58:20728 Greenwood,
Michael J.; McDowell, John M.; Trabka, Eloise. Conducting
descriptive and analytical research with the Immigration and
Naturalization Service Public Use Tapes. Journal of Economic and
Social Measurement, Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1991. 131-53 pp. Amsterdam,
Netherlands. In Eng.
"For many years the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) has published annual data on persons
admitted to the U.S. as legal resident aliens. Only relatively
recently has INS begun to make its microdata files available. This
paper concerns the INS Public Use Tapes, including a detailed
description of the information available on them, an account of the
frequency and severity of certain flaws in the data, and a discussion
of possible methods for correcting these flaws. The paper also
discusses a number of strengths and [weaknesses] of the data for
descriptive and analytical research, and it provides several
suggestions for research projects that could be carried out with the
INS data."
Correspondence: M. J. Greenwood, University of
Colorado, Center for Economic Analysis, Boulder, CO 80309.
Location: Princeton University Library (SF).
58:20729 Ashley,
John; Devis, Tim. Death certification from the point of
view of the epidemiologist. Population Trends, No. 67, Spring
1992. 22-8 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"This paper is based on a
talk given to the Epidemiology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine
in 1990. It looks at the practice in England and Wales of doctors,
coroners, and pathologists in certification of death and assignment of
cause of death. It also highlights some of the problems of coding and
interpreting underlying cause of death when several diseases are
mentioned at death registration."
Correspondence: J.
Ashley, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Medical Statistics
Division, St. Catherine's House, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JP, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20730 Figueroa
Campos, Beatriz. Place of residence and registration:
problems and comparability in the classification of births. [Lugar
de registro y de residencia: problemas y comparabilidad en la
classificacion de los nacimientos.] Estudios Demograficos y Urbanos,
Vol. 5, No. 3, Sep-Dec 1990. 569-93, 824-5 pp. Mexico City, Mexico. In
Spa. with sum. in Eng.
In 1973, the classification method for
births in Mexico was changed from place of registration to place of
mother's residence. "The objective of this work is to analyze how the
place of 'customary residence of the mother' has been registered and to
determine if the change of classification has some effect [on] the
comparability of the information about births in different states. The
information analyzed is divided into two periods, according to the way
in which it was obtained and processed and the institution responsible
for its publication."
Correspondence: B. Figueroa Campos,
El Colegio de Mexico, Centro de Estudios Demograficos y de Desarrollo
Urbano, Camino al Ajusco 20, 10740 Mexico City, DF, Mexico.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20731 Grubb, Gary
S.; Fortney, Judith A.; Saleh, Saneya; Gadalla, Saad; El-Baz, Ahmad;
Feldblum, Paul; Rogers, Susan M. A comparison of two
cause-of-death classification systems for deaths among women of
reproductive age in Menoufia, Egypt. International Journal of
Epidemiology, Vol. 17, No. 2, Jun 1988. 385-91 pp. Oxford, England. In
Eng.
"Data on 1,979 deaths among reproductive age women were
collected in the 1981-1983 Reproductive Age Mortality Survey (RAMOS) in
the governorate of Menoufia, Egypt, and compared with data on these
deaths as recorded by the Egyptian death registration system....There
were substantial differences between classification systems for deaths
due to particular causes. Over half of the deaths classified
differently by the systems were those assigned to circulatory disease
on the death certificate....The percentage of deaths assigned to
maternal causes was three times higher in RAMOS...than on death
certificates....Reported mortality rates for this often-preventable
cause of death have been substantially underestimated in national death
registration systems. Such underreporting masks the need for
additional prenatal care and maternal health
programmes."
Correspondence: G. S. Grubb, Family Health
International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20732 Morocco.
Direction de la Statistique. Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Demographiques [CERED] (Rabat, Morocco). Vital statistics:
the four components. [Etat civil: les 4 composantes.] Dec 1991.
174 pp. Rabat, Morocco. In Fre.
This is a critical analysis of the
vital statistics system in Morocco, with a view to improving the system
as a source of data for both demographic studies and population
projections. The first part examines data on marriages and divorces
and the second part analyzes data on births and deaths. A general
improvement in the vital statistics system since 1987 is noted. The
need is stressed for further improvements in order to provide data
suitable for development planning purposes.
Correspondence:
Direction de la Statistique, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Demographiques, B.P. 178, Charii Maa El Ainain, Rabat, Morocco.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20733 Adams, John
W.; Kasakoff, Alice B. Estimates of census
underenumeration based on genealogies. Social Science History,
Vol. 15, No. 4, Winter 1991. 527-43 pp. Durham, North Carolina. In Eng.
