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DellaPergola, Sergio; Cohen, Leah. World Jewish
population: trends and policies. Selected proceedings of a conference
on world Jewish population, Jerusalem, October, 1987. Jewish
Population Studies, No. 23, ISBN 965-222-257-7. 1992. 334 pp. Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Division of
Jewish Demography and Statistics: Jerusalem, Israel; Ministry of Labour
and Social Affairs, Demographic Center: Jerusalem, Israel. In Eng.
These are the proceedings of a conference on world Jewish
population trends held in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1987. Following Part
I, which contains the opening and closing addresses, are sections that
include papers covering Jewish population trends in selected countries
and Jewish population prospects and policies in the Diaspora. A final
section has background papers and recommendations concerning population
policies in Israel and elsewhere in the world.
Selected items will
be cited in this or subsequent issues of Population
Index.
Correspondence: Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Division of Jewish Demography and
Statistics, Gaster Building, Mount Scopus Campus, Jerusalem 91905,
Israel. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20755 Estonian
Demographic Association (Tallinn, Estonia); Sweden. Statistics Sweden
(Stockholm, Sweden); Viljandi County Government (Viljandi, Estonia);
Viljandi Statistics Bureau (Viljandi, Estonia); Estonian
Interuniversity Population Research Centre (Tallinn, Estonia).
Estonian-Swedish Seminar on Demography: Viljandi, September 13-15,
1991. [1991]. [100] pp. Estonian Demographic Association: Tallinn,
Estonia. In Eng.
This is a selection of papers presented at a
seminar held in Viljandi, Estonia, in September 1991. The four papers
concern the demography of Estonia; specifically, postwar migration
trends, the population of Estonia in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, work and family life cycle of women, and Estonian fertility
in the European context.
Correspondence: Estonian
Interuniversity Population Research Centre, P.O. Box 3012, 200090
Tallinn, Estonia. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
58:20756 Fialova,
Ludmila; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Roubicek, Vladimir; Stloukal, Libor;
Veres, Pavel; Koschin, Felix; Novakova, Bozena; Pavlik,
Zdenek. Twenty-second conference of the Czechoslovak
Demographic Society: "The Demographic Position of Czechoslovakia
within Europe and the World" [XXII. demograficka konference CSDS
"Demograficke Postaveni Ceskoslovenska v Ramci Evropy a Sveta"]
Demografie, Vol. 34, No. 1, 1992. 11-39 pp. Prague, Czechoslovakia. In
Cze. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
This is a collection of short papers
presented at a conference held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1991. The
focus of the conference was on the demographic changes that have
occurred in Czechoslovakia since World War II and their relationship to
such changes in the rest of Europe and elsewhere in the world. Essay
topics include fertility trends; contraceptive prevalence, including
abortion rates; living standards and health care; and changes in the
age structure. Some data for selected countries are included for
comparison.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:20757 France.
Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED] (Paris,
France). Demography, the family, and society in France and
the Soviet Union. [Demographie, famille et societe en France et en
Union Sovietique.] Congres et Colloques, No. 10, ISBN 2-7332-4010-2.
1992. ix, 182, 23 pp. Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]:
Paris, France; Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
These are the proceedings of a meeting held in Bordeaux, France, in
October 1988, which was concerned with the demography of France and the
USSR. The 13 papers are grouped under four topics. The first part
examines demographic factors in general, including mortality trends and
marriage, divorce, and the family. The second part considers the
relationship between female economic activity and fertility. The third
part deals with the integration of the family into society and includes
papers on children and the elderly. The fourth part looks at some
aspects of the fundamental changes that were beginning to occur in the
USSR at the time of the conference.
Correspondence:
Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675
Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
58:20758 Institute
for Resource Development/Macro International. Demographic and Health
Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland). Demographic and Health
Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.:
proceedings. 1991. vii, 2,185 pp. Columbia, Maryland. In Eng; Fre;
Spa.
"This three-volume [collection] contains the papers presented
at the DHS World Conference. The papers represent analysis beyond the
final survey report produced for each country. Many are comparative in
nature and utilize data from all of the DHS surveys conducted to date
as well as previous surveys, especially the World Fertility Survey.
Some of the papers address methodological and technical issues, such as
sampling, data processing, and data collection. A number of papers
examine the policy implications of the DHS findings for specific
countries....Most of the papers were revised by the authors following
the conference but, in order to make the findings available in a timely
manner, no further editing has been done." The papers are mostly in
English, but 7 of the 108 papers are in Spanish and 2 are in
French.
Correspondence: Institute for Resource
Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys, 8850
Stanford Boulevard, Suite 4000, Columbia, MD 21045. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
