1900, 1930, and 1955
are presented. Results reveal that at present, fertility in all
developed countries except Ireland, Poland, and the Soviet Union is at
below-replacement levels.
Correspondence: A. Klinger,
Central Statistical Office, Department of Population Statistics,
Budapest, Hungary. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10255 Komlos,
John. Fertility and proto-industrialization in
Bohemia. Continuity and Change, Vol. 5, No. 3, Dec 1990. 473-5 pp.
Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"This note is a brief examination of
the relationship between proto-industrialization and fertility in the
village of Zerezicz...Bohemia, at the turn of the nineteenth
century....One aspect of the theory of proto-industrialization is the
notion that the availability of non-agricultural by-employment had a
profound effect on reproductive behaviour within the family, because
the previously binding constraint on employment opportunities within
the agricultural sector dissolved in its
wake."
Correspondence: J. Komlos, University of Pittsburgh,
Department of History, 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10256 Krishnan,
Vijaya. A causal approach to the study of fertility and
familism. Social Biology, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, Spring-Summer 1990.
59-68 pp. Port Angeles, Washington. In Eng.
"This paper has focused
on two distinct but related issues: (1) the extent to which
demographic-background variables, including religiosity, independently
affect fertility and (2) the extent to which these variables influence
fertility through the intervening variable of familism. In general,
the results indicate that regardless of the nativity of women, women
who define themselves through traditional female roles are likely to
bear more children than women who do not. The effect of familism on
fertility is relatively stronger among immigrant women. Among
structural factors, religiosity is the most important and education is
the second most important factor directly influencing expected family
size, regardless of nativity....The model of fertility analyzed in this
paper is a potentially useful framework for understanding the fertility
behavior of couples in modern societies." Data from a 1973-1974
Canadian survey are used to test the model.
Correspondence:
V. Krishnan, University of Alberta, Department of Sociology, Edmonton,
Alberta T6G 2H4, Canada. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10257 Kuga,
Kiyoshi; Urai, Ken. On the economic theory of
fertility. ISER Discussion Paper, No. 192, Aug 1989. 32 pp. Osaka
University, Institute of Social and Economic Research [ISER]: Osaka,
Japan. In Eng.
"The fertility theory of [the] Becker-Barro (1988)
type is studied under the realistic assumption that the set of
selectable fertility rates is finite. A head of a dynastic family
decides the fertility plan of his dynasty while maximizing the dynastic
utility function. The original Becker-Barro model with the set of
continuum fertility rates has a steady state. We will first show by
way of example that there is no steady state choice of fertility rate.
A society composed of dynastic families has, however, a steady state of
asset distribution with a steady social fertility rate though
individual choices vary from generation to generation. We will show
that such a socially steady fertility equilibrium exists within the
class of bounded additive set functions on the levels of asset
bequeath, and show that this state is the time average of distributions
over generations in the asymptotic sense."
For the study by Gary S.
Becker and Robert J. Barro, see 56:30199.
Correspondence:
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research, 6-1
Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567, Japan. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10258 Lee,
Mei-lin. Fertility tempo and fertility transition in
Taiwan. Journal of Population Studies, No. 13, Aug 1990. 145-66
pp. Taipei, Taiwan. In Chi. with sum. in Eng.
Changes in total
fertility rates from 1900 to 1980 in Taiwan are examined. A model is
utilized to analyze completed cohort and period fertility and to
describe changes in the mean age of fertility and in completed
fertility that have led to a fertility
transition.
Correspondence: M.-l. Lee, Taiwan Provincial
Institute of Family Planning, P.O. Box 1020, Taichung 400, Taiwan.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10259 Li,
Bohua. Levels, trends and determinants of fertility in
China: 1973-1987. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2,
Jun 1990. 3-16 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"This
article...[describes] changes in the fertility rates in 28 provinces,
autonomous regions and municipalities of China during the 15-year
period from 1973 to 1987 using data from the 1982 One-per-Thousand
Fertility Sampling Survey and the 1988 Two-per-Thousand Fertility and
Birth Control Sampling Survey. It also summarizes some characteristics
of fertility changes in those areas, and evaluates the family planning
work being carried out in those areas. It concludes that, although
there is considerable potential for further fertility decline in some
of the areas, a more realistic goal for China might be to strive to
reach the replacement level of fertility as soon as possible and
maintain it at that level."
Correspondence: B. Li, China
Population Information and Research Centre, P.O. Box 2444, Beijing,
China. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10260 Livi Bacci,
Massimo; Breschi, Marco. Italian fertility: an historical
account. Journal of Family History, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1990. 385-408
pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"This article
presents a brief synthesis of our knowledge about the evolution of
fertility in Italy. The late start of the demographic transition in
Italy, compared with other countries of western Europe, was due to the
persistence of high mortality levels and Italy's particular
vulnerability to fluctuations and crises up until the 1870s. This
situation prevented fertility limitation, which had been practiced in
small areas and groups earlier in the nineteenth century, from
spreading among the rest of the population until the end of century.
Once underway, fertility limitation spread from the Central-North to
the South, from west to east, and from urban to rural areas. As a
consequence of this process, a peak of variability in Italian fertility
patterns was reached during the 1930s, when areas and categories with
very low fertility levels coexisted with others in which natural
fertility still prevailed."
Correspondence: M. Livi Bacci,
University of Florence, Department of Demography, Piazza San Marco 4,
50121 Florence, Italy. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10261 Lockwood,
Matthew. The economics of fertility and the infertility of
economics: theory and demographic reality in Africa. Ld'A-QEH
Development Studies Working Paper, No. 12, Sep 1989. 42 pp. Queen
Elizabeth House: Oxford, England; Centro Studi Luca d'Angliano: Turin,
Italy. In Eng.
"The paper critically reviews explanations of
fertility behaviour in neoclassical economics, the theory of wealth
flows, and functionalist Marxism. It is argued that all share the
common defect of imposing a form of explanation, based on decision or
function, which is not compatible either with survey data on fertility
change in Africa, or with what is known about peoples' own perception
of fertility in many African countries. Alternative explanations which
highlight communal fertility controls are suggested. These are based
on analysis of the proximate determinants and changes in the structure
of social institutions supporting the determinants, such as breast
feeding, marriage and postpartum taboos on intercourse. As a
corollary, a new role for economic explanation at a macro- or
meso-level, rather than a micro-level, is outlined. Finally,
implications for population policies in Africa are
explored."
Correspondence: Queen Elizabeth House, 21 St.
Giles, Oxford OX1 3LA, England. Location: World Bank, Joint
Bank-Fund Library, Washington, D.C.
57:10262 Mahmud,
Simeen. Exploring the relationship between women's work
and fertility: the Bangladesh context. Bangladesh Development
Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4, Dec 1988. 99-113 pp. Dhaka, Bangladesh. In
Eng.
"The primary objective of this paper is to try to trace out
the paths through which women's employment, in the Bangladesh context,
could lead to changes in desired family size through its impact on
women's status, their economic dependence on men and the value they
place on children. Section II describes the work-fertility related
issues as they prevail in Bangladesh; Section III attempts an overview
of the relationship between women's work and fertility mainly drawing
upon literature for developing countries; Section IV presents a
conceptual framework for studying this relationship in the Bangladesh
situation, together with a model for testing the hypotheses; and
Section V concludes the discussion."
Correspondence: S.
Mahmud, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Population
Division, Adamjee Court, Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka-2,
Bangladesh. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
57:10263 Mattei,
Hernando. Marital fertility and family formation in Puerto
Rico. Pub. Order No. DA9005624. 1989. 193 pp. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This
dissertation examines the process of family formation in Puerto Rico
using data from the 1982 Fertility and Family Planning survey. We
present a life table analysis of the timing of the formation stage of
the family life cycle and the pattern of birth spacing. The analysis
of the socio-economic differentials of age at marriage and age at first
birth reveals substantial differences according to the levels of
education and work experience of the women. We find that during the 15
years before the survey, there have been substantial reductions in the
transition probabilities beyond the second birth. In spite of these
reductions the average length of intergenesic intervals remains
short."
This work was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at the
University of Texas at Austin.
Correspondence: University
Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(9).
57:10264 McKusick,
David R. Economic determinants of child spacing in small
U.S. families. Pub. Order No. DA8923723. 1989. 219 pp. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This paper
analyzes economic determinants of the length of the interval from
marriage to first birth and from first to second birth among women in
the United States between 1968 and 1980....The positioning of births
within the woman's childbearing years is seen as a function of current
and expected family income, costs of childrearing and the couple's
preference for children compared to other sources of gratification.
The data set for this study is the Survey of Young Women from the
National Longitudinal Survey."
This work was prepared as a doctoral
dissertation at Johns Hopkins University.
Correspondence:
University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI
48106. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A:
Humanities and Social Sciences 50(7).
57:10265 Menard,
Scott. Cross-national models of fertility, family
planning, and development: testing for reciprocal effects.
Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 25, No. 2,
Summer 1990. 60-90 pp. New Brunswick, New Jersey. In Eng.
"Cross-national models of fertility, family planning, and
development commonly assume that there are no reciprocal effects
between fertility and other variables in the model, and when path
models are used, that there are no reciprocal or nonrecursive effects
among any set of variables in the model. The present study test for
nonrecursiveness using two-wave panel data, and finds that nonrecursive
effects are present among variables commonly used in models of
fertility, family planning, and development. In addition, the pattern
of relationships found has implications for the explanation of the
relationship between mortality and fertility in demographic transition
theory."
Correspondence: S. Menard, University of Colorado,
Institute of Behavioral Science, Campus Box 442, Boulder, CO
80309-0442. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:10266 Mturi, Akim
J. The effects of infant and child mortality on birth
intervals in Kenya. In: Studies in African and Asian demography:
CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 685-707 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre:
Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"This study attempts to explore the effects
of infant and child mortality on birth intervals in Kenya. The basic
hypothesis is that infant and child mortality shortens the length of
birth intervals due to both biological as well as behavioural effects,
and consequently increases the number of children ever born per
woman....Data used in this study come from the 1977/78 Kenya Fertility
Survey (KFS) which was conducted as part of the World Fertility Survey
(WFS) programme."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10267 O'Keeffe,
Janet E. Starting a second family: the effect of children
from a husband's prior marriage and the payment of child support on
birth expectations in women's first and second marriages. Pub.
Order No. DA8813374. 1988. 266 pp. University Microfilms International:
Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
This study examines whether women
whose husbands have previously been married have lower fertility than
those whose husbands were not previously married, using 1982 U.S. data
from the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle III. The author
analyses "the relationship between birth expectations and husbands'
characteristics--prior marital status, age at current marriage,
children, and the payment of child support." The results indicate that
for women in first marriages, children from previous marriages had
little impact on fertility. "For women in second marriages,
multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the negative
relationship between a husband's prior marital status and birth
expectations is spurious....Factors that are important in predicting
childbearing in women's second marriages are: the husband's and wife's
age at current marriage, the wife's parity at remarriage, the age of
her youngest child at remarriage and her earnings."
This work was
prepared as a doctoral dissertation at the University of California at
Los Angeles.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 49(7).
57:10268
Oheneba-Sakyi, Yaw. The timing of births during
the onset of the fertility transition in Ghana. Pub. Order No.
DA9000760. 1989. 210 pp. University Microfilms International: Ann
Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"Using data from the Ghana Fertility
Survey (GFS) 1979/80, this study examined the timing of births [and
birth intervals] in Ghana during the onset of the fertility transition.
The main objective was to determine the influence of demographic,
socioeconomic, cultural and community conditions on the patterns of
childbearing in the country."
This work was prepared as a doctoral
dissertation at Brigham Young University.
Correspondence:
University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI
48106. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A:
Humanities and Social Sciences 50(8).
57:10269 Petroska,
Blaga. Low and high fertility among the Macedonian
population of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. [Niskiot i
visokiot natalitet kaj makedonskoto naselenie vo SR Makedonija.] ISBN
86-15-001561-1. LC 90-162283. 1989. 156 pp. Misla: Skopje, Yugoslavia.
In Scc.
This is an analysis of trends in fertility in the Yugoslav
republic of Macedonia, based on data from a survey carried out between
1982 and 1985. The first chapter concerns fertility determinants and
trends and includes sections on the characteristics of reproduction,
the biology of reproduction, and changes in mortality. The second
chapter examines family characteristics and the norms of family growth.
The third chapter is about family planning. A final chapter looks at
population trends and appropriate fertility
policies.
Correspondence: Misla, Bulevar Partizanski odredi
1, 91000 Skopje, Yugoslavia. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10270 Pick, James
B.; Jones, Glenda L.; Butler, Edgar W.; Nag, Swapan.
Socioeconomic influences on fertility in the Mexican borderlands
region. Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 6, No. 1, Winter
1990. 11-42 pp. Berkeley, California. In Eng. with sum. in Spa.
"This paper examined effects of various socioeconomic variables on
fertility for selected samples of municipios in the border region of
Mexico. A theoretical model of Mexican borderlands fertility is mostly
confirmed by regression analysis of 1980 census data. An improved
model is suggested." The major results indicate that literacy is a
major factor influencing the reduction in fertility, male and female
labor force participation have significant and opposite effects on
fertility, and unemployment generally lowers
fertility.