Underenumeration in nineteenth-century U.S. censuses is estimated
by comparing census data with data from the genealogies of nine men who
settled in Massachusetts before 1650. The genealogical data cover all
descendants up to the mid-nineteenth century. The analysis suggests a
considerable underenumeration of dependents, particularly
children.
Correspondence: J. W. Adams, University of South
Carolina, Department of Anthropology, Columbia, SC 29208.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
58:20734 Amin, Saad
Z. Pattern of net age error in 1986 population census of
Egypt. In: Studies in African and Asian demography: CDC Annual
Seminar, 1990. 1991. 377-95 pp. Cairo Demographic Centre: Cairo, Egypt.
In Eng.
"This paper attempts to estimate the pattern of the net age
errors in the reported age distribution of the 1986 census population
of Egypt, by comparing the reported age structure of the population
with the corresponding estimated true age structure." A model to
estimate a true age distribution is presented.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20735 Anderson,
Margo. The 1990 census: how good is it? Government
Publications Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1992. 125-35 pp. Elmsford,
New York. In Eng.
"This article evaluates the 1990 [U.S.] census in
light of its constitutional functions and the demographic history of
the United States. It provides some principles which may be used to
judge the quality and adequacy of the census." The focus is on the
importance of the accuracy of census data for the reapportionment of
Congress and of state and local legislative bodies, and for estimating
the number of residents in poor inner-city
neighborhoods.
Correspondence: M. Anderson, University of
Wisconsin, History Department, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Location:
Princeton University Library (SF).
58:20736 Castles,
Ian. 1991 census of population and housing. How Australia
takes a census. Pub. Order No. 2903.0. Apr 1991. 55 pp. Australian
Bureau of Statistics: Belconnen, Australia. In Eng.
This report
provides some basic information on methods to be used in the 1991
Australian census. "It describes the history of the census, the
process by which the 1991 Census was planned, the way in which it will
be conducted and processed and the types of output which will be
available."
Correspondence: Australian Bureau of
Statistics, P.O. Box 10, Belconnen, ACT 2616, Australia.
Location: Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA.
Source: APLIC Census Network List, No. 125, Feb 1992.
58:20737 Goyer,
Doreen S.; Draaijer, Gera E. The handbook of national
population censuses: Europe. ISBN 0-313-28426-1. LC 91-39111.
1992. xiii, 544 pp. Greenwood Press: Westport, Connecticut/London,
England. In Eng.
This is the final volume in a three-volume set of
handbooks on national censuses around the world. This volume covers
censuses in Europe, including the USSR. Separate entries for each
country provide information on the historical background; the history
of censuses, with a brief description of each census taken; and other
statistical publications. For more recent censuses, information is
provided on definitions and concepts, special elements and features,
data quality, and publications resulting from the census.
For a
previous volume presenting information on censuses in Africa and Asia,
published in 1986, see 53:10815.
Correspondence: Greenwood
Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20738 Heleniak,
Timothy. Glasnost and the publication of Soviet census
results. Journal of Soviet Nationalities, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring
1992. 139-60 pp. Durham, North Carolina. In Eng.
The increased
availability of census results from the USSR since the beginning of the
glasnost campaign is described. The author details the publications
that are scheduled to appear during 1992 that will contain results from
the 1989 census. An appendix lists 1989 census data that has already
been published.
Correspondence: T. Heleniak, U.S. Bureau of
the Census, Center for International Research, Soviet Branch,
Washington, D.C. 20233. Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund
Library, Washington, D.C.
58:20739 Hollos,
Marida. Why is it difficult to take a census in Nigeria?
The problem of indigenous conceptions of households. Historical
Methods, Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter 1992. 12-9 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author discusses problems encountered by those attempting to
count the Nigerian population using a Western-based conception of what
constitutes a household. "I present some examples of household
composition among the Ijo of the Western Delta in Nigeria and
illustrate the difficulties in understanding these households when not
applying the informant's criteria in defining them....A culturally
appropriate, indigenous concept--which is clearly central to the Ijos'
(and presumably to the other ethnic groups') own conceptualization of
their society--may be turned into an important tool in trying to
understand the shifting nature of the residential units and in tracing
individuals for enumeration."
Correspondence: M. Hollos,
Brown University, Department of Anthropology, Providence, RI 02912.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20740 Iro,
Madugba I. Population censuses of Nigeria from colonial
times: an evaluation of their coverage and accuracy. ISBN
978-30842-2-4. 1987. iv, 154 pp. Madugba I. Iro: Ogikwe, Nigeria. In
Eng.
The author reviews the history of census-taking in Nigeria
from 1860 up to the 1973 census, with a primary emphasis on the history
of censuses taken from 1950 to 1973. Special focus is given to the
reasons for the failure of the 1962, 1963, and 1973 censuses. The
author also reviews the literature on census evaluation in Nigeria and
presents new estimates of the population in 1963 and projections up to
2015. Problems and prospects for conducting viable censuses in the
future are discussed, as are alternative ways of generating demographic
data for planning purposes. The book costs U.S. $15 and is available
directly from the author.
