58:30659 Anderson,
Michael. The social implications of demographic
change. In: People and their environment, edited by F. M. L.
Thompson. Cambridge Social History of Britain 1750-1950, Vol. 2, ISBN
0-521-25789-1. LC 89-9840. 1990. 1-70 pp. Cambridge University Press:
New York, New York/Cambridge, England. In Eng.
The author describes
changes in demographic behavior in the United Kingdom during the period
1750-1950. He identifies "the principal changes...which, in one way or
another, set a context for, raised opportunities for, or constrained
other aspects of social life in the 200 years covered by this volume."
Consideration is given to population movement; deaths, births, and
marriages; and the household.
Correspondence: M. Anderson,
University of Edinburgh, Department of Economic History, Edinburgh EH8
9YL, Scotland. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
58:30660 Ejizu,
Christopher I. Religio-cultural issues in population
growth in Nigeria. Africana Marburgensia, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1990.
36-47 pp. Marburg, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Eng.
The author
examines the impact of religion and religious beliefs on fertility,
family size, and contraception acceptance in Nigeria. After a brief
discussion of the effects of Nigeria's high fertility on its
infrastructure and the standard of living of its population, the belief
systems of tribal religions, Islam, and Christianity concerning
sexuality and fertility are explored. Difficulties in formulating
population policies that are acceptable to these religious groups and
that will lower fertility are also described.
Location:
University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, PA.
58:30661 Laslett,
Peter. A fresh map of life: the emergence of the Third
Age. 2nd ed. ISBN 0-674-32327-0. LC 90-47101. 1991. xiii, 213 pp.
Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
Trends
in demographic aging in developed countries are described, with a focus
on the growing importance of the population entering the Third Age,
defined here as the period between retirement and senescence, usually
from ages 55 to 85. Consideration is given to the increase in the
numbers and the improvements in the health status of this cohort and
their effect on modern society. The primary geographical focus is on
the United Kingdom, with consideration given to developed countries as
a whole.
Correspondence: Harvard University Press, 79
Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Location: Rutgers
University Library, New Brunswick, NJ.
58:30662 Khalidi,
Noor A. Afghanistan: demographic consequences of war,
1978-1987. Central Asian Survey, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1991. 101-26 pp.
Oxford, England. In Eng.
"In this paper, I attempt to analyse the
effects of war on the size and age-sex structure of the Afghan
population, and to estimate the size of the Afghan population in
Afghanistan by age and sex for the years 1978-1987. In doing so, I try
to estimate the number of persons killed during the war and examine the
validity of the available estimates." The analysis is based on data
from the 1979 census, a 1987 survey, and other
sources.
Location: Princeton University Library (SY).
58:30663 Neville,
J.; Douglas, H.; Compton, Peter A. The Northern
Ireland-Irish Republic boundary. Espace, Populations, Societes,
No. 2, 1992. 215-26 pp. Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre.
The authors describe the demographic situation in the northern
part of Ireland surrounding the creation of the international frontier
between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland in 1921. The
subsequent economic, social, and demographic impacts of this frontier
are also considered.
Correspondence: J. Neville, Queen's
University, School of Geosciences, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30664 Pampel,
Fred C.; Adams, Paul. Demographic change and public
support for children: family allowance expenditure in advanced
industrial democracies. Population Program Working Paper, No.
WP-91-5, Jun 1991. 32, [4] pp. University of Colorado, Institute of
Behavioral Science, Population Program: Boulder, Colorado. In Eng.
"This paper addresses debates over the fortunes of children in
aging societies by examining with cross-national data the impact of
demographic change and political structures on...government expenditure
for family allowances. We argue that the political context within
individual nations shapes the effect population aging has on family
allowance transfers and we examine the additive and interactive
influence of demographic and political variables on spending for 18
advanced industrial democracies from 1960 to
1980."
Correspondence: University of Colorado, Institute of
Behavioral Science, Population Program, Boulder, CO 80309.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30665 Renard,
Jean-Pierre. Populations and borders: problems and
methods. [Populations et frontieres: problematiques et methodes.]