Correspondence: J. B. Pick, University of
California, Riverside, CA 92521. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
57:10271 Podhisita,
Chai; Kunstadter, Peter; Kunstadter, Sally L. Evidence for
early fertility transition among the Hmong in northern Thailand.
Journal of Population and Social Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, Jan 1990.
137-55, 239-40 pp. Nakhonpathom, Thailand. In Eng. with sum. in Tha.
This is an analysis of fertility levels among the Hmong, a tribe in
northern Thailand. The focus is on the effects of socioeconomic
development and local resource constraints on reproductive behavior.
Data are from 1987 household surveys.
Correspondence: C.
Podhista, Mahidol University, Institute for Population and Social
Research, Salaya, Nakhonchaisri, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10272 Prinz,
Aloys. Endogenous fertility, altruistic behavior across
generations, and social security systems. Journal of Population
Economics, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1990. 179-92 pp. New York, New York/Berlin,
Germany, Federal Republic of. In Eng.
"The present paper explores
the impact of an intergenerational externality on private fertility
decisions, under a pay-as-you-go social security system. The analysis
is performed in the framework of a steady state growth model, with
overlapping generations. To explain why households have children,
altruism between parents and children is assumed. Surprisingly, the
effects on altruism are not symmetric. The private fertility decisions
are optimal only if children 'love' their parents, because children
then make private transfers at exactly the right
level."
Correspondence: A. Prinz, Freie Universitat Berlin,
Institute of Public Finance and Social Policy, Boltzmannstrasse 20,
1000 Berlin 33, Germany. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10273 Reinis, Kia
I. The impact of the proximate determinants of fertility:
evaluating the Bongaarts and Hobcraft-Little methods of
estimation. Pub. Order No. DA8920356. 1989. 75 pp. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This thesis
evaluates the Bongaarts and Hobcraft-Little methods of estimating the
impact of the proximate determinants of fertility." The author
emphasizes the variations yielded in fertility estimation when
intermediate variables are considered.
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 Sciences 50(4).
57:10274 Ribakovski,
Leonid; Zakharova, Olga. Socioeconomic determinants of the
birth rate and possibilities for regulating fertility behavior.
[Sotsialno-ikonomicheskata determiniranost na razhdaemostta i
vazmozhnostite za regulirane na reproduktivnoto povedenie.] Naselenie,
Vol. 6, No. 4, 1988. 22-32 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in
Eng; Rus.
Fertility trends in the USSR over the course of the
twentieth century are analyzed. The authors first examine the impact
of contraception and abortion on the birth rate. Next, they consider
the relationship between infant and child mortality and fertility.
They also investigate the impact of other intermediate variables on
fertility, including the employment of women. The effect of the change
from a largely rural to an industrial economy is also
analyzed.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10275 Roenneberg,
Till; Aschoff, Jurgen. Annual rhythm of human
reproduction: I. Biology, sociology, or both? Journal of
Biological Rhythms, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 1990. 195-216 pp. New York, New
York. In Eng.
Reasons for seasonal variations in human reproduction
are examined using data that consist of more than 3,000 years of
monthly birth rates from 166 different regions around the world. The
variables studied include "amplitude, phase of maximum and minimum,
phase and length of the time span when rates are above the annual
mean..., and the steepest upward slope...of the curve fitted to the
rates. The waveform of the annual rhythm is characteristic for
geographical regions (e.g., unimodal or bimodal) and persists as such
for many years." In most countries, rates of reproduction are highest
around the spring equinox. "In many populations, the rhythm has
changed in recent years, specifically in amplitude and phase. The
phase of the rhythm depends on latitude, with a 6-month difference
between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres....In spite of the many
social influences on timing of conceptions, we conclude that the
seasonal component in human reproduction is based on biological
factors."
For Part 2, also published in 1990, see elsewhere in this
issue.
Correspondence: T. Roenneberg, Universitat Munchen,
Institut fur Medizinische Psychologie, Goethestrasse 31, 8000 Munich 2,
Germany. Location: University of Pennsylvania, Medical
Library, Philadelphia, PA.
57:10276 Roenneberg,
Till; Aschoff, Jurgen. Annual rhythm of human
reproduction: II. Environmental correlations. Journal of
Biological Rhythms, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 1990. 217-39 pp. New York, New
York. In Eng.
Seasonal variations in human conception rates are
examined using data for over 3,000 years of monthly births from around
the world and correlated with photoperiod, monthly averages of daily
hours of sunshine, minimum and maximum temperature, and humidity. "Our
results show for the first time on a global scale that photoperiod, as
shown for many animals, may also influence the physiology of human
reproduction....Temperature also appears to be a major influencing
factor. Conception rates are above the annual mean at temperatures
between 5 and 20 [degrees centigrade], and temperature extremes
decrease the probability of conceptions. In regions with cold winters
and moderate summers, the number of conceptions correlates positively
with temperature; close to the equator, where winters are more moderate
than the hot summers, this correlation is negative....The influence of
photoperiod is dominant before 1930, whereas the impact of temperature
dominates in later years. With industrialization, people are
increasingly shielded from both photoperiod (by indoor work) and
temperature (by heating and air conditioning), which may explain the
deseasonalization of the human conception rhythm."
For Part 1, also
published in 1990, see elsewhere in this issue.
Correspondence: T. Roenneberg, Universitat Munchen,
Institut fur Medizinische Psychologie, Goethestrasse 31, 8000 Munich 2,
Germany. Location: University of Pennsylvania, Medical
Library, Philadelphia, PA.
57:10277 Ryder,
Norman B. What is going to happen to American
fertility? Population and Development Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, Sep
1990. 433-54, 609, 611 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre; Spa.
"Periodic changes of direction in this century have made
any forecast of [U.S.] fertility hazardous. Arguments are advanced for
rephrasing the forecast model to correspond to the language of
analysis, by abandoning the period orientation and describing cohort
reproduction as progression from parity to parity, interval by
interval....Because of inadequacy of the knowledge base, substantive
elaboration of the forecast model would be ill-advised at present. It
would seem judicious to look only a short distance ahead, revise often,
and perform an autopsy on each forecast failure, a task for which the
recommended procedure is well-suited."
Correspondence: N.
B. Ryder, Princeton University, Office of Population Research, 21
Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544-2091. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10278 Sander,
William. More on the determinants of the fertility
transition. Social Biology, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, Spring-Summer 1990.
52-8 pp. Port Angeles, Washington. In Eng.
"In this paper, the
effect of economic variables on the demand for children in the United
States in 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1980 is examined. Support is provided
for the hypothesis that the earning ability of women is an important
determinant of fertility." Data are from official U.S.
sources.
Correspondence: W. Sander, DePaul University,
Department of Economics, Chicago, IL 60604. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10279 Sarma, R.
S. S. A synthetic cohort approach to estimation of age at
entry into reproduction from childlessness data. In: Studies in
African and Asian demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 37-57
pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
A model is
developed utilizing data for currently married nulliparous women to
estimate the age pattern of entry into reproduction. Data from Nepal,
Pakistan, and Bangladesh are used to test the
model.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10280 Sivamurthy,
M. Estimating ASFR using CEB data when fertility might
have been changing: a further note. In: Studies in African and
Asian demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 13-36 pp. Cairo
Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"The aim of the present
investigation is to explore the possibility of using the CEB [children
ever born] data for estimating ASFR [age-specific fertility rates] for
studying the trend of fertility over time. The method is applied to the
CEB data from the censuses of...five African
countries."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10281 Stevenson,
J. C.; Everson, P. M. Initiation of fertility decline in
Kansas-Nebraska Mennonites and North American Hutterites.
Collegium Antropologicum, Vol. 13, No. 1, Jun 1989. 17-24 pp. Zagreb,
Yugoslavia. In Eng. with sum. in Scr.
"The cultural context of
fertility decline between Kansas-Nebraska Mennonites and North American
Hutterites is compared with respect to three variables: a) the shift
from familial to capitalist modes of production, b) mass education,
and, c) ideology. Both groups migrated in the 1870's to North America
as politically and ideologically united farm communities, but the more
liberal Mennonites soon adopted individualistic farming practices,
modernized farm machinery in the 1890's and experienced fertility
decline by the early part of this century; whereas Hutterites maintain
separate communities from the parent culture to this day, modernized
machinery in the 1930's and did not experience a fertility decline
until after 1970. However, in both communities, modernization and a
more restricted economic climate led to a perception of limited
occupational opportunities for offspring and triggered the declines in
fertility."
Correspondence: J. C. Stevenson, Western
Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Bellingham, WA
98225. Location: University of Pennsylvania Library,
Philadelphia, PA.
57:10282 United
Nations. Economic Commission for Africa [ECA]. Population Division
(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). An analysis of birth intervals
using life table methods and examples from selected African
countries. [Analyse des intervalles de naissances par la technique
de la table d'eventualite (life table) a l'aide d'exemples empruntes a
certains pays africains.] Pub. Order No. ECA/POP/TP/90/2[2.1(a)]. Sep
1990. 28 pp. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In Fre.
The report concerns the
use of life table methods for the study of birth intervals. The first
section considers problems of data quality. The life table method and
its application to this kind of analysis are explained and applied to
World Fertility Survey data for Cameroon, Kenya, and Senegal in order
to analyze fertility trends.
Correspondence: U.N. Economic
Commission for Africa, Population Division, Box 3001, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10283 Viet Nam.
National Committee for Population and Family Planning (Hanoi, Viet
Nam). Vietnam Demographic and Health Survey, 1988.
Nov 1990. xviii, 97 pp. Hanoi, Viet Nam. In Eng.
The results of the
1988 Demographic and Health Survey carried out in Viet Nam are
presented. This was a nationwide, representative sample survey
collecting data on fertility, family planning, and child and maternal
health, which covered 4,172 women aged 15 to 49. Chapters are included
on nuptiality and breast-feeding, fertility, contraception, fertility
preferences, and infant and child mortality. The results indicate that
fertility is declining, age at marriage is increasing, and
breast-feeding is almost universal. However, there seems to be a
significant gap between contraceptive awareness and contraceptive
usage, which combined with fertility preferences, indicates a large
unmet need for family planning.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10284 Vishnevsky,
Anatoli. Demographic revolution and the future of
fertility: a systems approach. In: Future demographic trends in
Europe and North America: what can we assume today? edited by
Wolfgang Lutz. 1991. 257-70 pp. Academic Press: San Diego,
California/London, England; International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis [IIASA]: Laxenburg, Austria. In Eng.
The author discusses
demographic behavior and future fertility trends "in a more complex and
multidimensional context. I apply what can be called the
system-historical approach....In the framework of the system-historical
vision of demographic reality, we deal with a specific subsystem of
society--the demographic system. This system is relatively
independent, and contains its own stable internal environment. Its
behavior is explained in terms of self-organization and
goal-directedness."
Correspondence: A. Vishnevsky, Institut
Sotsial'no-Ekonomicheskikh Problem Narodonaseleniya, Moscow, USSR.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10285 Westoff,
Charles F. The return to replacement fertility: a
magnetic force? In: Future demographic trends in Europe and North
America: what can we assume today? edited by Wolfgang Lutz. 1991.
227-33 pp. Academic Press: San Diego, California/London, England;
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [IIASA]:
Laxenburg, Austria. In Eng.
The author examines social and economic
trends that are relevant to the decline in fertility that has occurred
in developed countries during the past century. He also assesses the
impact of social change on future levels of
reproduction.
Correspondence: C. F. Westoff, Princeton
University, Office of Population Research, 21 Prospect Avenue,
Princeton, NJ 08544-2091. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10286 Wineberg,
Howard. Intermarital fertility and dissolution of the
second marriage. Sociology and Social Research, Vol. 75, No. 2,
Jan 1991. 62-5 pp. Los Angeles, California. In Eng.
"The purpose of
this paper is to examine the relationship between intermarital
fertility and dissolution of the second marriage. The main question
answered is does disruption of the second marriage vary by whether or
not a woman has had either an intermarital birth or a birth within
seven months of remarrying. The analysis is done separately for whites
and blacks....The data source for this study is the June 1985 Current
Population Survey...."
This article originally appeared in the July
1990 issue of Sociology and Social Research with the final two
paragraphs inadvertently omitted.
Correspondence: H.
Wineberg, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:10287 Wood, James
W. Fertility in anthropological populations. Annual
Review of Anthropology, Vol. 19, 1990. 211-42 pp. Palo Alto,
California. In Eng.
"In this review I draw upon statistical
demography and, to a lesser extent, reproductive endocrinology to
formulate a coherent strategy for investigating fertility and
reproduction in anthropological populations. The object, it must be
emphasized, is not to reduce anthropology to demography or
endocrinology, but rather to acquaint anthropologists with a powerful
set of tools with which they can address issues of anthropological
interest." The author first discusses the concept of natural
fertility. Next, he summarizes the most significant generalizations
concerning variations in fertility among preindustrial societies using
the concept of proximate determinants developed by John Bongaarts.
Finally, he outlines an alternative approach that might be more suited
to the analysis of such fertility
variations.
Correspondence: J. W. Wood, Pennsylvania State
University, Department of Anthropology, University Park, PA 16802.
Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
57:10288
Wymelenberg, Suzanne. Science and babies: private
decisions, public dilemmas. ISBN 0-309-04140-6. LC 90-35111. 1990.
v, 174 pp. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"At its
Annual Meeting, October 19-20, 1988, the Institute of Medicine devoted
a daylong symposium to 'Advances in Reproductive Biology: Implications
for Research, Application, and Policy Development.' This book...draws
on that meeting of experts. It describes the state of our
understanding of human fertility and allied issues, such as teenage
pregnancy and prenatal care....The book concludes with chapters
highlighting ethical concerns raised by interventions in human
reproduction and public policy issues...." The focus is on the United
States. Chapters are included on reproductive health issues,
infertility, social and legal barriers to contraception, adolescent
pregnancy and parenthood, prenatal care, developments in reproductive
research, ethical and social aspects of new reproductive technologies,
and areas for policy development.
Correspondence: National
Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20418.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10289 Yazaki,
Lucia M. Conference on the Transition of Fertility in
Latin America: Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 3-6, 1990. IUSSP
Newsletter/Bulletin de Liaison, No. 40, Sep-Dec 1990. 39-62 pp. Liege,
Belgium. In Eng.
This is a report of a conference on the transition
of fertility in Latin America, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in
April 1990. "The main objective of the seminar [was] to study in depth
the nature, causes and consequences of the fertility transition in the
countries of the region, with particular emphasis on recent
developments and the current situation." The seminar consisted of
seven sessions covering an overview of the fertility transition,
patterns of fertility change, determinants of fertility change, factors
related to fertility behavior, the consequences of fertility decline,
fertility in Argentina, and a panel discussion.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10290 Yimamu,
Enemanachew. Problems of selecting a plausible fertility
measure for Addis Ababa (based on the 1984 census data).
International Statistical Review/Revue Internationale de Statistique,
Vol. 58, No. 3, Dec 1990. 191-200 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Eng.
with sum. in Fre.
"In this paper the 1984 Population and Housing
Census data of Addis Ababa was analyzed in order to determine an
acceptable fertility level for the city. The wide variation in the
range of estimates poses a lot of problems when it comes to selecting
the 'true' or closest to the 'true' value. The plausible level of
fertility arrived at eventually for the city was in the neighbourhood
of TFR=6."
Correspondence: E. Yimamu, Central Statistical
Authority of Ethiopia, P.O. Box 30433 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
57:10291 Zanev,
Petar. Birth rate in Bulgaria (1975-1985).
[Razhdaemostta v NR Balgariya (1975-1985).] Naselenie, Vol. 6, No. 4,
1988. 3-21 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
Trends in fertility in Bulgaria over the period 1975-1985 are
analyzed. The author first describes the decline in fertility that has
occurred during this period and then analyzes the causes of the
decline. Economic, social, and psychological factors are considered,
and an attempt is made to rank them in order of
importance.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10292
Bondarskaya, G. A.; Darskii, L. E. Women's marital
status and fertility. [Brachnoe sostoyanie zhenshchin i
rozhdaemost'.] In: Demograficheskie protsessy v SSSR, edited by A. G.
Volkov. 1990. 28-57, 209 pp. Nauka: Moscow, USSR. In Rus. with sum. in
Eng.
"This article deals with the concepts of marital and
non-marital, legitimate and illegitimate births from both the
demographic point of view and civil registration practice in the USSR.
Dynamics and differentiation of non-marital fertility levels in the
USSR as a whole and in some regions are analyzed [and] compared with
the levels of marital fertility. Heterogeneity of non-marital
fertility categories [and the] impact on population reproduction [are]
discussed as well as some necessary measures for the improvement of
fertility [data collection,] taking into consideration the expansion of
consensual marriages."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10293 Caldas,
Stephen J.; Pounder, Diana G. Teenage fertility and its
social integration correlates: a control theory explanation.
Sociological Spectrum, Vol. 10, No. 4, Oct 1990. 541-60 pp. New York,
New York. In Eng.
"This study uses control theory to explain
teenage fertility in one [U.S.] southeastern state. Control theory
explains deviance from societal norms in terms of weak social bonding
or integration. An important assumption of the study is that teenage
parenting violates American parenting norms, and can thus be
conceptualized as deviant behavior. Consequently, this study
hypothesizes that teenage fertility should covary with measures of
social integration. This study uses data from 64 parishes in
Louisiana, and the results suggest that measures of social integration
(i.e., divorce rates, percentage of population living alone, and
personal alienation) are significant predictors of teenage fertility in
nonurban settings and explain approximately 53% of the variance in
teenage fertility. However, among urban parishes, socioeconomic status
is the only significant predictor of teenage fertility, explaining
almost 44% of its variance."
Correspondence: S. J. Caldas,
Louisiana State University, Administrative and Foundational Services,
111 Peabody Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
57:10294 Chui, Tina
W. L.; Trovato, Frank. Ethnic variations in fertility:
microeconomic and minority group status effects. Population
Research Laboratory Research Discussion Paper, No. 72, Dec 1990. 23 pp.
University of Alberta, Department of Sociology, Population Research
Laboratory: Edmonton, Canada. In Eng.
"In this study, the
cumulative fertility of Chinese and Portuguese minority groups in
Canada are compared with that of the British. We hypothesized that the
influence of relative income on fertility would be negative for the
Chinese and positive for the Portuguese. It was found that the effect
of this variable is negative for both minority groups, but very small.
Concerning opportunity costs, our prediction of an inverse effect on
childbearing was supported for both groups....The Portuguese have an
above average observed family size, while the Chinese show a below
average fertility in relation to the British." Other variables
examined included educational and occupational status, religion, and
culture.
Correspondence: University of Alberta, Department
of Sociology, Population Research Laboratory, Edmonton, Alberta T6G
2H4, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10295 Damiani,
Paul; Masse, Helene. A study of departmental differences
in fertility. [Etude des distributions departementales de la
fecondite.] Journal de la Societe de Statistique de Paris, Vol. 131,
No. 2, 1990. 68-78 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"In
this paper, we analyse the distributions by French 'department' of an
index of fertility, at different [censuses] from 1861 to 1982. We find
that they are [the] sum of two normal distributions. We infer that
there are two populations with a fertility of youth for the one and a
fertility of older [people] for the other. From these results, we
define an index of evolution of fertility linked with the probability
of coincidence between experimental and theoretical structures of
population."
Correspondence: P. Damiani, Institut National
de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, 18 Boulevard Adolphe
Pinard, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10296 Golata,
Elzbieta. Studies on geographical fertility differentials
in Poland. [Studia nad terytorialnym zroznicowaniem plodnosci
kobiet w Polsce.] Monografie i Opracowania, No. 322, 1990. 297 pp.
Szkola Glowna Planowania i Statystyki, Instytut Statystyki i
Demografii: Warsaw, Poland. In Pol. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The
author analyzes age-specific fertility differentials in Poland by
voivodship for the years 1978-1979 and 1983-1984, with results
presented separately for rural and urban women. The results indicate
that "for high values of [the] total fertility rate, the distribution
of maternity age is flattened and moderately asymmetric with high
average age of females at delivery. Decrease in total fertility is
connected with the decrease in the values of [the] arithmetic mean and
determinant, increase in concentration and asymmetry of maternity modal
age."
Correspondence: Szkola Glowna Planowania i
Statystyki, Instytut Statystyki i Demografii, Al. Niepodlegosci 162,
02-554 Warsaw, Poland. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10297 Gutmann,
Myron P. Denomination and fertility decline: the
Catholics and Protestants of Gillespie County, Texas. Continuity
and Change, Vol. 5, No. 3, Dec 1990. 391-416, 318, 320-1 pp. Cambridge,
England. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Ger.
"This article is a study of
religious fertility differentials in Gillespie County, Texas, between
1850 and 1910....The results show that Protestants (Lutherans and
Methodists) had significantly lower fertility than Catholics, and began
to limit their fertility earlier....The results also show that the
convergence of Protestant and Catholic fertility in the United States,
often seen in twentieth-century data, had begun much earlier. The
conclusions of the article suggest that the long process of convergence
of Protestant and Catholic fertility, which was not complete until the
1970s, had more to do with the appearance of regular waves of mostly
Catholic immigrants than to a long process by which Catholics very
gradually came to have fertility like that of
Protestants."
Correspondence: M. P. Gutmann, University of
Texas, Department of History, Austin, TX 78712. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10298 Ismail,
Mona M. M. The relationship between fertility and internal
migration in Egypt. In: Studies in African and Asian demography:
CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 145-82 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre:
Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"An attempt is made to examine...changes in
the levels and patterns of fertility among [migrants and nonmigrants in
Egypt] and their differentials, taking into consideration various
socio-economic and demographic factors which influence fertility....The
main data source for this research is the Egyptian Fertility Survey
(EFS) which was undertaken in 1980 as a part of the World Fertility
Survey Programme."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10299 Jones,
Gavin W. Fertility transitions among Malay populations of
Southeast Asia: puzzles of interpretation. Population and
Development Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, Sep 1990. 507-37, 610, 612 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"Fertility trends
among Malay populations of Southeast Asia raise questions about
alternative theories of fertility decline. Singapore Malays, urbanized
and the wealthiest among the populations under review, reached
replacement-level fertility in 1975. Indonesians, the least urbanized
and lowest-income group, have experienced substantial declines in
fertility. The Malays of Peninsular Malaysia have had lesser fertility
declines than the Indonesians, and their fertility rose over an
eight-year period following 1978. All of these Malay populations have
experienced rising income....But the political and institutional
settings differed. Elements of demand theory, diffusion theory, and
institutional approaches need to be invoked in explaining these
fertility trends."
Correspondence: G. W. Jones, Australian
National University, Research School of Social Sciences, Demography
Program, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10300 Joyce,
Theodore J.; Mocan, Naci H. The impact of a ban on
legalized abortion on adolescent childbearing in New York City.
NBER Working Paper, No. 3002, Jun 1989. 27 pp. National Bureau of
Economic Research [NBER]: Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
"This
paper attempts to forecast the change in adolescent childbearing among
New York City residents following a ban on legalized abortion. With
monthly data on the number of births to white and black adolescents
from January, 1963 to December, 1987 we used an interrupted time-series
analysis to estimate the change in adolescent childbearing that
followed the liberalization of the New York State abortion law in 1970.
We found the level of births to black adolescents living in New York
City fell 18.7 percent between 1970 and 1971....The level of white
births fell 14.1 percent....The absolute value of the percentage
changes in births between 1970 and 1971 were applied to the forecasted
number of monthly births in 1988 and 1989. If legal abortion had been
inaccessible to New York City adolescents beginning January 1, 1988,
there would have been 2,143 black and 1,067 white unintended births to
teenagers in the first two years of a ban."
Correspondence:
National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138. Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund
Library, Washington, D.C.
57:10301 Mamas, Si
Gde Made. Regional fertility differentials and trends in
Indonesia: a multilevel analysis. 1989. University Microfilms
International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
Fertility trends and
regional differentials in Indonesia are examined using "fertility
estimates from the 1971 Population Census, the 1976 Intercensal
Population Survey, the 1980 Population Census and the 1985 Intercensal
Population Survey...."
This work was prepared as a doctoral
dissertation at the University of Hawaii.
Correspondence:
University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI
48106. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A:
Humanities and Social Sciences 50(8).
57:10302 Miller,
Brent C.; Moore, Kristin A. Adolescent sexual behavior,
pregnancy, and parenting: research through the 1980s. Journal of
Marriage and the Family, Vol. 52, No. 4, Nov 1990. 1,025-44 pp.
Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Eng.
"As the 1990s begin, research and
policy interest in adolescent sexual behavior, pregnancy, and parenting
continues at a high level, both because these behaviors are critical in
the process of family formation and because their precocious timing
often makes them problematic for the individual and for society.
Research from the 1980s is summarized on the topics of adolescent
sexual activity, contraception, abortion, marriage, adoption, and
childrearing. Research about the antecedents of adolescent sexual and
contraceptive behavior is emphasized because they are the key risk
factors in adolescent pregnancy. Advances in data and methods are
discussed, and research gaps are
highlighted."
Correspondence: B. C. Miller, Utah State
University, Department of Family and Human Development, Logan, UT
84322-2905. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10303 Parkerson,
Donald H.; Parkerson, Jo A. "Fewer children of greater
spiritual quality": religion and the decline of fertility in
nineteenth-century America. Social Science History, Vol. 12, No.
1, Spring 1988. 49-70 pp. Durham, North Carolina. In Eng.
The
relationship between religion and fertility in nineteenth-century
United States is explored using data from the 1885 city directory of
St. Charles, Illinois. The authors suggest that women belonging to
pietistic sects rather than to liturgic sects tended to have lower
fertility. They conclude that cultural and religious factors that
helped women play a central role in the decision-making process
facilitated the fertility decline that
occurred.
Correspondence: D. H. Parkerson, East Carolina
University, Department of History, Greenville, NC 27858.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
57:10304 Rao, K.
Visweswara; Balakrishna, N. Some correlates of
fertility. Health and Population: Perspectives and Issues, Vol.
11, No. 2, Apr-Jun 1988. 64-82 pp. New Delhi, India. In Eng. with sum.
in Hin.
Determinants of fertility differentials in India are
examined. Factors considered include nutritional status, health,
socioeconomic status, infant mortality, and literacy. Comparisons are
made between a selection of Indian states for which suitable data are
available and a selection of countries around the
world.