Correspondence: Madugba I. Iro,
Umuode Nsulu, P.O. Box 99 Nbawsi, Abia State, Nigeria.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20741 Knights,
Peter R. Potholes in the road of improvement? Estimating
census underenumeration by longitudinal tracing: U.S. censuses,
1850-1880. Social Science History, Vol. 15, No. 4, Winter 1991.
517-26 pp. Durham, North Carolina. In Eng.
The extent of errors and
omissions from the U.S. censuses carried out from 1850 to 1880 is
estimated. Specifically, the author examines data from successive
censuses for the same families to discover data variations over time.
He concludes that the inconsistencies revealed by this approach imply
that nineteenth-century data need to be treated with
caution.
Correspondence: P. R. Knights, York University,
Department of History, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario M3J 1P3,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
58:20742 Kucera,
Milan. Preliminary results of the 1991 population and
housing census. [Predbezne vysledky scitani lidu, domu a bytu
1991.] Demografie, Vol. 34, No. 1, 1992. 1-10 pp. Prague,
Czechoslovakia. In Cze. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
"This article
contains a brief commentary on already published preliminary census
results [for Czechoslovakia]....The author paid special attention to
the data on nationality...and to changes since 1980 and, above all, to
the numbers of inhabitants of Moravian and Silesian nationality but
also to smaller nationality groups, including their territorial
distribution." For the first time in 40 years, a question on religious
affiliation was included in the Czech census, and consideration is
given here to the responses.
Correspondence: M. Kucera,
Cesky Statisticky Urad, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20743 Parkerson,
Donald H. Comments on the underenumeration of the U.S.
census, 1850-1880. Social Science History, Vol. 15, No. 4, Winter
1991. 509-15 pp. Durham, North Carolina. In Eng.
The author
summarizes a selection of articles that assess the quality of data from
the U.S. census for the period 1850-1880. These "articles...raise the
question of underenumeration to a higher level of empirical evaluation.
They compare the U.S. census from 1850 to 1880 with a variety of
sources of data and offer some important new estimates of error in that
document."
Correspondence: D. H. Parkerson, East Carolina
University, Greenville, NC 27834. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
58:20744 Poland.
Central Statistical Office (Warsaw, Poland). Population in
Poland: the 1988 national census. Polish Population Review, No.
1, 1991. 123-51 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Eng.
Results are presented
from Poland's 1988 census, the fifth census conducted since World War
II. Consideration is given to the overall decline in the rate of
population growth; the depopulation of the countryside in favor of
urban areas; economic activity levels; age and sex distribution,
especially for the aged and for those aged 18-30 and living in rural
areas; educational levels; and housing
conditions.
Correspondence: Central Statistical Office, A1.
Niepodleglosci 208, 00-608 Warsaw, Poland. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
58:20745 Rogers,
Susan C. When the shoe fits: census data, oral history,
and stem families in southwest France. Historical Methods, Vol.
25, No. 1, Winter 1992. 20-7 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The
author presents a case study of a French community "in which there
exists a convenient fit between the manner in which data are organized
in the national census, on one hand, and local notions about how
families and households should be organized, on the other. This means
that data series from the census can in fact yield a revealing picture
of patterns of change over time in...family organization....Although
the French census has certainly not been designed specifically to
accommodate the premises of [the town's] family organization, it
nonetheless happens to do so. This suggests that the census structure
and family structure are sometimes related such that the one is a
demonstrably satisfactory source of information about experience within
the other, even when each is premised on rather different ideas about
family organization."
Correspondence: S. C. Rogers, New
York University, Department of Anthropology, Washington Square, New
York, NY 10003. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20746 Steckel,
Richard H. The quality of census data for historical
inquiry: a research agenda. Social Science History, Vol. 15, No.
4, Winter 1991. 579-99 pp. Durham, North Carolina. In Eng.
"This
article examines the types of error found in the [U.S.] census, their
consequences for historical research, techniques for estimating error,
and estimates of error rates (particularly underenumeration) in
censuses of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The
discussion highlights problems with the population manuscripts, though
some techniques applied to this source could be extended to other
schedules."
Correspondence: R. H. Steckel, Ohio State
University, 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
58:20747 Stevanovic,
Radoslav; Breznik, Dusan. The population of Yugoslavia,
1948-1991. Yugoslav Survey, Vol. 32, No. 3, 1991. 3-14 pp.
Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In Eng.
