57:20582 Balaci, M.;
Copil, I. M.; Ghenciu, G.; Arcan, V. M.; Dinu, Liliana.
Statistico-demographic investigations on the longevity of the
Romanian population. II. Longevity and the process of demographic
aging. Romanian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Vol. 11,
No. 2, 1990. 145-55 pp. Bucharest, Romania. In Eng. with sum. in Fre;
Rum.
This is the second part of a two-part paper concerning
longevity in Romania. In this part the authors examine "the extent to
which levels of longevity reached in the Romanian counties over the
period 1966 and 1968 were the result of...demographic aging; to this
aim the nature and intensity of the relationship between the dynamics
of longevity and demographic aging indices by county, sex and social
background [were] correlatively analysed."
Part I of this paper is
cited elsewhere in this issue.
Correspondence: M. Balaci,
National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Bucharest, Romania.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20583 Balaci, M.;
Copil, I. M.; Ghenciu, G.; Arcan, V. M.; Dinu, Liliana.
Statistico-demographic studies on the [aged] population in Romania.
I. Trends, specific features, territorial distribution. Romanian
Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1990. 45-64 pp.
Bucharest, Romania. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Rum.
This is the
first part of a two-part paper concerning longevity in Romania. The
population structure is described by sex, age, and geographical
location for the years 1966 and 1988. The focus is on describing
characteristics of the aged over 60 and the aged over 85. Data are
from official sources.
Part II of this paper is cited elsewhere in
this issue.
Correspondence: M. Balaci, National Institute
of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Bucharest, Romania. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20584 Capocaccia,
Riccardo; Caselli, Graziella. The resident population of
the provinces of Italy by age and sex, 1972-1981. [Popolazione
residente per eta e sesso nelle province italiane, anni 1972-1981.]
Fonti e Strumenti, No. 2, 1990. 251 pp. Universita degli Studi di Roma
La Sapienza, Dipartimento di Scienze Demografiche: Rome, Italy. In Ita.
Population estimates are provided for Italy, its regions, and
provinces for individual years from 1972 to 1981 by sex and five-year
age groups. Data are from official sources, including the 1981
census.
Correspondence: Universita degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza, Dipartimento di Science Demografiche, Via Nomentana 41, 00161
Rome, Italy. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20585 Chawla,
Raj. Dependency ratios. Canadian Social Trends, No.
20, Spring 1991. 3-5 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
Population
projections by age are presented for Canada to the year 2050. The
author focuses on demographic aging and the resulting dependency
burden. Canada's dependency ratios are compared with those of other
countries for the year 1987 and are projected to 2030. Data are from
Statistics Canada.
Correspondence: R. Chawla, Statistics
Canada, Household Surveys Division, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:20586 Coale,
Ansley J.; Caselli, Graziella. Estimation of the number of
persons at advanced ages from the number of deaths at each age in the
given year and adjacent years. Genus, Vol. 46, No. 1-2, Jan-Jun
1990. 1-23 pp. Rome, Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Ita.
"In this
article the rate of increase of the population at each age is estimated
from the rate of increase in the number of deaths, and in this way a
close approximation of the number of older persons at each age is
derived from the accurately recorded number of deaths in three
consecutive years centered on the year in question. The method is
illustrated by applying it to Sweden, England and Wales, and
Italy."
Correspondence: A. J. Coale, Princeton University,
Office of Population Research, 21 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ
08544-2091. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20587 Kulkarni,
P. M. Measures of aging: a proposed amendment.
Demography India, Vol. 17, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1988. 273-7 pp. Delhi, India.
In Eng.
A model for the measurement of aging proposed by Alaka Basu
and Kaushik Basu is evaluated and some modifications are suggested.
Data for India and Japan are used to illustrate the model.
For the
article by Basu and Basu, which was published in 1987 and describes the
model, see 54:20663.