Espace, Populations, Societes, No. 2, 1992. 167-84 pp. Villeneuve
d'Ascq, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
Worldwide demographic and
other effects of both geographic and political national borders are
explored.
Correspondence: J.-P. Renard, Universite de Lille
1, U.F.R. de Geographie, Batiment 2, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30666 Skeldon,
Ronald. Emigration and the future of Hong Kong.
Pacific Affairs, Vol. 63, No. 4, Winter 1990-1991. 500-23 pp.
Vancouver, Canada. In Eng.
"Emigration is not new from Hong Kong
but its volume is presently at an all-time high. This paper examines
whether this exodus is in response to the return of Hong Kong to
Chinese sovereignty in 1997. While the impending transfer is clearly
one factor, there are more important reasons to be found in the
policies of potential destination countries and in those conditions
which are giving rise to an increase in the movement of Chinese peoples
throughout Asia. The characteristics of the emigrants are biased
towards the upper end of the educational and occupational spectrum.
The loss of these personnel to the local economy may cause short-term
problems in particular sectors but Hong Kong's long-term viability is
more likely to be associated with the potential for regional
development in the Pearl River delta as a whole than with the outflow
of population."
Correspondence: R. Skeldon, University of
Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
58:30667 Weintraub,
Sidney. North American free trade and the European
situation compared. International Migration Review, Vol. 26, No.
2, Summer 1992. 506-24 pp. Staten Island, New York. In Eng.
The
author analyzes and compares the trade situation in the European
Community (EC) with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He
finds that "while both the EC and NAFTA are designed to provide trade
preferences to the member countries, the two groupings differ markedly
in other respects. The Treaty of Rome, establishing what is now the
EC, consciously used economic means to foster political cohesion in
Western Europe; whereas, the NAFTA negotiations seek free trade rather
than more comprehensive economic integration precisely to minimize
political content. The EC contains many social provisions absent from
the NAFTA discussions, the most important of which is the right of
migration from one EC country to another." The effects of NAFTA on the
economy of Mexico and on Mexican migration to the United States are
also assessed.
Correspondence: S. Weintraub, University of
Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1088. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:30668 Bateman, O.
Massee; Smith, Shelley. A comparison of the health effects
of water supply and sanitation in urban and rural Guatemala. In:
Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991,
Washington, D.C.: proceedings. Volume 2. 1991. 1,505-24 pp. Institute
for Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health
Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
The authors examine
three policy-related issues concerning the health impact of improved
water supply and sanitation. They are the relative weight of factors
such as water quality, water quantity and access, sanitation, and
hygiene behavior change; differences between rural and urban areas; and
community-level factors as opposed to individual factors. These issues
are explored using DHS data for Guatemala.
Correspondence:
S. Smith, U.S. Agency for International Development, 320 21st Street
NW, Washington, D.C. 20523. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:30669 Cliff, A.
D.; Smallman-Raynor, M. R. The AIDS pandemic: global
geographical patterns and local spatial processes. Geographical
Journal, Vol. 158, No. 2, Jul 1992. 182-98 pp. London, England. In Eng.
The authors analyze data from a computer database maintained at the
University of Cambridge on the geographic origins and incidence of the
AIDS pandemic. "This information permits a reconstruction of the
documented diffusion corridors by which HIV-1 and HIV-2 have spread
around the world from their original infection heartlands. These
intercontinental diffusion patterns are contrasted with evidence
regarding local HIV spread processes in Central Africa. The analysis
suggests that the historical association between soldiers, prostitute
contact and sexually-transmitted diseases explains the current
geographical distribution of clinical AIDS in one country of the
region, Uganda. The potential economic impact of the disease to the
year 2000 is considered in the light of these
results."
Correspondence: A. D. Cliff, University of
Cambridge, Department of Geography, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
58:30670 Corman,
Hope; Kaestner, Robert. The effects of child health on
marital status and family structure. Demography, Vol. 29, No. 3,
Aug 1992. 389-408 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"The purpose of this
paper is to provide evidence on the effect of child health on marital
stability and family structure in an economic framework. We use the
1988 [U.S.] National Health Interview Survey's Child Health Supplement,
with a sample of about 9,000 families, to test whether having an
unhealthy child decreases the mother's chance of being married and
whether it increases her chance of living in a extended family. Using
two different measures of child health, we find that having an
unhealthy child decreases the mother's likelihood of being married.