Correspondence: K. V. Rao, Indian Council of Medical
Research, National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai Osmania P.O.,
Hyderabad 500 007, India. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10305 Rundquist,
Franz-Michael; Brown, Lawrence A. Migrant fertility
differentials in Ecuador. Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human
Geography, Vol. 71B, No. 2, 1989. 109-23 pp. Stockholm, Sweden. In Eng.
This study employs a geographer's approach to the analysis of the
effects of migration on fertility in a developing country using data
from Ecuador. The effect of different levels of development in places
of origin and destination is emphasized. Separate consideration is
given to nonmigrants, permanent migrants, return migrants, and repeat
migrants. "Initially, a conceptual framework for the study is
presented, followed by a discussion of data and expected relationships.
Analytically, between category fertility differentials are first
related to migrant category characteristics. In a second step, multiple
regression is used to analyze individuals in each migrant category with
respect to the combined influence of personal and contextual attributes
on fertility. A summary and concluding observations [complete] the
paper."
Correspondence: F.-M. Rundquist, University of
Lund, Department of Geography, Solvegatan 13, 223 62 Lund, Sweden.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:10306 Warren,
Charles W.; Goldberg, Howard I.; Oge, Linda; Pepion, Donald; Friedman,
Jay S.; Helgerson, Steven; La Mere, Edward M. Assessing
the reproductive behavior of on- and off-reservation American Indian
females: characteristics of two groups in Montana. Social
Biology, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, Spring-Summer 1990. 69-83 pp. Port Angeles,
Washington. In Eng.
The reproductive behavior of two groups of
American Indian females is compared with that of other ethnic groups in
the United States. "Using data from the 1987 Montana American Indian
Health Risk Assessment, we found that the fertility of American Indians
in Great Falls and on the Blackfeet Reservation was similar to blacks
in the U.S. and relatively high when compared with fertility of whites
in the United States. The influence of the direct determinants of
fertility (nuptiality, contraceptive use, and lactation) was very
different for the populations examined in this study." Comparisons are
made of age at first sexual intercourse, breast-feeding, family
planning, and contraceptive use.
Correspondence: C. W.
Warren, Centers for Disease Control, Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health,
Program Evaluation Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10307 Wineberg,
Howard. Variations in fertility by marital status and
marriage order. Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 22, No. 6,
Nov-Dec 1990. 256-60 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"Analysis of
data from the June 1985 [U.S.] Current Population Survey reveals that
although marriage continues to be an important setting for
childbearing, the strength of this relationship varies considerably by
the mother's race, education and age at first birth. The largest
proportion of white births occurs during first marriages, with the next
largest group made up of premarital births; that pattern is reversed
for black births. The proportion of births occurring during second
marriages is twice as high among whites as among blacks; however,
intermarital childbearing is more common among blacks than among
whites."
Correspondence: H. Wineberg, Portland State
University, School of Urban and Public Affairs, Center for Population
Research and Census, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10308 Yadava, K.
N. S.; Yadava, G. S. Socioeconomic factors and effect on
fertility of husband-wife separation due to migration. Biology and
Society, Vol. 7, No. 3, Sep 1990. 139-44 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"This paper examines the migrant and non-migrant fertility
differentials in a rural area of India, taking into account caste,
economic and educational factors. While the separation of husband and
wife due to the migration of the husband is the main cause of fertility
reduction among the migrant group its effect varies according to the
economic status of the couple and the wife's education....The data for
this study come from a sample survey of Rural Development and
Population Growth...conducted during March-October, 1978, in eastern
Uttar Pradesh in India."
Correspondence: K. N. S. Yadava,
Australian National University, Department of Demography, Canberra ACT
2601, Australia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10309 Akam,
Evina. The measurement of infertility and
sub-fertility. [La mesure de l'infecondite et de la
sous-fecondite.] Les Dossiers du CEPED, No. 15, ISBN 2-87762-016-6. Dec
1990. 39 pp. Centre Francais sur la Population et le Developpement
[CEPED]: Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
This publication
consists of two separate papers by the same author. The first is
concerned with the indicators required in two methods used to measure
infertility, one based on the proportion of childless women in a given
population, the other deriving from the age-specific fertility rates
calculated for that population. The second paper suggests a different
approach to the study of sub-fertility based on the concept of the
velocity of the constitution of a family, which can explain more
accurately the dynamics of the process leading to the level of
fertility observed in a given population. These concepts are
illustrated using data from various
countries.
Correspondence: Centre Francais sur la
Population et le Developpement, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Medecine, 75270
Paris Cedex 06, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10310 McFalls,
Joseph A. The risks of reproductive impairment in the
later years of childbearing. Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 16,
1990. 491-519 pp. Palo Alto, California. In Eng.
"A notable feature
of the present baby bust in the United States is that substantial
proportions of women are delaying much of their childbearing until
relatively late in their reproductive lives. One concern about this
delayed childbearing is that many women may end up either childless or
with fewer children than they desire, owing to reproductive impairment.
This paper reviews evidence concerning the decline of reproductive
ability with age. The findings can be distilled into two main facts.
First, the proportion of women with low reproductive ability increases
steadily from age 15 to age 50. Second, this rise is moderate until
the mid-30s when it begins to increase more sharply. While the current
consensus is that mostly healthy women in their late thirties have a
good prospect of giving birth to a healthy infant, a substantial
minority of postponers will end up childless or with fewer children
than they desire, due to reproductive impairment as well as to social
causes."
Correspondence: J. A. McFalls, Villanova
University, Sociology Department, Villanova, PA 19085.
Location: Princeton University Library (SSRC).
57:10311 Modvig,
Jens; Schmidt, Lone; Damsgaard, Mogens T. Measurement of
total risk of spontaneous abortion: the virtue of conditional risk
estimation. American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 132, No. 6, Dec
1990. 1,021-38 pp. Baltimore, Maryland. In Eng.
"The concepts,
methods, and problems of measuring spontaneous abortion risk are
reviewed. The problems touched on include the process of pregnancy
verification, the changes in risk by gestational age and maternal age,
and the presence of induced abortions. Methods used in studies of
spontaneous abortion risk include biochemical assays as well as life
table technique, although the latter appears in two different forms.
The consequences of using either of these are discussed. It is
concluded that no study design so far is appropriate for measuring the
total risk of spontaneous abortion from early conception to the end of
the 27th week. It is proposed that pregnancy may be considered to
consist of two or three specific periods and that different study
designs should concentrate on measuring the conditional risk within
each period. A careful estimate using this principle leads to an
estimate of total risk of spontaneous abortion of
0.33."
Correspondence: J. Modvig, University of Copenhagen,
Panum Institute, Institute of Social Medicine, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200
Copenhagen N, Denmark. Location: Princeton University Library
(SZ).
57:10312 Mosher,
William D.; Pratt, William F. Fecundity and infertility in
the United States, 1965-88. Advance Data from Vital and Health
Statistics, No. 192, Pub. Order No. DHHS (PHS) 91-1250. Dec 4, 1990. 9
pp. U.S. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]: Hyattsville,
Maryland. In Eng.
This report "presents the first national
estimates of trends in the fecundity status of all women of
reproductive age in the United States, regardless of marital status,
and trends in the use of infertility services....The data for 1976,
1982, and 1988 are from Cycles II, III, and IV of the National Survey
of Family Growth....The data for 1965 are from the National Fertility
Study....Interviews were conducted with 8,450 women...[and] focused on
the respondent's fecundity (or physical ability to have children); past
and current use of contraception; dates and outcomes of pregnancies, if
any; marriages; use of family planning and infertility services; and a
wide range of social, economic, and demographic
characteristics."
Correspondence: U.S. National Center for
Health Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10313 Prado,
Consuelo. Report on the natural interruption of pregnancy
related to menarche in the population of Madrid. American Journal
of Human Biology, Vol. 2, No. 6, 1990. 691-4 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng.
"All cases of spontaneous abortion which were registered
between June 1982 and June 1984 in the Ciudad Sanitaria de la Paz have
been studied in Madrid, [Spain] (n=1,259). Together with the women who
had miscarriages, a control sample of women (n=1,016) of similar
socioeconomic status and ages was analyzed. The main aim of this study
is the analysis of the link between the age of menarche and the
incidence of miscarriage....Our results demonstrate that the average
age of menarche is earlier in the sample of women who have a
miscarriage."
Correspondence: C. Prado, Universidad
Autonoma de Madrid, Biology Department, Madrid 28049, Spain.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10314 Ahmed,
Ghyasuddin; Liner, Elsa C.; Williamson, Nancy E.; Schellstede, William
P. Characteristics of condom use and associated problems:
experience in Bangladesh. Contraception, Vol. 42, No. 5, Nov 1990.
523-33 pp. Stoneham, Massachusetts. In Eng.
"Data from 1983
Bangladesh Condom User Survey...are analyzed for patterns of condom use
and various problems directly influencing their
effectiveness....Patterns of use are related to differences in source
of supply through public, free or private-priced systems, differences
in urban or semi-rural place of residence, and differences in
perceptions of men or women. The problem with condom use most often
identified by the respondents was
breakage."
Correspondence: G. Ahmed, University of
Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10315 Ahmed, Yosr
A.-F. The dynamics of contraception in rural and urban
Egypt. In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC Annual
Seminar, 1989. 1990. 253-79 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt.
In Eng.
"The purpose of this paper is to study the dynamics of
contraceptive use, separately, in the urban and rural areas of Egypt.
In particular, emphasis will be given to differentiate between the two
areas with respect to the dis-continuation of use of the contraceptive
methods. The study also tries to differentiate between sources of
dis-continuation of using contraceptives, such as [safety],
unreliability, etc." Data are from the 1984 Egypt Contraceptive
Prevalence Survey.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10316 Aird, John
S. Slaughter of the innocents: coercive birth control in
China. ISBN 0-8447-3703-8. LC 89-77305. 1990. vii, 196 pp. AEI
Press: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This study is concerned with the
coercive nature of the national family planning program in China. "The
account of recent developments in family planning in China given in
this volume is based mainly on Chinese sources, particularly those that
show what policies, instructions, exhortations, and models the central
authorities transmit to the provincial and lower levels and those that
indicate how the central directives are being carried out. Limited
credence has been accorded to what Chinese spokesmen say to foreign
audiences about their family planning program, which often differs from
what they tell their own people." The author concludes that "the
Chinese family planning program is being carried out against the
popular will by means of a variety of coercive measures. Despite
official denials and intermittent efforts to discourage some of the
more extreme manifestations, since the early 1970s if not before,
coercion has been an integral part of the program." Furthermore, he
suggests that "foreign organizations and individuals that
indiscriminately laud the Chinese program or provide financial or
technical assistance for any aspect of it place themselves in the
position of supporting the program as a whole, including its violations
of human rights."
Correspondence: AEI Press, American
Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10317 Akhter,
Halida H. Predictors of contraceptive continuation among
urban family planning acceptors of Bangladesh. Bangladesh
Development Studies, Vol. 15, No. 3, Sep 1987. 101-19 pp. Dhaka,
Bangladesh. In Eng.
Predictors of contraceptive continuation among
urban family planning acceptors in Bangladesh are analyzed. Factors
considered include age, parity, educational status, family size
desired, contraceptive method chosen, and duration of method use. Data
are from a survey covering the period
1974-1980.
Correspondence: H. H. Akhter, Bangladesh
Fertility Research Programme, 3/7 Asad Avenue, Mohammadpur, Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
57:10318 Amatya,
Ramesh N. Comparative analysis of the transition to
deliberate fertility control and its links to modernization in seven
Asian nations. 1989. University Microfilms International: Ann
Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"Using the Easterlin-Crimmins (E-C)
framework, this study comparatively analyzed the transition to
deliberate fertility control and its links to modernization in seven
Asian nations (Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, the
Philippines, and [the Republic of] Korea)....The study indicated the
importance of both the motivation for fertility control and regulation
costs in the transition to deliberate fertility control."
This work
was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at the University of Southern
California.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(4).
57:10319 Asociacion
Demografica Salvadorena (San Salvador, El Salvador); United States.
Centers for Disease Control [CDC] (Atlanta, Georgia). El
Salvador: National Survey of Family Health (FESAL-88). [El
Salvador: Encuesta Nacional de Salud Familiar (FESAL-88).] Mar 1989.
164 pp. San Salvador, El Salvador. In Spa.
This report contains
final information on demographic trends, family planning, and maternal
and child health in El Salvador from the 1988 National Survey of Family
Health. The survey involved 3,579 women of reproductive age forming a
nationally representative sample. Comparisons are made with the
results of previous surveys carried out in 1978 and 1985. Data are
included on contraceptive usage, rural and urban fertility,
contraceptive methods chosen, and infant
mortality.
Location: New York Public Library.
57:10320 Brophy,
Gwenda. Unmet need and nonuse of family planning in
Botswana. Population Today, Vol. 18, No. 11, Nov 1990. 6-7 pp.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author analyzes current and potential
unmet need and nonuse of family planning in Botswana by surveying
contraceptive use and fertility desires of women in
1988.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10321 Church,
Cathleen A.; Rinehart, Ward. Counseling clients about the
pill. Population Reports, Series A: Oral Contraceptives, No. 8,
May 1990. 20 pp. Johns Hopkins University, Population Information
Program [PIP], Center for Communication Programs: Baltimore, Maryland.