Correspondence: P. M. Kulkarni,
Bharathiar University, Department of Population Studies, Coimbatore 641
046, India. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20588 Marcoux,
Alain. Urban and rural populations and labour-force
structures: current patterns and their implications. Population
Bulletin of the United Nations, No. 29, 1990. 32-8 pp. New York, New
York. In Eng.
"This article reviews differential urban and rural
patterns of age and sex structures of the population and labour force
in developed and developing countries, their determinants, and their
linkages with agricultural and rural development issues. Typical urban
and rural age structures are first examined....Labour-force age
structures are considered next, showing that urban/rural differentials
are of a similar nature in developed and in developing countries but
that distortions are more accentuated in the latter. Next, the article
addresses the subject of the aging of rural labour forces in developing
countries and finds little evidence of it at the country
level....Finally, the economic causes and consequences of
rural-to-urban migration and labour-force structure differentials are
briefly reviewed...."
Correspondence: A. Marcoux, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Population Programme,
Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 1-00100 Rome, Italy. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20589 Mitra,
S. Long term demographic effect of a constant stream of
immigration when the population is not reproducing itself.
International Migration/Migrations Internationales/Migraciones
Internacionales, Vol. 28, No. 4, Dec 1990. 497-508 pp. Geneva,
Switzerland. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
The author describes
the use of a model to investigate "the age composition of the
stationary population resulting from a condition of below replacement
fertility and a continuous stream of immigrants, the size of which for
any age remain invariant over time....We have shown that the number
dying among [migrants] is the same as the number of them entering over
any time interval, and that is precisely how their stationarity is
maintained." The geographical focus is on developed countries that are
experiencing below-replacement fertility
levels.
Correspondence: S. Mitra, Emory University,
Atlanta, GA 30322. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:20590 Pilant,
Michael; Rundell, William. Determining the initial age
distribution for an age structured population. Mathematical
Population Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1991. 3-20 pp. Reading, England. In
Eng.
"This paper deals with an inverse problem in age-structured
population dynamics; the recovery of an unknown initial age
distribution. We attempt to recover this function from overposed data
which consists of either the total population over a time interval
equal to the maximum life span of the species or the age structure of
the population at a fixed later time. Existence, uniqueness and
continuous dependence of the initial distribution function on the data
are addressed. Some numerical simulations are presented to illustrate
the feasibility of recovery using the methods of the
paper."
Correspondence: M. Pilant, Texas A and M
University, Department of Mathematics, College Station, TX 77843.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20591 Russell,
Cheryl. On the baby-boom bandwagon. American
Demographics, Vol. 13, No. 5, May 1991. 24-7, 30-1 pp. Ithaca, New
York. In Eng.
An analysis of the baby boom generation in the United
States is presented. This cohort now heads 44 percent of the nation's
households; 60 percent of these households include children under the
age of 18. The discussion includes data concerning age distribution of
heads of households, marital status, family size, home ownership, and
income. It is based on the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population
Survey of March 1990.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:20592 Sadhu,
Kanan K. Age and sex composition of a slum population of
Delhi. Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 35, No. 3, Mar 1989. 46-50
pp. Bombay, India. In Eng.
The age and sex composition of a slum in
Delhi, India, is examined. The author emphasizes the role migration
plays in determining the demographic structure of this low-income
population.
Correspondence: K. K. Sadhu, C-2/2B, Lawrence
Road, New Delhi 110 035, India. Location: Population Council
Library, New York, NY.
57:20593 Taeuber,
Cynthia M. Statistical handbook on women in America.
ISBN 0-89774-609-0. LC 90-41624. 1991. xvii, 385 pp. Oryx Press:
Phoenix, Arizona. In Eng.
"This statistical handbook illustrates in
detail changes in American women among different generations. It
reports their numbers, characteristics, socio-economic conditions,
employment and education status, health aspects, and the possibilities
for their future." The data for the 437 statistical charts and tables
included are reproduced from U.S. federal government publications. The
most recent data are for March 1990, and they are presented in
historical context where possible.