"On 31 March, 1991, the sixth
population census after World War Two was taken in Yugoslavia. The
census of households, apartments and farms took place simultaneously to
the population census. The census was taken in extremely difficult
political, economic and other conditions, which greatly hindered its
organization, and the work of the census takers and census commissions.
The census was not taken in the province of Kosovo, nor partially in
some other communes, thus the total population in these regions was
estimated, which is explicitly stated in the tables. Furthermore, the
method used to make this estimation is also cited. A comparison of the
first results of the 1991 population census with data from previous
censuses, and with available estimates, indicates the reliability of
the results obtained in the territory in which the 1991 population
census was taken."
Correspondence: R. Stevanovic, Institute
of Social Sciences, Center for Demographic Research, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund Library,
Washington, D.C.
58:20748 United
Kingdom. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys [OPCS] (London,
England). Census 1981: general report. England and
Wales. 1990. ix, 96 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"The scope of
this report covers the administration, fieldwork, processing and
statistical assessment of the 1981 Census of Population in England and
Wales."
Correspondence: HMSO Publications Centre, P.O. Box
276, London SW8, 5DT, England. Location: Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, CA. Source: APLIC Census Network List,
No. 116, Apr 1990.
58:20749 United
States. National Archives and Records Administration (Washington,
D.C.). The 1920 federal population census: catalog of
National Archives microfilm. ISBN 0-911333-86-X. LC 91-3417. 1991.
iii, 77 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This catalog lists the
population schedules from the 1920 U.S. census, reproduced as microfilm
publication T625, as well as the 1920 Soundex indexes. The microfilm
was developed from the highest quality master negatives available,
since the original schedules no longer
exist.
Correspondence: U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration, Publications Services Staff, Washington, D.C. 20408.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20750 Aliaga,
Alfredo; Verma, Vijay. An analysis of sampling errors in
the Demographic and Health Surveys. In: Demographic and Health
Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.:
proceedings. Volume 1. 1991. 513-37 pp. Institute for Resource
Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]:
Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
"The DHS programme provides a rare
opportunity to examine the magnitude and pattern of sampling errors for
a wide range of common variables estimated from similarly designed
national surveys in diverse settings. The World Fertility Survey was
perhaps the last such comparable opportunity, and this paper aims to
replicate and update the considerable and useful work done on the
analysis of sampling error results in the context of that
programme....It is also our objective to document some of the valuable
information on sampling errors produced in the course of the DHS work."
The geographical focus is on developing
countries.
Correspondence: A. Aliaga, Institute for
Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health
Surveys, 8850 Stanford Boulevard, Suite 4000, Columbia, MD 21045.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20751 Japan.
Institute of Population Problems (Tokyo, Japan). The
public opinion survey on population issues in Japan. Institute of
Population Problems Survey Series, No. 4, Mar 29, 1991. 275 pp. Tokyo,
Japan. In Jpn.
Results of a 1990 public opinion survey on
population issues in Japan are presented. The survey, which will be
conducted every five years, included some 23,000 individuals. Topics
covered include intentions concerning marriage, husband-wife relations,
fertility in general, the recent fertility decline, relationships
between parents and married children, Japan's population, and world
population.
Correspondence: Institute of Population
Problems, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:20752 Nunez, Jose
G.; Delgado, Esperanza; Aramburu, Carlos E.; Townsend, John W.; Palma,
Yolanda; Suarez, Javier. Programmatic estimates for
"small" geographic areas. In: Demographic and Health Surveys World
Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.: proceedings. Volume
1. 1991. 539-73 pp. Institute for Resource Development/Macro
International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Columbia,
Maryland. In Eng.
This paper is the result of a meeting held in
Mexico to examine alternative methods of developing effective family
planning programs at subregional and regional levels. "This paper
documents the methodology developed to generate valid generalizations
about small areas from national survey data and presents estimates of
the Mexico DHS survey at the state level....The methodology uses data
from two sources: the 1987 Mexican DHS...and the 1990 Population
Census. Using discriminant analysis of the DHS data at the national
level, the methodology identifies the variables that explain the
differences between users and non-users of contraceptives....Based on
previous experience, a simple conceptual framework of sociodemographic
variables associated with the reproductive behavior of the population
was identified."
Correspondence: J. G. Nunez, Pathfinder
International, 9 Galen Street, Watertown, MA 02172. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20753 Population
Council (New York, New York). Paraguay 1990: results from
the Demographic and Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning,
Vol. 23, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1992. 137-41 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are summary results from the 1990 Paraguay Demographic and
Health Survey, which covered 5,683 households and 5,827 women aged
15-49. Tables present data on population characteristics, women's
socioeconomic status, fertility, current contraceptive use, marital and
contraceptive status, postpartum variables, infant mortality, disease
prevention and treatment, and nutritional
status.
Correspondence: Population Council, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