In Eng.
"[This] guide is designed to help front-line providers
assess whether their clients are good candidates for the Pill and to
help Pill users make correct pill-taking a part of their daily routine.
The publication is packed with information about OCs--who should take
pills, when and how to take them, what to do about side effects. It
also offers valuable guidance on counseling techniques and sample
dialogues that can be adapted for local
use."
Correspondence: Johns Hopkins University, Population
Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, 527 St. Paul
Place, Baltimore, MD 21202. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10322 David, Paul
A.; Sanderson, Warren C. Cohort parity analysis and
fertility transition dynamics: reconstructing historical trends in
fertility control from a single census. Population Studies, Vol.
44, No. 3, Nov 1990. 421-45 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"The
Cohort Parity Analysis (CPA) method for the indirect measurement of the
extent of marital fertility control makes use of parity distribution
data of the kind reported, for specified marriage duration and
marriage-age (or current age) groups of women, by a fertility
census....It is possible to infer inter-cohort trends in the extent of
fertility control...if one knows the time pattern of the adoption of
control among the members of each cohort. It is shown in this paper
that robust estimates of the intra-cohort diffusion pattern can be
obtained from the census cross-section itself, by supplementing the
basic assumptions of the CPA framework with a plausible assumption
about the behaviour of the 'representative' controller in a given
cohort. The estimation technique is illustrated by applications to
data for married women in urban Eire from the Census of Ireland in
1911, and to native white married women in the U.S. South from the U.S.
Census of 1910."
Correspondence: P. A. David, Stanford
University, Department of Economics, Encina Hall, Stanford, CA
94305-6072. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10323 DeGraff,
Deborah S. An economic analysis of the determinants of
contraceptive use in Matlab, Bangladesh. Pub. Order No. DA8920522.
1989. 243 pp. University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In Eng.
"This research analyzes the determinants of contraceptive
use in Matlab, Bangladesh using a microeconomic decision-making
framework....[It] focuses on the role of an intensive family planning
and health care services project in Matlab in contributing to the
increase in contraceptive use. The study develops a theoretical model
of contraceptive use behavior which is based on the assumption of
rational decision-making and uses a household consumption/production
expected utility maximizing framework."
This work was prepared as a
doctoral dissertation at the University of
Michigan.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(4).
57:10324 DeGraff,
Deborah S. Increasing contraceptive use in Bangladesh:
the role of demand and supply factors. Demography, Vol. 28, No. 1,
Feb 1991. 65-81 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This article analyzes
the determinants of contraceptive use in Bangladesh, focusing on the
roles of demand for additional children and of family planning service
supply. Data from the Matlab Family Planning Health Services Project
are used to examine the contributions of these factors to the
difference in prevalence of modern contraceptive use between the
project area and a control area served by the government family
planning and health programs. Results of multivariate analysis
deriving from the Easterlin synthesis framework show the importance of
family planning supply factors in reducing psychic and resource costs
of fertility regulation and in activating latent demand for
contraception. Demand for birth limiting and for birth spacing emerge
as important explanatory factors; demand for birth spacing is greater
in the project area, and both demand measures exert a stronger effect
on contraceptive behavior in that area."
Correspondence: D.
S. DeGraff, University of North Carolina, Carolina Population Center,
123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10325 Donaldson,
Peter J.; Tsui, Amy O. The international family planning
movement. Population Bulletin, Vol. 45, No. 3, Nov 1990. 46 pp.
Population Reference Bureau: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The authors
discuss worldwide trends in family planning over the past 30 years.
They trace "the progression of this movement, from early opposition in
developed, as well as developing countries, to the present day, when
birth control is practiced by a slight majority of the world's women of
childbearing age....International organizations played a crucial role
in the spread of family planning by providing training for developing
country professionals, funding actual family planning programs, and
helping to evaluate programs. But the success of a country's family
planning program also was dependent upon a national commitment, and
often on a strong socioeconomic setting. The private sector has had a
limited role except in some countries, notably in Latin America, but
its involvement is likely to expand in the future. Also, as financial
support from the United States and international organizations wanes,
national governments will cover a larger share of the
cost."
Correspondence: Population Reference Bureau, 777
14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20005. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10326 Dwyer,
Joseph C.; Haws, Jeanne M. Is permanent contraception
acceptable in Sub-Saharan Africa? Studies in Family Planning, Vol.
21, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1990. 322-6 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The
authors examine family planning service delivery as it affects
acceptance of contraceptive use in Sub-Saharan Africa. "The specific
case of Kenya is mentioned, where improvements in the quality of
sterilization services and increases in the number of institutions that
can provide minilaparotomy under local anesthesia have led to an
increase in the acceptance of sterilization. The authors maintain that
the demand for all family planning methods does exist, and it is up to
the donor agencies and family planning service providers to try to meet
that demand by providing services that are efficient to providers while
oriented to the clients' needs."
Correspondence: J. C.
Dwyer, Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception, International
Programs Division, Africa Region, 122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY
10168. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10327 Ferreira,
Monica. An alternative methodological approach for studies
in family planning. South African Journal of
Sociology/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Sosiologie, Vol. 21, No. 1, Feb
1990. 48-58 pp. Pretoria, South Africa. In Eng. with sum. in Afr.
"An alternative to the methodological approach traditionally used
in studies on family-planning practices was developed and applied in a
retrospective investigation of the decision making of a sample of women
[in South Africa] regarding their adoption of contraceptive
sterilization. The approach is based on the premise of an
interparadigmatic overlap and makes provision for integrating
analytical levels and employing a combination of quantitative and
qualitative research methods in a research design....The results of the
investigation showed the respondents' perceptions of the most important
reasons for their decision to be sterilized. The findings provided
insight into the interdependence of the sample's fertility behaviour
and societal modernism within the particular institutional and
socio-cultural setting." The data are from a survey carried out in the
Cape Peninsula.
Correspondence: M. Ferreira, Human Sciences
Research Council, Institute for Sociological and Demographic Research,
Private Bag X41, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
57:10328 Fleissig,
Anne. Unintended pregnancies and the use of contraception:
changes from 1984 to 1989. British Medical Journal, Vol. 302, No.
6769, Jan 19, 1991. 147 pp. London, England. In Eng.
This one-page
article uses data from postal surveys to examine trends in unintended
pregnancies and contraceptive practice in England and Wales between
1984 and 1989. The results indicate a rise in unintended pregnancies
over the five-year period, particularly among women aged 20-24 who were
using oral contraceptives.
Correspondence: A. Fleissig,
Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care, 14 South Hill Park,
London NW3 2SB, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (SZ).
57:10329 Gertsman,
B. Burt; Gross, Thomas P.; Kennedy, Dianne L.; Bennett, Ridgely C.;
Tomita, Dianne K.; Stadel, Bruce V. Trends in the content
and use of oral contraceptives in the United States, 1964-88.
American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, No. 1, Jan 1991. 90-6 pp.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Drug marketing and physician survey data
were used to examine trends in the use and hormonal content of oral
contraceptives in the United States between 1964 and 1988. Retail
prescriptions for oral contraceptives peaked at approximately 68
million in 1973 and have remained between 50 million and 60 million
since 1981....The data demonstrate that oral contraceptive formulations
in wide use today differ in hormone content from those of the past,
when most of the major studies addressing the risks associated with
oral contraceptive use were completed. There is therefore a need to
determine the risks and longterm effects associated with these newer
formulations."
Correspondence: B. B. Gertsman, Food and
Drug Administration, Office of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, HFD-733,
Rockville, MD 20857. Location: Princeton University Library
(PR).
57:10330 Hirsch,
Ulrike; Nischan, P.; Ebeling, K. Use of contraceptives by
middle-aged women in East Germany. [Zur Anwendung oraler
Kontrazeptiva in der DDR bei Frauen mittleren Alters.] Geburtshilfe und
Frauenheilkunde, Vol. 50, No. 7, Jul 1990. 538-41 pp. Stuttgart,
Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger. with sum. in Eng.
Contraceptive use among 1,214 middle-aged women participating in a
hospital-based study in East Germany is analyzed. Differences in
contraceptive methods chosen are noted by age, educational status,
marital status, parity, and sex life. In particular, a preference
toward oral contraception is noted among younger
women.
Correspondence: U. Hirsch, Humboldt-Universitat zu
Berlin, Bereich Medizin (Charite), Klinik und Poliklinik fur Onkologie,
Schumannstrasse 20-21, DDR-1040 Berlin, Germany. Location:
U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
57:10331 Hye, Hasnat
A.; Quddus, M. Abdul. Community participation: case
studies of population health programmes in Bangladesh. LC
89-904761. 1989. iii, 84, ii pp. Bangladesh Academy for Rural
Development [BARD]: Comilla, Bangladesh. In Eng.
Two case studies
of community participation in population and health programs in
Bangladesh are presented. They concern Deedar cooperative and
Sangraish.
Correspondence: Bangladesh Academy for Rural
Development, Kotbari, Comilla, Bangladesh. Location: U.S.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
57:10332 Kabir, M.;
Moslehuddin, M.; Howlader, Ali A. Husband-wife
communication and status of women as a determinant of contraceptive use
in rural Bangladesh. Bangladesh Development Studies, Vol. 16, No.
1, Mar 1988. 85-97 pp. Dhaka, Bangladesh. In Eng.
"The main
objective of this paper is to investigate the socio-economic status of
women and to identify the factors that affect choice of contraception
in rural Bangladesh." The data concern 425 women selected for
interview who were living in Savar, located some 40 kilometers from
Dhaka. The results emphasize the importance of husband-wife
communication in decision-making about family size and contraceptive
usage. The value of contacts with family planning workers is also
noted.
Correspondence: M. Kabir, Jahangirnagar University,
Department of Statistics, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
57:10333 Ladipo, O.
A.; McNamara, Regina; Delano, G. Ebun; Weiss, Eugene; Otolorin, E.
O. Family planning in traditional markets in Nigeria.
Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 21, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1990. 311-21 pp.
New York, New York. In Eng.
"Operations research on the Ibadan
Market-Based Distribution Project in Nigeria investigated the
feasibility of a contraceptive distribution system using traders in the
traditional markets to sell pills, condoms, and foaming tablets. Two
hundred and thirty-five female and male traders were trained and
supplied with contraceptives, malaria treatments, and oral rehydration
salts to sell at low prices in 39 markets. This article presents
findings from qualitative and quantitative research conducted in
1985-89 to determine if the sale of contraceptives in the marketplace
is acceptable to participating traders and shoppers and to identify
trader and market characteristics associated with sales
volume."
Correspondence: O. A. Ladipo, University of
Ibadan, University College Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Ibadan, Nigeria. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10334 Lema, V.
M. Sexual behaviour, contraceptive practice and knowledge
of reproductive biology among adolescent secondary school girls in
Nairobi, Kenya. East African Medical Journal, Vol. 67, No. 2, Feb
1990. 86-94 pp. Nairobi, Kenya. In Eng.
Results of a 1986 survey of
1,751 adolescent girls aged 12-19 living in Nairobi, Kenya, are
presented. The girls "were interviewed by means of self-administered
questionnaire to determine their knowledge on reproductive biology,
sexual behaviour and its relationship to contraceptive practice in late
1986. 23.8% of all the girls had been or were sexually active at the
time of the study. 94.5% of the sexually active girls had not [used]
or were not using any method of contraception; while the rest, i.e.
5.5% were using mainly unreliable or risky methods of contraception.
1.7% of the sexually active girls admitted to [having] been pregnant at
one time and had sought abortion. [The] majority of the girls
displayed profound ignorance and misinformation regarding their
reproductive biology and contraception."
Correspondence: V.
M. Lema, P.O. Box 19329, Nairobi, Kenya. Location: U.S.
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
57:10335 Njogu,
Wamucii. Trends and determinants of contraceptive use in
Kenya. Demography, Vol. 28, No. 1, Feb 1991. 83-99 pp. Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
"This study uses the 1977-1978 Kenya Fertility Survey
and the 1989 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey to examine trends and
determinants of contraceptive use in Kenya. A substantial increase in
contraceptive use occurred in Kenya over the decade. Yet although the
increase was shared by all groups in the country, the amount of change
differed greatly. A regression decomposition procedure revealed that
shifts in population composition--that is, an increase in better
educated women and in the proportion of women who want to cease
childbearing--were the primary sources of aggregate change in
contraceptive use."
Correspondence: W. Njogu, Institute for
Resource Development/Macro Systems, Demographic and Health Surveys,
8850 Stanford Boulevard, Suite 4000, Columbia, MD 21045.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10336 Osler, M.;
Riphagen, F. E. Contraception survey: Denmark 1988.
Contraception, Vol. 42, No. 5, Nov 1990. 507-21 pp. Stoneham,
Massachusetts. In Eng.
"In 1988, a survey was conducted [with]
1,033 women living in Denmark, whose ages ranged from 15 to 44 years.