Correspondence: Oryx
Press, 4041 N. Central at Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85012.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20594 Young,
Christabel. How serious is the ageing problem and what can
be done about it? Working Papers in Demography, No. 18, 1990. 27
pp. Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences,
Division of Demography and Sociology: Canberra, Australia. In Eng.
Current and projected trends in demographic aging in Australia are
analyzed. Separate consideration is given to the long-term influence
of the baby-boom cohort, the proportion of the population that is
elderly, fertility, limits to population growth, and the proportions of
the population that are young and of working age. Some policy
recommendations are made, and the need to maintain replacement-level
fertility is stressed.
Correspondence: Australian National
University, Research School of Social Sciences, Division of Demography
and Sociology, P.O. Box 4, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20595 Yu,
Ting. Age structure transition of China's population:
regional differentials and implications for development policy.
Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 5, No. 4, Dec 1990. 17-34 pp.
Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"This article discusses why age
structure transition is an important dimension of population to be
considered in national development strategy. Further, it compares the
process of age structure transition of China's population with the
experience of other Asian countries. It shows regional differentials
of age structure transition within China and discusses resulting policy
issues."
Correspondence: T. Yu, University of Hawaii,
Department of Geography, 2444 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20596 Yu,
Yeun-chung. The demography of disability. Population
Bulletin of the United Nations, No. 30, 1991. 61-78 pp. New York, New
York. In Eng.
"This article examines selected demographic
characteristics of disabled persons. It analyses the general levels of
disablement in various countries and compares their age and sex
compositions. Since variations in methods of data collection and
classification among countries have contributed greatly to the
differences in the measurement of levels of disablement, this paper
discusses the need for common approaches to collection, classification,
tabulation and analysis so as to improve understanding of the issues of
disability."
Correspondence: Y.-c. Yu, U.N. Department of
International Economic and Social Affairs, Demographic and Social
Statistics Branch, United Nations Secretariat, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20597 Kislyi, A.
E. Correlation of the sex ratio: economic needs and
traditions. [Sootnoshenie chislennosti polov: ekonomicheskie
potrebnosti i traditsii.] Demograficheskie Issledovaniya, Vol. 14,
1990. 119-31 pp. Kiev, USSR. In Rus. with sum. in Eng; Ukr.
"Reasons [for] sex disproportions [among the] mature population are
studied as based on archeological, ethnographical and other sources."
The geographical scope is worldwide.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:20598 Mayer,
Peter J. Inheritance of longevity evinces no secular trend
among members of six New England families born 1650-1874. American
Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1991. 49-58 pp. New York, New
York. In Eng.
"This study investigated the historical trend in
resemblance between first-degree relatives for age at death. Data from
genealogies of six New England families (N = 13,656) were divided into
nine 25 year birth cohorts, 1650-1874, to test the hypothesis that
familial influence on human longevity has changed during the past 300
years....[The] results support a genetic component to lifespan even
though the majority of variation in human longevity is not explained by
genetic factors."
Correspondence: P. J. Mayer, State
University of New York, Health Science Center, Department of Radiation
Oncology, Brooklyn, NY 11203. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:20599 Ness,
Roberta. Adiposity and age of menarche in Hispanic
women. American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1991.
41-7 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"The present study examined
relationships between several anthropometric data and age at menarche
in 2,494 women aged 25 to 74 years from the [U.S.] Hispanic Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey. Early menarche was similarly related to
adiposity as measured by body mass index....These analyses describe the
relationship between early maturation and overall adiposity in three
distinct Hispanic groups and reject a specific association between
menarche and central body fat
distribution."
Correspondence: R. Ness, H.U.P., Emergency
Department, Ground Floor, Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20600 Oberg,
Sture. Spatial mapping of sex ratios. Popnet, No. 18,
Fall 1990. 5-10 pp. Laxenburg, Austria. In Eng.
The author
describes the use of a computer mapping process, the overlapping
reference areas technique, to produce maps depicting the geographical
distribution of sex ratios in Sweden using official data. Factors
affecting sex ratios are discussed, including life expectancy, sex
ratio at birth, trends in household formation, and geographic
imbalances.