The main aims of the study were to identify the influence, if any, of
demographic and socioeconomic factors on contraceptive use and to
assess the women's knowledge of selected facts concerning their own
fertility. The study's additional objectives were to gain insight into
factors influencing communication on the subject of contraception, such
as advice obtained from professional counsellors, general information
dissemination and discussion between partners, and to investigate
women's attitudes and opinions regarding contraceptive methods and
their use. The results are discussed in relation to the findings of
other studies on the use of contraceptives both worldwide and in a
number of European countries."
Correspondence: M. Osler,
University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Copenhagen, Denmark. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10337 Pariani,
Siti. Contraceptive discontinuation in East Java,
Indonesia. 1989. University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor,
Michigan. In Eng.
"The present dissertation...[investigates] the
sustained use of contraception among married women in East Java,
Indonesia. Of key theoretical and substantive importance are two
related issues. First, to what extent is the sustained use of
contraception a result of the ability of women to choose their
preferred method?...Second, to what extent is continued use influenced
by the conformity of husbands' and wives' method preferences?" Data
are from surveys conducted in 1987 and 1988.
This work was prepared
as a doctoral dissertation at the University of Southern
California.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(8).
57:10338 Potts,
Malcolm; Rosenfield, Allan. The fifth freedom revisited:
II, the way forward. Lancet, Vol. 336, No. 8726, Nov 24, 1990.
1,293-5 pp. Baltimore, Maryland/London, England. In Eng.
This is
the second part of a two-part article on how the provision of family
planning services has changed over the last 25 years, with particular
reference to developing countries. This part focuses on the future
prospects for global population control. It examines breast-feeding
trends, contraception, abortion, voluntary surgical contraception,
management issues, resources, and AIDS. The authors conclude that the
solutions are available if the decision is made to give family planning
services the necessary priority.
For Part I, by the same authors,
see 56:40298.
Correspondence: M. Potts, Family Health
International, P.O. Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Location: Princeton University Library (SZ).
57:10339 Richardson,
Mary R. Contraception and women of the third world: a
question of reproductive autonomy. [La contraception et les femmes
du tiers-monde: une question d'autonomie reproductive.] Cahiers de
Recherche du GREMF, No. 33, ISBN 2-89364-035-4. LC 90-193855. 1990. 40
pp. Universite Laval, Groupe de Recherche et d'Echange
Multidisciplinaires Feministe [GREMF]: Quebec, Canada. In Fre.
The
author presents a socio-cultural analysis of the adoption of modern
contraceptive technology by women in developing countries. She
develops the hypothesis that the development of family planning
programs and the distribution of contraceptives have occurred in
response to political and economic objectives, and not necessarily to
improve the health of women. The need to change such programs to
reflect cultural factors in the countries concerned is stressed, rather
than continuing programs that are heavily influenced by Western, male
and medical concepts. Particular attention is given to the
decentralization of contraceptive research and the need to involve
users as active participants rather than as objects of
research.
Correspondence: Universite Laval, Faculte des
Sciences Sociales, Groupe de Recherche et d'Echange Multidisciplinaires
Feministe, Bureau 2463, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, Quebec G1K 7P4,
Canada. Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
57:10340 Roscoe,
Paul B. Birth-spacing in rural Yangoru, 1970-1987.
Papua New Guinea Medical Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2, Jun 1989. 123-7 pp.
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. In Eng.
"This paper reports an
attempt to use data derived from Department of Health Baby Books to
gauge birth-spacing and its changes over the period 1970-1987 among the
Yangoru Boiken of the East Sepik Province [of Papua New Guinea].
Although Yangoru Boiken society has changed considerably since World
War II, the results reveal no significant change in birth spacing over
this period."
Correspondence: P. B. Roscoe, University of
Maine, Department of Anthropology, Orono, ME 04469-0158.
Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
57:10341 Ruiz
Jimenez, M. A.; Almenara Barrios, J.; Rodriguez Martin, A.; Fernandez
Garcia, J. R. Use of contraceptive methods in the
adolescent population. [Uso de metodos anticonceptivos en
poblacion adolescente.] Revista Espanola de Pediatria, Vol. 46, No. 3,
May-Jun 1990. 229-32 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
The authors analyze adolescent sexual behavior in Spain, using data
on some 1,500 adolescents attending a clinic in Cadiz. The results
indicate that "the average age to start a sexual life is 15.7 years
old; the average time since the beginning of the relationship till they
go to the Planning center is 10.7 months; 85.08% of the youth use no
contraception method before the first gestation; [and] 91.05% didn't
wish for pregnancy."
Correspondence: M. A. Ruiz Jimenez,
Columela 2 duplicado, 1o derecha, 11001 Cadiz, Spain.
Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
57:10342 Saleh, Omer
M. Some implications of desire to cease childbearing on
reproductive behaviour in Syria. In: Studies in African and Asian
demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 515-44 pp. Cairo
Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
Currently married Syrian
women were interviewed to determine the impact of their desire for no
more children on reproductive behavior and contraceptive use. Data are
from the 1978 Syria Fertility Survey and concern 4,487
women.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10343 Suri, Kul
B. Education attainment, modernization and fertility
reduction--analysis of the family planning policy of India. Pub.
Order No. DA8924467. 1989. 289 pp. University Microfilms International:
Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This study proposes a set of remedial
changes in the philosophy and policies currently governing India's
family planning program, in the organizational structure of that
program, and in the way in which birth control information and services
are delivered to India's people by that program. These recommendations
are derived from the study's original research findings regarding the
causal influence of certain developmental factors upon Indian fertility
differentials....They reveal that the key segment of the Indian
populace through which fertility may be depressed via higher literacy
rates and the extension of formal education consists of
reproductive-age women in general, and, most especially,
reproductive-age women residing in the nation's rural areas."
This
work was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at the University of
Maryland at Baltimore.
Correspondence: University
Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(7).
57:10344 Tan,
Anthony. Contraceptive prevalence in Jakarta, Indonesia:
1976-1983. 1989. University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor,
Michigan. In Eng.
"The purpose of this research was (1) to describe
changes in contraceptive use and marital fertility in the city of
Jakarta, Indonesia, from 1976 to 1983 and (2) to explore the importance
of socioeconomic development and family planning in these changes.
Data were from two Indonesian government surveys, the 1976 Intercensal
Population Survey and the 1983 Contraceptive Prevalence
Survey."
This work was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at the
University of Southern California.
Correspondence:
University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI
48106. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A:
Humanities and Social Sciences 50(4).
57:10345 Thapa,
Shyam; Wonga, Mary V.; Lampe, Philip G.; Pietojo, Harbandinah;
Soejoenoes, Ariawan. Efficacy of three variations of
periodic abstinence for family planning in Indonesia. Studies in
Family Planning, Vol. 21, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1990. 327-34 pp. New York, New
York. In Eng.
"This report presents findings from a prospective
multicenter study carried out in Indonesia that was designed to
evaluate the efficacy of these three alternative guidelines for the
practice of the cervical mucus method. More specifically, the report
examines the study subjects' sociodemographic characteristics,
evaluates the efficacy of the PA [periodic abstinence] methods
practiced, and analyzes reason-specific discontinuation rates." Data
are from 850 acceptors followed for a year.
Correspondence:
S. Thapa, Family Health International, Program Evaluation Division,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3950. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10346 Thapa,
Shyam; Tsui, Amy O. Family planning needs and costs:
Nepal, 1985-2000. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2,
Jun 1990. 17-30 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"This article
addresses three main questions: What level of family planning will be
required to achieve [Nepal's] demographic target [of 2.5 children per
woman by 2000]? Through the use of what contraceptive methods can the
fertility target be achieved? And, how much will this effort cost?
The results show that: (a) current contraceptive use will need to
increase to 62 percent in order to achieve the fertility reduction
target, (b) more focus by the family planning programme on the use of
temporary methods would not necessitate a considerably higher level of
overall contraceptive prevalence, and (c) the projected total cost
could be as high as $US39 million annually a decade from
now."
Correspondence: S. Thapa, Family Health
International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3950.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10347 Thuro, H.
C.; Rabe, T.; Runnebaum, B. Background information from
contraceptive behavior of abortion patients, indicating psychosocial
factors in the creation of unwanted pregnancies. [Hintergrunde des
Kontrazeptionsverhaltens von Abruptiopatientinnen als Hinweis auf
psychosoziale Entstehungsbedingungen ungewollter Schwangerschaften.]
Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Vol. 49, No. 12, Dec 1989. 1,074-82
pp. Stuttgart, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger. with sum. in Eng.
Contraceptive practice among abortion seekers is analyzed using
data on 269 patients interviewed at a private abortion clinic in
Lindenfels, West Germany. "The results indicated three crucial points
which influence contraceptive behaviour: social barriers, which affect
indirectly the access to and the handling of contraceptives; psychic,
mainly unconscious barriers, which counteract contraception; [and] an
increasing distrust and rejection of modern medical contraception,
especially in highly educated women."
Correspondence: H. C.
Thuro, Roherbacher Strasse 22, 6900 Heidelberg, Germany.
Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
57:10348 United
Nations. Economic Commission for Africa [ECA] (Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia). Statistical compendium on contraceptive
prevalence and practice in African countries. Pub. Order No.
ECA/POP/TP/90/1/1.2 (ii)(a). Aug 1990. vi, 255 pp. Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. In Eng.
"The present publication is the first attempt by
the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to put together
scattered available information on contraceptive knowledge and use [in
Africa]. This will form a data base that will be updated as new data
become available." The information is presented separately by country.
Data are from a wide range of sources, including the World Fertility
Survey (WFS) and Demographic and Health Surveys
(DHS).
Correspondence: U.N. Economic Commission for Africa,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10349 Vernon,
Ricardo; Ojeda, Gabriel; Murad, Rocio. Incorporating AIDS
prevention activities into a family planning organization in
Colombia. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 21, No. 6, Nov-Dec
1990. 335-43 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"Three AIDS prevention
activities were incorporated into the services offered by PROFAMILIA [a
private family planning agency in Colombia] in two operations research
projects....Community-based distributors were able to successfully
provide information on AIDS to their regular audiences as well as to
deliver information and condoms to special target groups without
negatively affecting family planning
information/education/communication activities and contraceptive
sales."
Correspondence: R. Vernon, Population Council, One
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10350 Wielandt,
Hanne; Hansen, Unni M. Sexual behavior, contraception and
unintended pregnancy among young females. Acta Obstetricia et
Gynecologica Scandinavica, Vol. 68, No. 3, 1989. 255-9 pp. Umea,
Sweden. In Eng.
This paper examines behavioral aspects of sexual
maturity and contraceptive use among sexually active Danish teenagers.
The authors state that a pause in an effective contraceptive often
precedes an unintended pregnancy, pointing to the need for follow-up
counseling when oral contraceptives are prescribed. Data concern 140
16-20 year-old Danish females admitted for abortion on Funen Island in
1985 and 1986.
Correspondence: H. Wielandt, Odense Sygehus,
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, DK 5000 Odense, Denmark.
Location: New York Academy of Medicine.
57:10351 Bongaarts,
John; Mauldin, W. Parker; Phillips, James F. The
demographic impact of family planning programs. Population Council
Research Division Working Paper, No. 17, 1990. 34 pp. Population
Council, Research Division: New York, New York. In Eng.
"In
response to concerns about the adverse consequences of rapid population
growth, family planning programs have been implemented in many
developing countries. The aim of the present study is to assess the
impact of this programmatic approach on long-range population growth.
The result of a new and hypothetical population projection indicates
that in the absence of family planning programs the population of the
developing world could be expected to reach 14.6 billion in the year
2010 instead of the 10 billion that is currently projected by the World
Bank. Despite the apparent success of existing interventions,
fertility control is far from complete, as many women continue to bear
unwanted births....With perfect implementation of reproductive
preferences the population size of the developing world in 2100 would
be reduced by an estimated 2.2 billion below the current projection."
Data are from the United Nations.
Correspondence:
Population Council, Research Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New
York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10352 Bongaarts,
John; Mauldin, W. Parker; Phillips, James F. The
demographic impact of family planning programs. Studies in Family
Planning, Vol. 21, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1990. 299-310 pp. New York, New York.
In Eng.
"In response to concerns about the adverse consequences of
rapid population growth, family planning programs have been implemented
in many developing countries. The aim of the present study is to
assess the impact of this programmatic approach on long-range
population growth. The result of a new and hypothetical population
projection indicates that in the absence of family planning programs
the population of the developing world could be expected to reach 14.6
billion in the year 2100 instead of the 10 billion that is currently
projected by the World Bank....To assess the impact of...unintended
childbearing a second hypothetical projection is made. With perfect
implementation of reproductive preferences, the population size of the
developing world in 2100 would be reduced by an estimated 2.2 billion
below the current projection."
Correspondence: J.
Bongaarts, Population Council, Research Division, One Dag Hammarskjold
Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10353 Eisen,
Marvin; Zellman, Gail L.; McAlister, Alfred L. Evaluating
the impact of a theory-based sexuality and contraceptive education
program. Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 22, No. 6, Nov-Dec
1990. 261-71 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"A controlled field
study involving 1,444 [U.S.] adolescent males and females 13-19 years
of age was performed to compare a sexuality education program based on
the health belief model and social learning theory with several
publicly funded community-based and school-based interventions."
Comparisons were made of the sexual behavior and contraceptive use of
both males and females prior to and after attending the educational
programs. "Programs of sexuality and contraceptive education as brief
as 8-12 hours appear to help all participants increase their sexual and
contraceptive knowledge [and] initiate and maintain relatively high
levels of effective contraceptive use."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10354 Freedman,
Ronald. Family planning programs in the third world.
In: World population: approaching the year 2000, edited by Samuel H.
Preston. Jul 1990. 33-43 pp. Sage Publications: Newbury Park,
California/London, England. In Eng.
"Most of the population of less
developed countries (LDCs) now lives in countries with national family
planning programs to reduce fertility and improve family welfare. Such
programs are a new phenomenon. In some LDCs increasing birth-control
practice and fertility declines occurred along with considerable social
and economic development, but even there rapid changes among the
disadvantaged masses are generally associated with strong family
planning programs. Fertility has also fallen in some countries with
only some development but with vigorous family planning programs.
China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand are such cases. In such
places as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, fertility generally
remains quite high, apparently because of little development and
traditional familial institutions. Even in these situations, however,
there are examples of significant fertility declines, in some cases
nationally and in other cases in intensive, high-quality pilot projects
that have established the latent demand for family
planning."
Correspondence: R. Freedman, University of
Michigan, Department of Sociology, Population Studies Center, Ann
Arbor, MI 48106-1248. Location: Princeton University Library
(FST).
57:10355 Osheba,
Ibrahim K. T. Births averted due to the gross impact of
contraceptive use in Egypt. In: Studies in African and Asian
demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 203-16 pp. Cairo
Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"It is the purpose of
this study to...[estimate] the gross fertility impact of contraception
in terms of the number of births averted and the reduction in the crude
birth rate in Egypt in 1980, 1984, and 1988. The data used in this
study come from the 1980 Egyptian Fertility Survey..., the 1984
Egyptian Contraceptive Prevalence Survey..., and the 1988 Egypt
Demographic and Health Survey...."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10356 Sayed,
Hussein A.-A.; Amin, Zeinab H. An evaluation of the impact
of the Population and Development Project, based on data from the 1984
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey. In: Studies in African and Asian
demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 443-75 pp. Cairo
Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
The author assesses
Egypt's community-oriented Population and Development Project (PDP),
initiated in 1977. They focus on the PDP's impact on knowledge,
attitude, and family planning practice variables and on fertility by
comparing geographic regions that are part of the project with those
not participating. Data are from the 1984 Egypt Contraceptive
Prevalence Survey.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10357 Suyono,
Haryono. Family planning in Indonesia: a successful
community development programme. Populi, Vol. 17, No. 4, Dec 1990.
4-11 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
Successes of the Indonesian
Family Planning Program from its inception in 1970 to the present are
discussed, with a focus on its community development
program.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10358 Ahmed, Inas
A. A. Motivation gap in contraceptive use in Egypt.
In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989.
1990. 217-52 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"This paper aims first to assess the existence of a real motivation
gap in contraceptive use in Egypt and its characteristics. Then, it
proceeds to examine the effect of the so-called, motivation gap on
fertility. The paper would also try to examine the reasons for non-use
of contraceptives among women who want no more children and the
determinants of motivation to contraceptive use....The 1984 Egypt
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey (ECPS) is the main source of data used
in this study."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10359 Aly, Hassan
Y.; Shields, Michael P. Son preference and contraception
in Egypt. Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 39, No.
2, Jan 1991. 353-70 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"In this article
we investigate the impact of son preference on fertility in Egypt. We
examine how the proportion of male children in a household affects
contraceptive practices." Using data on 8,979 urban and rural
households from the 1980 World Fertility Survey for Egypt, the authors
develop a model that is based on contraceptive use rather than the
number of children ever born or parity progression ratios. They
discuss the underlying theory, the empirical model, and variables used.
Results indicate that "son preference appears to be an important
determinant of contraception and, hence, fertility in Egypt.
Contraception increases dramatically at each parity as the number of
sons increases. Indeed, the number of sons in the family appears to be
the most important determinant of parity-specific probabilities of
contraception."
Correspondence: H. Y. Aly, Ohio State
University, 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPIA).
57:10360 Asikpata,
Felix O. On the relationship between fertility attitudes
and contraceptive behaviour: the case of Lesotho. In: Studies in
African and Asian demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 649-83
pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"The broad
objective of this study is to examine the relationship between
fertility attitudes and the perceptions of and reactions to fertility
regulation methods in Lesotho. Concomitantly the implications of the
relationship for social status enhancement among Basotho women will be
examined....Data for this study are obtained from the 1977 Lesotho
Fertility Survey....The findings suggest that association exists
between family size desires and the perceptions of and reactions to
contraceptive method."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10361 Bongaarts,
John. The measurement of wanted fertility. Population
and Development Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, Sep 1990. 487-506, 609-12 pp.
New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"A review of
existing approaches to the estimation of wanted fertility concludes
that these measures typically contain an upward bias. An alternative
methodology is therefore proposed to estimate wanted fertility from
survey questions about women's desire to continue childbearing. This
new methodology is applied to data from 48 surveys in developing
countries. The results from this exercise indicate that in these
populations on average 26 percent of fertility is unwanted, which is
substantially more than estimates derived with other methods. The
proportion unwanted apparently varies systematically over the course of
the fertility transition: it is lowest at the beginning and end and
highest among countries in mid-transition."
Correspondence:
J. Bongaarts, Population Council, Research Division, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10362
Lakshmanasamy, T. Old age, risk, security and
children: an empirical evidence from rural India. Indian Journal
of Economics, Vol. 70, No. 276, Jul 1989. 51-68 pp. Allahabad, India.
In Eng.
An investment model of the demand for children is developed
to demonstrate that old-age security provided by children is an
important consideration in the fertility decisions of parents. "The
paper is organized as follows: Section II presents the importance of
children as a source of old age support and risk mitigating mechanism.
The investment approach for the demand for children is presented in
Section III. Section IV...explores the implications in the context of
a recent household survey conducted in rural India. Finally, the
findings are summarised in Section V."
Correspondence: T.
Lakshmanasamy, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune 411
004, India. Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund Library,
Washington, D.C.
57:10363 Lee, Sam
Sik. Determinants of son preference: the case of Republic
of Korea, 1985. In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC
Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 1,001-36 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre:
Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
The author examines son preference in the
Republic of Korea, with a focus on the extent of son preference and its
demographic, socioeconomic, cultural, and family planning
differentials. Implications for fertility trends are considered. Data
are from the 1985 Korean National Fertility and Family Planning
Survey.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10364 Ogedengbe,
O. K.; Giwa-Osagie, O. F.; Usifoh, C. A. The attitude of
fertile Nigerian women to sterilization. Biology and Society, Vol.
7, No. 3, Sep 1990. 135-8 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"Attitudes
to sterilisation were investigated among patients attending the
outpatient clinic of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Lagos [Nigeria]. The most frequently mentioned factors that would
affect a patient's decision on sterilisation were the number of living
children, her age, and her health. Cultural beliefs, particularly
belief in reincarnation, were also
relevant."
Correspondence: O. K. Ogedengbe, University of
Lagos, College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Regulation, P.M.B.
12003, Lagos, Nigeria. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10365 Olusanya,
P. O. Human reproduction in Africa: fact, myth and the
martyr syndrome. Research for Development, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan
1989. 69-97 pp. Ibadan, Nigeria. In Eng.
"The paper examines the
issue of persistently high fertility across socioeconomic status
categories in Africa, particularly in a situation of increasing
contraception, and the attempts that have been made by scholars to
explain it. It is argued, on the basis of anthropological and other
evidence drawn from various parts of Africa, that these explanations
are inadequate and that more than any other factors family planning
programmes have strong and deep-seated traditional and quasi-religious
attitudes and beliefs (collectively referred to here as the 'martyr
syndrome') to contend with."
Correspondence: P. O.
Olusanya, University of Lagos, Department of Sociology, Lagos, Nigeria.
Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund Library, Washington,
D.C.
57:10366 Osman,
Magued I. Differentials of sex preference in Egypt.
In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC Annual Seminar, 1989.
1990. 335-45 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
"In the current study, geographical differentials in sex preference
in Egypt are examined. The level of sex preference is described in
different areas, the relation between sex preference and pregnancy is
measured and explanatory variables for the level of sex preference are
determined." Data are from the 1984 Egypt Contraceptive Prevalence
Survey.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10367 United
Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
[ESCAP] (Bangkok, Thailand). China, India, Philippines,
Sri Lanka, Viet Nam: knowledge and attitudes of grassroots family
planning workers about contraceptive methods. Asian Population
Studies Series, No. 86-G, Pub. Order No. ST/ESCAP/867. 1990. iv, 53, 16
pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
This is a report on findings from
five countries concerning an ESCAP study on the knowledge and attitudes
of grassroots family planning workers toward contraceptive methods.
The countries included in the study are China, India, Sri Lanka, Viet
Nam, and the Philippines. The aim of the study was to help family
planning organizations provide a more balanced mix of contraceptive
methods.
Correspondence: U.N. Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Building,
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10368 United
Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
[ESCAP] (Bangkok, Thailand). India: knowledge and
attitudes of grassroots family planning workers about contraceptive
methods. Asian Population Studies Series, No. 86-E, Pub. Order No.
ST/ESCAP/738. 1989. v, 31, 63 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
This
is one in a series of seven volumes presenting results from an ESCAP
study on the knowledge and attitudes of grassroots family planning
workers toward contraceptive methods. This report concerns India. The
aim of the study was to help family planning organizations provide a
more balanced mix of contraceptive methods.
Correspondence:
U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United
Nations Building, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10369 United
Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
[ESCAP] (Bangkok, Thailand). Philippines: knowledge and
attitudes of grassroots family planning workers about contraceptive
methods. Asian Population Studies Series, No. 86-F, Pub. Order No.
ST/ESCAP/736. 1988. iv, 36, [79] pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
This is one in a series of seven volumes presenting results from an
ESCAP study on the knowledge and attitudes of grassroots family
planning workers toward contraceptive methods. This report concerns
the Philippines. The aim of the study was to help family planning
organizations provide a more balanced mix of contraceptive
methods.
Correspondence: U.N. Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Building,
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10370 While,
Alison E. The incidence of unplanned and unwanted
pregnancies among live births from health visitor records. Child
Care, Health and Development, Vol. 16, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1990. 219-26 pp.
Oxford, England. In Eng.
Health visitor records are used to
estimate levels of unplanned and unwanted pregnancies in the United
Kingdom. "A survey of health visitor records has indicated that
approximately one-third of pregnancies resulting in live births are
unplanned. The data further revealed an association between planning
of pregnancies and socio-demographic variables and use of preventive
health care for infants."
Correspondence: A. E. While,
King's College, Department of Nursing Studies, 552 King's Road, London
SW10 0UA, England. Location: U.S. National Library of
Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
57:10371 Williams,
Linda B.; Pratt, William F. Wanted and unwanted
childbearing in the United States: 1973-88. Data from the National
Survey of Family Growth. Advance Data from Vital and Health
Statistics, No. 189, Pub. Order No. DHHS (PHS) 90-1250. Sep 26, 1990. 8
pp. U.S. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]: Hyattsville,
Maryland. In Eng.
Trends in wanted and unwanted births to
ever-married and never-married women in the United States during the
period 1973-1988 are examined. Differentials according to age and race
are included. Data are from three cycles of the National Survey of
Family Growth.
Correspondence: U.S. National Center for
Health Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10372
Dixon-Mueller, Ruth. Abortion policy and women's
health in developing countries. International Journal of Health
Services, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1990. 297-314 pp. Amityville, New York. In
Eng.
The author first notes that unsafe induced abortion is
responsible for between 100 and 200 thousand women's deaths in
developing countries every year. She "reviews the legal, medical, and
social contexts in which women in developing countries resort to
clandestine abortion. Despite intensified international concern with
reducing high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, national
policy makers and participants at international conferences on maternal
health--with a few important exceptions--have not recommended that
safe, legal services for terminating unwanted pregnancies be offered as
an essential element of basic reproductive health care. United States
international policy on funding abortion-related activities in maternal
health and family planning programs is especially restrictive. A new
policy approach is clearly needed if unacceptably high rates of
maternal morbidity and mortality in many countries are to be
reduced."
Correspondence: Jane Ordway, IWHC, 24 East 21st
Street, New York, NY 10010. Location: U.S. Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C.
57:10373 Frankel,
Susan L. Abortion policy implementation: understanding
the availability of abortion services in the United States. Pub.
Order No. DA8907439. 1988. 239 pp. University Microfilms International:
Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This study examines five factors
predicted to be related to abortion, and assesses their influence on
the availability and use of abortion services [in the United
States]....This study reveals that...availability is affected by
differing views concerning the family, economic status of women,
pressures of social movements and availability of physicians. Use of
abortion services is affected by the social and political climate
primarily through availability of abortion providers, along with
existing characteristics of the health care system and with the level
of demand for abortion."
This work was prepared as a doctoral
dissertation at the University of New
Hampshire.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(3).
57:10374 Jacobson,
Jodi L. Abortion in a new light. World Watch, Vol. 3,
No. 2, Mar-Apr 1990. 31-8 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author
develops the theme that treating induced abortion as a public health
problem rather than as a criminal or ideological issue would have the
effect of reducing its incidence around the world. The main approach
proposed is the promotion of contraceptive usage through family
planning programs.