Correspondence: S. Oberg, International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20601 Rodrigues
de Areia, M. L. On explaining biased sex ratios in human
populations. Current Anthropology, Vol. 31, No. 2, Apr 1990. 186-7
pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
The author comments on a recent
article by Daniela F. Sieff concerning the causes of biased sex ratios
in human populations. Attention is given to the reliability of the
available data on which calculations of sex ratio are based.
Observations on the Portuguese historical experience are also
included.
For the article by Sieff, see elsewhere in this issue.
Correspondence: M. L. Rodrigues de Areia, Universidade de
Coimbra, Instituto de Antropologia, Coimbra, Portugal.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:20602 Sieff,
Daniela F. Explaining biased sex ratios in human
populations: a critique of recent studies. Current Anthropology,
Vol. 31, No. 1, Feb 1990. 25-48 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"Recent studies attempting to test evolutionary explanations of
biased sex ratios in human populations are here critically reviewed.
It is suggested that closer attention to a broad range of ecological
and social factors that may affect differential investment in sons and
daughters might contribute to better evolutionary understanding of the
patterns observed." The geographical focus of the study is
worldwide.
Correspondence: D. F. Sieff, University of
California, Davis, CA 95616. Location: New York Public
Library.
57:20603 Abeysinghe,
Tilak. On testing Easterlin's hypothesis using relative
cohort size as a proxy for relative income: an analysis of Canadian
data. Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 4, No. 1, Mar 1991.
53-69 pp. New York, New York/Berlin, Germany. In Eng.
"Measures of
Canadian fertility (total fertility rate and fifteen-year age-specific
fertility rate...) and relative cohort size (population aged 30-64
years divided by population aged 15-29 years) show a close co-movement
between 1940 and 1976 but record a marked departure since then. The
application of cointegration techniques to these series (1921-1988)
shows that they do not form an equilibrium relationship even over the
period 1940-1976. Contrary to the expected relationship between
relative cohort size and relative income, income data by age groups
show that there is no tight relationship between them. The absence of
an equilibrium relationship between relative cohort size and fertility,
therefore, does not necessarily imply that Easterlin's hypothesis is
false."
Correspondence: T. Abeysinghe, National University
of Singapore, Department of Economics and Statistics, 10 Kent Ridge
Crescent, Singapore 0511. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:20604 Al-Qudsi,
Sulayman S.; Shah, Nasra M. The relative economic progress
of male foreign workers in Kuwait. International Migration Review,
Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1991. 141-66 pp. Staten Island, New York. In
Eng.
"A human capital framework is utilized to examine the economic
progress of nine nationality groups of foreign workers [in Kuwait]
using data from the 1983 national Labor Survey. The sources of
earnings' variations of particular interest to us included different
degrees of education and experience transferability, occupational
affiliation and ethnic background. In general, the results derived from
the analysis suggest that 1) foreign workers achieve a discernible
economic progress as their residence lengthens; 2) the rate of economic
progress varies depending on worker's education, home and
Kuwait-specific experience, occupational status and ethnic background;
and 3) about one third of the earnings inequality is due to unexplained
factors including discrimination."
Correspondence: S. S.
Al-Qudsi, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20605 Bianchi,
Suzanne; McArthur, Edith. Family disruption and economic
hardship: the short-run picture for children. Current Population
Reports, Series P-70: Household Economic Studies, No. 23, Jan 1991.
iv, 32 pp. U.S. Bureau of the Census: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This study augments existing research on the relationship between
family structure and the economic well-being of children by focusing on
the immediate repercussions of a parental departure from the household.
Three questions are addressed: What happens to household income at
the time a father leaves the household and in subsequent months? To
what extent is the income loss associated with the departure of a
father alleviated by either public assistance or child support payments
from the absent parent? What changes occur in the labor force
participation of the mother?" The data concern the United States and
are from the 1984 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program
Participation (SIPP).