Correspondence: J. L. Jacobson,
Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
20036. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:10375 Keown, I.
J. Some aspects of the legal regulation of abortion in
England from 1803 to 1982, with particular reference to the influence
of the medical profession on the development of the law and of the law
on the practice of abortion by the medical profession. Pub. Order
No. BRD-85474. 1985. 328 pp. University Microfilms International: Ann
Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
The author examines abortion legislation
in England from 1803 to 1982. The focus is on the impact of medical
professionals on the creation of laws concerning induced abortion, and
how those laws affected abortion rates.
This work was prepared as a
doctoral dissertation at the University of Oxford,
England.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(3).
57:10376 Korenbrot,
Carol C.; Brindis, Claire; Priddy, Fran. Trends in rates
of live births and abortions following state restrictions on public
funding of abortion. Public Health Reports, Vol. 105, No. 6,
Nov-Dec 1990. 555-62 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"We examined for
[Pennsylvania, Colorado, and North Carolina] changes in the proportion
of reported pregnancies that resulted in births and in the proportion
that ended in abortions, following restrictions on public funding of
abortions, to see whether generalizations could be made about what
might happen in other States that similarly restricted funding. We
used the State of California as an example to apply the findings and
made projections for the expected impact on births in that State."
Data are from state health departments. Findings reveal an increase in
live births due to the inability of low-income women to pay for
abortions.
Correspondence: C. C. Korenbrot, University of
California, Institute of Health Policy Studies, Center for Reproductive
Health Policy Research, 1326 Third Avenue, San Francisco, CA
94143-0936. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10377 Meeks,
Thomas J. The economic efficiency and equity of
abortion. Economics and Philosophy, Vol. 6, 1990. 95-138 pp. New
York, New York/Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"This essay...examines
the abortion option [using] two standard economic welfare criteria,
efficiency and equity, to evaluate different distributions of property
rights." The author critically examines a 1971 article by Judith
Jarvis Thomson concerning fetal personhood and the maternal right to
privacy. He asserts that "the efficiency of different output
allocations and even output and wealth as such are neither ethically
neutral nor ordinally invariant but depend on the range of property
rights and distributions, wealth-constrained valuations, and
populations considered. The results suggest that, insofar as claims of
efficiency and equity are met or accepted as appropriate, economic
criteria may affect the constitution of justice and behavior as legal
and normative constraints."
Correspondence: T. J. Meeks,
Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 23803. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10378 Rogers,
James L.; Boruch, Robert F.; Stoms, George B.; DeMoya,
Dorothy. Impact of the Minnesota Parental Notification Law
on abortion and birth. American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81,
No. 3, Mar 1991. 294-8 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"The present
paper concerns the Minnesota [Parental Notification Law], enacted in
August 1981 and enjoined in March 1986. This law required a minor
woman to notify both parents at least 48 hours prior to an abortion or
else seek court approval....In this study, the statewide impact of the
[law] upon the incidence rate of abortion and birth, as well as upon
the ratio of abortions to births and the ratio of early to late
abortions, is examined....Data presented in this study are compatible
with the hypothesis that, initially, parental notification facilitated
pregnancy avoidance in 15-17 year-old Minnesota women. Abortion rates
fell markedly in this age group relative to older women. Birth rates
also fell, but only in keeping with a long-term trend established
before enactment of the law."
Correspondence: J. L. Rogers,
Wheaton College, Department of Psychology, Wheaton, IL 60187.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:10379 Siriboon,
Siriwan. The impact of education on attitude towards
abortion among women in rural-urban Thailand. Institute of
Population Studies Paper, No. 55, LC 89-9155-25. May 1987. vii, 97 pp.
Chulalongkorn University, Institute of Population Studies: Bangkok,
Thailand. In Eng.
The impact of educational status on women's
attitude toward induced abortion in Thailand is analyzed.
Consideration is given to differences between women living in rural and
urban areas.
Correspondence: Chulalongkorn University,
Institute of Population Studies, Phyathai Road, Bangkok 10330,
Thailand. Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
57:10380 Berg, Alan;
Brems, Susan. A case for promoting breastfeeding in
projects to limit fertility. World Bank Technical Paper, No. 102,
ISBN 0-8213-1247-2. LC 89-9195. 1989. 55 pp. World Bank: Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
The paper "presents the case for promoting
breastfeeding in [World] Bank projects with fertility limitation
objectives. It challenges assumptions that may have worked against
including breastfeeding components in projects, synthesizes recent
research findings that cast light on this subject and outlines why
promotive actions are necessary (even in areas where breastfeeding is
prevalent) if the contraceptive effects of breastfeeding are to be
maintained or enhanced....The paper advocates breastfeeding as a
complement to other contraceptives and calls for family planning
programs that are designed with local breastfeeding patterns in mind.
It examines the compatibility of breastfeeding with women's other roles
and argues that reducing barriers to breastfeeding will increase
women's options for infant feeding." The focus is on developing
countries.
Correspondence: World Bank, 1818 H Street NW,
Washington, D.C. 20433. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10381 Feyisetan,
Bamikale, J. Postpartum sexual abstinence, breastfeeding,
and childspacing, among Yoruba women in urban Nigeria. Social
Biology, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, Spring-Summer 1990. 110-27 pp. Port Angeles,
Washington. In Eng.
"This paper...examines the present level of
departure from the traditional practice of sexual abstinence during
lactation as well as the factors that facilitate the break from the
traditional norms. The impact of the break from the traditional
postpartum sexual norms on duration of lactation will also be examined
by determining whether durations of lactation differ significantly
between women who experience sexual relations during lactation and
those who abstain from sexual relations throughout the lactation
period. It shall also be determined whether duration of lactation has
any significant impact on childspacing." The data concern 10,340
ever-married women between the ages 15 and 49 from a survey carried out
in nine Nigerian cities in 1987-1988.
Correspondence: B. J.
Feyisetan, Princeton University, Office of Population Research, 21
Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544-2091. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10382 Hassig,
Susan E.; Bertrand, Jane T.; Djunghu, Balowa; Kinzoni, Minuku; Mangani,
Nlandu. Duration and correlates of post-partum abstinence
in four sites in Zaire. Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 32, No.
3, 1991. 343-7 pp. Elmsford, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"The
current article describes the relative duration of breastfeeding,
post-partum amenorrhea and abstinence in four sites in Zaire. In
addition, it examines a number of correlates of post-partum abstinence
in an effort to identify those factors which contribute most
significantly to the practice (i.e. correlates of abstinence)." The
data concern 2,223 women collected during four surveys on fertility,
family planning, and child health carried out between 1983 and 1987.
"The median duration of abstinence in the two urban and two rural sites
ranged from 4.5 to 8.8 months. The final multivariable model showed
that low socio-economic status, rural residence, more living children,
prolonged duration of breastfeeding and non-Zairian nationality were
all important predictors of prolonged duration of
abstinence."
Correspondence: S. E. Hassig, Tulane
University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1501 Canal
Street, New Orleans, LA 70112. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
57:10383 Khan, Abdul
Q. Breastfeeding practices and birth spacing in
Pakistan. In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC Annual
Seminar, 1989. 1990. 889-924 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo,
Egypt. In Eng.
"This study...attempts to document the trend and
differentials in the breastfeeding practice among the Pakistan
population; to investigate the socio-economic and demographic
correlates, and to assess its fertility inhibiting effect through its
contribution to birth spacing. The analysis will be done for the
country as a whole as well as for the rural and urban areas and for
administrative regions." Data are from the 1984-1985 Pakistan
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10384 Leridon,
Henri. From natural fertility to aided fertility: the
demographer's contribution. [De la procreation naturelle a la
procreation assistee: le point de vue du demographe.] Journal de la
Societe de Statistique de Paris, Vol. 131, No. 2, 1990. 3-23 pp. Paris,
France. In Fre.
The author examines the implications of medical
involvement in human reproduction over the course of the twentieth
century for the study of fecundity and fertility by demographers.
Topics considered include fecundability, intrauterine mortality, and
sterility treatment.
Correspondence: H. Leridon, Institut
National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris
Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10385 Patacsil,
Prudante M. The post-partum non-susceptible period in the
Philippines. In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC
Annual Seminar, 1989. 1990. 925-64 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo,
Egypt. In Eng.
Data from the 1978 Philippines Fertility Survey are
used to examine postpartum variables, including breast-feeding,
amenorrhea, and sexual abstinence, that determine the postpartum
non-susceptible period of conception and consequently birth intervals
and fertility. Cultural and socioeconomic factors influencing the
variables are discussed.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10386 Saadeh, R.;
Benbouzid, D. Breast-feeding and child-spacing:
importance of information collection for public health policy.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization/Bulletin de l'Organisation
Mondiale de la Sante, Vol. 68, No. 5, 1990. 625-31 pp. Geneva,
Switzerland. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"The presence of lactational
amenorrhoea cannot be fully relied upon to protect the individual
mother against becoming pregnant. Nevertheless, the use of
breast-feeding as a birth-spacing mechanism has important implications
for global health policy. This article identifies the information that
should be collected and examined as a basis for developing guidelines
on...the most appropriate timing of the introduction of other family
planning methods in specific environments, based on prevailing
breast-feeding patterns and the duration of lactational
amenorrhoea."
Correspondence: R. Saadeh, World Health
Organization, Nutrition Unit, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10387 Sanogo,
Diouratie. Determinants of breastfeeding and amenorrhoea
duration and their fertility impact in Mali. Pub. Order No.
DA8923747. 1989. 213 pp. University Microfilms International: Ann
Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"The objective of this research was to
study the socioeconomic and demographic determinants of breastfeeding
and amenorrhoea durations, to determine their fertility effect, and
finally to identify those factors easily amenable to policy
intervention in Bamako, Mali. The data used to investigate this
relationship come from the 1983-85 Infant Mortality Survey....The
results indicate that among the socioeconomic and demographic variables
that significantly affect breastfeeding, maternal age at time of child
birth, birth weight, maternal education, and socioeconomic status
measured by the source of water supply have the strongest
effect."
This work was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at Johns
Hopkins University.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 50(7).
57:10388 Tsui, Amy
O.; de Silva, S. Victor; Marinshaw, Ruth. Pregnancy
avoidance and coital behavior. Demography, Vol. 28, No. 1, Feb
1991. 101-17 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This study proposes a
behavioral model that identifies determinants of coital activity in the
context of pregnancy avoidance and assesses the relationships using
weekly panel data collected on 300 rural married women in Sri Lanka in
1988. We discuss the utility of the design, which is similar to that
of an epidemiological surveillance system, for the measurement of
coital behavior and pregnancy risk perceptions. Perceptions of
pregnancy risk, spousal agreement on sexual relations, menstrual and
lactational status, and cycle timing, all measured daily, are found to
influence significantly the probability of coitus on that day. The
findings suggest that substantial gains in studying fertility
regulation are likely from closer investigation of the behavioral
connections between motivation for pregnancy avoidance and coital
incidence. Comparison of such panel data with those of cross-sectional
sample surveys also provides insights into the validity of measures of
coital and contraceptive behavior."
This is a revised version of a
paper originally presented at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America (see Population Index, Vol 56, No. 3, Fall 1990,
p. 452).
Correspondence: A. O. Tsui, University of North
Carolina, Carolina Population Center, CB# 8120, University Square,
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10389 Weinstein,
Maxine; Wood, James W.; Stoto, Michael A.; Greenfield, Daniel
D. Components of age-specific fecundability.
Population Studies, Vol. 44, No. 3, Nov 1990. 447-67 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
The authors use a mathematical model to examine
how much of the variation in fecundability during the reproductive
period may be due to age-related changes in physiology and how much to
variation in coital frequency. "Intra-uterine mortality has an
important effect on fecundability: effective fecundability (the
likelihood of a conception that results in a live birth) is less than
half of total fecundability (the likelihood of any conception) at
nearly all ages when coital frequency is held constant. The change in
effective fecundability with increasing coital frequency is non-linear:
it declines with increasing frequency. At all coital frequencies, the
effects of increasing physiological age are greatest at the youngest
and oldest reproductive ages, while between the ages of 20 and 30
physiological change has only a small impact on effective
fecundability."
Correspondence: M. Weinstein, Georgetown
University, Department of Demography, Washington, D.C. 20057.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10390 Leridon,
Henri. Extra-marital cohabitation and fertility.
Population Studies, Vol. 44, No. 3, Nov 1990. 469-87 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
"In France, as in many other Western European
countries, attitudes and behaviour regarding marriage have changed
drastically over the past 20 years. One of the major changes has been
the increasing propensity to begin one's matrimonial career outside
marriage: two-thirds of first unions begun in 1983-1985 were outside
marriage. A special survey was carried out at the end of 1985 to
collect detailed information on life-courses for a sample of 4,091
women and men aged between 21 and 44 years....We [are] interested in
(i) the proportion of first births that precede a union; (ii) the first
event which follows the establishment of a union: marriage, birth of a
child, or separation; (iii) the relative positions of the first birth
and marriage of the parents....We shall examine the specific fertility
of consensual unions (specific by both age and duration) and of the
number of births achieved at certain ages, as a function of the
couple's marital history."
Correspondence: H. Leridon,
Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675
Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).