Correspondence: Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20606 Butcher,
Kristin F.; Card, David. Immigration and wages: evidence
from the 1980's. American Economic Review, Vol. 81, No. 2, May
1991. 292-6 pp. Nashville, Tennessee. In Eng.
"This paper presents
new evidence on the effects of immigration, based on changes in the
distributions of wages in 24 major [U.S.] cities during the
1980's....We...concentrate on measuring the effects of immigration at
the lower tail of the wage distribution. In particular, we ask whether
recent declines in the real earnings of the least-skilled workers in
the U.S. economy are related to immigration. Our empirical analysis
reveals large differences across cities in the relative growth rates of
wages for low- and high-paid workers. Nevertheless, these differences
bear little or no relation to the size of immigrant
inflows."
Correspondence: K. F. Butcher, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ 08544. Location: Princeton
University Library (PF).
57:20607 Dodoo, F.
Nii-Amoo. Earnings differences among blacks in
America. Social Science Research, Vol. 20, No. 2, Jun 1991. 93-108
pp. Duluth, Minnesota. In Eng.
Data from the 1980 U.S. census are
used to examine earnings differences among blacks. The results show
that "native black males in America have earnings that are 5% higher
than their foreign born counterparts....The findings are that even
though foreign born blacks have better earnings-related attributes than
their native counterparts, the foreign born encounter a significant
cost since the [return] they receive to these earnings attributes work
to their disadvantage with respect to
earnings."
Correspondence: F. N.-A. Dodoo, Tulane
University, 220 Newcomb Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:20608 Easterlin,
Richard A.; Macdonald, Christine; Macunovich, Diane J. How
have American baby boomers fared? Earnings and economic well-being of
young adults, 1964-1987. Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 3,
No. 4, 1990. 277-90 pp. New York, New York/Berlin, Germany, Federal
Republic of. In Eng.
The authors analyze the economic well-being of
the baby boom generation in the United States, covering the period
1964-1987. "[The paper first] draws a formal analytical distinction
between the labor market circumstances of the baby boomers, on the one
hand, and their achieved living levels after taking account of
demographic effects of labor market conditions, on the other....Second,
in assessing the economic well-being of a birth cohort--baby boom or
pre-baby boom--it takes account of all members of the cohort, whether
or not they are in families, and, if in families, whether or not the
family is headed by a member of a person's own birth cohort."
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. 394).
Correspondence: R. A.
Easterlin, University of Southern California, Department of Economics,
Los Angeles, CA 90098-0253. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:20609 Horioka,
Charles Y. Why is Japan's household saving rate so high?
A literature survey. ISER Reprint Series, No. 150, 1990. [43] pp.
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research [ISER]:
Osaka, Japan. In Eng.
"This article surveys the literature on
household saving in Japan and reviews the evidence concerning the
various factors that have been suggested as possible causes of Japan's
high and rising household saving rate. Conceptual differences and
deficiencies, the age structure of the population (especially the low
proportion of the aged), the bonus system, and the rapid rate of income
growth are found to be among the most important
factors."
Correspondence: Osaka University, Institute of
Social and Economic Research, 6-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567, Japan.
57:20610 Horioka,
Charles Y. Why is Japan's private saving rate so
high? ISER Reprint Series, No. 145, 1989. [33] pp. Osaka
University, Institute of Social and Economic Research [ISER]: Osaka,
Japan. In Eng.
The author analyzes "the determinants of
inter-country differences in private saving rates...using data from the
period of 1975-1984 for twenty-one OECD countries. It is found that
Japan's exceptionally high private saving rate is due to the
peculiarities of the age structure of its population--the much lower
ratio of the aged and the somewhat lower ratio of the young. The rapid
aging of the Japanese population will cause the private saving rate to
decline moderately until 1989 and much more sharply thereafter,
becoming negative by about the year 2012."
Correspondence:
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research, 6-1
Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567, Japan.
57:20611 Jensen,
Leif. Secondary earner strategies and family poverty:
immigrant-native differentials, 1960-1980. International Migration
Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1991. 113-40 pp. Staten Island, New
York. In Eng.
"This article studies immigrant-native differentials
in the ability of secondary earners (family earners other than the
family head) to lift families out of poverty. Using both descriptive
and multivariate techniques to analyze the 1960, 1970 and 1980 U.S.
Census Public Use Samples, it compares immigrant and native families
among four key race groups: white, black, Hispanic and Asian. It is
shown that the ameliorative impact of secondary earners is greater for
immigrant than native families; that this generalization holds for
whites, blacks and Hispanics but not Asians; and that the immigrant
advantage in ameliorative effects vis-a-vis natives declined noticeably
over the 1960-1980 period for all but Asian families. The implications
of these results for the overall trend in poverty among immigrants is
discussed."
Correspondence: L. Jensen, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA 16802. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:20612 Lombard,
Marc. An examination of income distribution in Australia,
1983-1989. School of Economic and Financial Studies Research
Paper, No. 340, ISBN 0-85837-733-0. Mar 1991. 23 pp. Macquarie
University, School of Economic and Financial Studies: North Ryde,
Australia. In Eng.
Since the Labor Government came into office in
Australia in 1983, economists have noted economic changes toward
"greater market freedom and the reappraisal of the values of
privatisation, commercialisation, deregulation and competition....The
purpose of this study is to investigate whether the above-mentioned
changes have had a direct effect on income distribution in
Australia....Along with the examination of income distribution in
general, and the effects of taxation on higher and lower income groups,
the paper also looks at the changes in the female share of national
income, over the...period [1983-1989]...as well as changes in the
relative shares of different types of income for high income
earners."
Correspondence: Macquarie University, School of
Economic and Financial Studies, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20613 Owens,
Emiel W. Poverty functions and the aged population.
International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1990. 57-65
pp. Bradford, England. In Eng.
This article examines trends in
poverty among the elderly in the United States from two perspectives.
"First, we are interested in changes that took place in the magnitude,
characteristics and incidence of poverty within this sector, as a
result of the functioning of the economy as well as the poverty
programme during the past decade. Our second primary objective is to
present analytical models of the severity of poverty and use these
models to describe techniques that might be employed in evaluating ways
of alleviating poverty in one category of the aged poor where it seems
most acute and most intractable, i.e. aged women living
alone."
Correspondence: E. W. Owens, University of Houston,
4600 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77023. Location: Princeton
University Library (PF).
57:20614 Rogers,
Carolyn C. The economic well-being of nonmetro
children. Rural Development Research Report, No. 82, Mar 1991. iv,
43 pp. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This report analyzes the economic
well-being of [U.S.] children living in families with at least one
parent present, comparing children in nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) areas
with those in metropolitan (metro) areas. The primary source of data is
the March 1988 income and demographic supplement to the Current
Population Survey (CPS). Several indicators of economic well-being,
including the poverty status of the family, the ratio of family income
to need, and the receipt of both cash assistance and noncash benefits,
are examined. Demographic and family characteristics of children along
with socioeconomic characteristics of their parents, are analyzed to
provide a comprehensive profile of the various factors in the family
environment that influence the economic realities children
experience."
Correspondence: ERS-NASS, P.O. Box 1608,
Rockville, MD 20849-1608. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:20615 Williams,
Donald R. Structural change and the aggregate poverty
rate. Demography, Vol. 28, No. 2, May 1991. 323-32 pp. Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
"This paper measures the extent to which recent
increases in the aggregate poverty rate are attributable to the
changing distribution of employment across industries. We decompose
the total poverty rate change over the 1976-1983 period into components
attributable to changes in employment shares and changes in the
incidence of poverty within industries. Our results show that the
poverty rate increase resulted primarily from the decline in employment
rates in general and from increases in the incidence of poverty within
all industries, rather than from the shift of employment opportunities
between sectors. The growth of service sector employment in particular
has not contributed to the increased incidence of poverty in the United
States."
Correspondence: D. R. Williams, Kent State
University, Department of Economics, Kent, OH 44242.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20616 Myers,
Dowell. Housing demography: linking demographic structure
and housing markets. ISBN 0-299-12550-5. LC 90-50094. 1990. xvii,
317 pp. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
This book consists of 13 papers selected to bridge the gap between
the separate analysis of population data and housing data in the United
States. The approach is interdisciplinary, involving demography,
economics, geography, sociology, and urban planning. A major objective
of the book is theory building. The papers are grouped under three
main headings: linking housing characteristics with household
composition, life course and cohort models of housing choice, and
housing consumption among the elderly.
Correspondence:
University of Wisconsin Press, 114 North Murray Street, Madison, WI
53715. Location: New York Public Library.
57:20617 Early, John
D.; Peters, John F. The population dynamics of the Mucajai
Yanomama. ISBN 0-12-227680-9. LC 89-17756. 1990. xv, 152 pp.
Academic Press: San Diego, California/London, England. In Eng.
"This volume investigates the population dynamics of a group of
Yanomama Indians, a foraging/horticultural group in northern Brazil,
from their first permanent contact with representatives of the 'outer
world' in 1958 to 1987....Part One...consists of three chapters which
describe the Mucajai Yanomama, discuss the population dynamics of the
precontact period, and give an overview of the 28-year postcontact
period. In Part Two, each demographic variable (fertility, mortality,
migration) is analyzed to understand its cultural antecedents as well
as its magnitude and age-sex structure....Part Three...explains the
change of size and age-sex structure of the Mucajai population in the
postcontact period [and]...examines how the changed population
structure has, in turn, affected the practice of some Yanomama cultural
patterns. Part Four...concludes the analysis by comparing its results
with those of other Yanomama groups."
Correspondence:
Academic Press, 1250 Sixth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
57:20618 Garcia,
Jesus M.; Montgomery, Patricia A. The Hispanic population
in the United States: March 1990. Current Population Reports,
Series P-20: Population Characteristics, No. 449, Mar 1991. iii, 34
pp. U.S. Bureau of the Census: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This
report presents data on the demographic, social, and economic
characteristics of the Hispanic population in the United States....In
addition, the report highlights changes in selected characteristics of
Hispanics since 1982." Data are primarily taken from the March 1990
supplement to the Current Population
Survey.
Correspondence: Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20619 Harmsen, C.
N.; van der Heijdt, J.; Prins, C. J. M. Dutch residents of
Surinamese and Antillean origin, January 1, 1990. [In Nederland
woonachtige personen van Surinaamse en Antilliaanse origine, 1 januari
1990.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 39, No. 4, Apr 1991.
17-26 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
Data on
persons of Surinamese and Antillean origin living in the Netherlands
are presented and analyzed. "On 1 January 1990 244 thousand persons of
Surinamese origin, i.e. with Surinamese nationality, born in Suriname
or one or both parent(s) born there...[and] 84 thousand persons of
Antillean (including Aruba) origin resided in the Netherlands....The
number of males in the population of Surinamese or Antillean origin is
about the same as the number of females, which is the same as in the
Netherlands as a whole. Differences appear in the age composition and
marital status of the population." The spatial distribution of both
groups is included.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:20620 Maffioli,
Dionisisa; Sonnino, Eugenio. Being born, getting married,
and dying as a foreigner in Italy. [Nascere, sposarsi, morire
stranieri in Italia.] Polis, Vol. 4, No. 1, Apr 1990. 41-69 pp.
Bologna, Italy. In Ita. with sum. in Eng.
Some demographic
characteristics of Italy's foreign-born resident population are
examined using official data. "An analysis of multiple correspondences
has been applied, on the one hand, to births of children with at least
one foreign parent and, on the other hand, to all those born of both
African parents. In the first case a number of situations have been
found--concerning above all parents of different nationality and mainly
regarding the high proportion of children born outside marriage and
delays in the nuptial and reproductive calendar--which can be probably
ascribed to the perturbations caused by immigration to family life. In
the second case indications have been detected of the existence of some
risks for the babies (low weight at birth, high [natal] mortality) of
weaker groups of immigrants."
Correspondence: D. Maffioli,
Via Brennero 44, 00141 Rome, Italy. Location: New York Public
Library.
57:20621 Prins, C.
J. M. Partial enumeration by nationality and country of
birth, from municipal population registers, January 1, 1990.
[Registertelling naar nationaliteit en geboorteland, 1 januari 1990.]
Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 39, No. 1, Jan 1991. 18-37 pp.
Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
The Netherlands
Central Bureau of Statistics carried out an enumeration from municipal
population registers as of January 1, 1990. Data concern municipality
of residence, age, sex, marital status, country of birth, father's and
mother's country of birth, and nationality. The purpose of this report
is to present statistics on the characteristics and proportion of
foreigners and the native-born in the Netherlands and to determine the
country of origin of the nonnative population.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20622 Prins, C.
J. M. Residents of Turkish and Moroccan origin in the
Netherlands, January 1, 1990. [In Nederland woonachtige personen
van Turkse en Marokkaanse origine, 1 januari 1990.] Maandstatistiek van
de Bevolking, Vol. 39, No. 3, Mar 1991. 13-23 pp. Voorburg,
Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
Data on persons of Turkish
and Moroccan origin living in the Netherlands are presented and
analyzed. "On 1 January 1990 207 thousand persons of Turkish origin
were living in the Netherlands....Most fathers (203 thousand) and
mothers (199 thousand) were born in Turkey. The majority (185
thousand) was still Turkish national. On the other hand, one third was
born in the Netherlands, thus belonging to the second generation. With
respect to the Moroccan population...more or less the same conclusions
apply....[although] among the Moroccan population the percentage of
Dutch nationals (11%) is higher than among the Turks (7%)." Data are
included concerning the age distribution and fertility of both
groups.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20623 Schmelz,
Uziel O.; DellaPergola, Sergio; Avner, Uri. Ethnic
differences among Israeli Jews: a new look. Jewish Population
Studies, No. 22, ISBN 965-222-215-1. 1991. 204 pp. Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Institute of Contemporary Jewry: Jerusalem, Israel; American
Jewish Committee, American Jewish Year Book: Jerusalem, Israel. In Eng.
Differences in ethnic characteristics among Jews living in Israel
are studied. Separate sections are included on immigration, population
size and structure, residential distribution, interethnic marriage,
fertility, educational attainment, and voting behavior. The emphasis
is on behavioral patterns among the different ethnic groups. Data are
from official sources.
Correspondence: Hebrew University,
Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Gaster Building, Mount Scopus Campus,
Jerusalem 91905, Israel. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:20624 Tamayo
Lott, Juanita; Felt, Judy C. Studying the Pan Asian
community. Population Today, Vol. 19, No. 4, Apr 1, 1991. 6-9 pp.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author examines the population size,
dynamics, natural increase, and income of what is described as the Pan
Asian population of the United States. "This population is extremely
diverse, giving rise to the term 'Pan Asian,' which encompasses
immigrants from Asian and Pacific Island countries and native-born
citizens descended from those ethnic groups." Data are from official
U.S. sources, including the census and current population
surveys.
Correspondence: J. Tamayo Lott, Tamayo Lott
Associates, 717 Springloch Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20625 Willems,
P.; Deschamps, L.; Pauwels, K. Population totals by
nationality and age as at January 1, 1988. Part 2: a selection of
Flemish nationalities. [Bevolkingsaantallen naar nationaliteit en
leeftijd op 1 januari 1988. Deel 2: een selectie van Vlaamse
gemeeten.] CBGS Werkdocument, No. 63, 1990. 204 pp. Centrum voor
Bevolkings- en Gezinsstudien [CBGS]: Brussels, Belgium. In Dut.
Estimates of the population of selected Flemish municipalities in
Belgium for 1988 are presented. The focus is on the foreign
population; the data are presented by country of origin and by
age.
Correspondence: Centrum voor Bevolkings- en
Gezinsstudien, Markiesstraat 1, 4 de Verdieping, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