Our results imply that children in poor health are more likely to face
obstacles beyond their illness because they also are more likely to
suffer the consequences of poverty and the poor schooling outcomes that
result from being raised in a female-headed household. The only
mitigating factor is that unhealthy white children are more likely than
their healthy counterparts to be living in an extended
family."
Correspondence: H. Corman, Rider College,
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:30671 Desai,
Sonalde. Children at risk: the role of family structure
in Latin America and West Africa. In: Demographic and Health
Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.:
proceedings. Volume 2. 1991. 999-1,019 pp. Institute for Resource
Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]:
Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
"This paper examined differences in
child nutrition across different family structures in north-east
Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Mali and Senegal.
Data used in this paper were collected in the first round of the
Demographic and Health Surveys....This paper argues that...before
applying [economic] models to the family systems in different
socio-cultural contexts it is necessary to examine the applicability of
a number of assumptions contained in these models....Results suggest
that although parents care about the welfare of their children, their
level of altruism varies across different types of families and seems
to depend on culturally acceptable practices. Additionally, household
composition and relationships among household members affects child
nutrition in a variety of ways."
Correspondence: S. Desai,
Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30672 Diamond,
Ian; Gaminiratne, K. H. W.; Matthews, Zoe; McDonald, John W.;
Streatfield, Kim. The demographic impact of increased
immunisation: an initial evaluation. In: Demographic and Health
Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.:
proceedings. Volume 2. 1991. 1,475-504 pp. Institute for Resource
Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]:
Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
"This paper suggests an approach
towards isolating the demographic effects of recent improved
immunisation programmes in two developing countries: Sri Lanka and
Ghana, and considers the implications of the resulting reductions in
mortality for the early 21st century populations in those countries.
Economic stagnation in both countries over the last decade has provided
a background against which the mortality reductions attributable to
health improvements may be isolated more easily. The 1985 measles
campaign in Ghana and the earlier Sri Lankan neonatal tetanus programme
are chosen for the focus of analysis."
Correspondence: I.
Diamond, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO9 4XY,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30673 Elliott,
Barbara A. Birth order and health: major issues.
Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 35, No. 4, Aug 1992. 443-52 pp.
Elmsford, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
A review of recent
literature on the relationship between birth order and child health is
presented. The author concludes that although birth order is not a
significant independent variable for the understanding of health
outcomes, it can lead to a better understanding of the relationship
between the family and health.
For a previous edition, published in
1986, see 55:40454.
Correspondence: B. A. Elliott,
University of Minnesota, Department of Behavioral Science, Duluth, MN
55812. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
58:30674 Esrey,
Steven A.; Sommerfelt, Elisabeth. Water, sanitation and
nutritional status of young children in Sri Lanka. In: Demographic
and Health Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington,
D.C.: proceedings. Volume 2. 1991. 1,525-45 pp. Institute for
Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health
Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
"The purpose of this
paper is to examine the effect of incremental improvements in water and
sanitation on child nutritional status." Data are from the 1987 Sri
Lankan Demographic and Health Survey.
Correspondence: S. A.
Esrey, McGill University, 845 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2T5, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30675 Goisis,
Gianandrea. Italian health service: an economic
analysis. In: Essays on population economics in memory of Alfred
Sauvy, edited by Giuseppe Gaburro and Dudley L. Poston. 1991. 111-20
pp. Casa Editrice Dott. Antonio Milani [CEDAM]: Padua, Italy. In Eng.
The author evaluates the national health care system in Italy.
Multiple regression methods are used to estimate production and cost
functions. Consideration is also given to number of beds per 1,000
population by region, occupancy rates, length of stay, and personnel
per patient.
Correspondence: G. Goisis, Universita degli
Studi di Milano, Faculty of Law, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122 Milan,
Italy. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30676 Gribble,
James N. AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: summary of a
planning meeting. 1992. vii, 20 pp. National Academy Press:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This report the Committee on AIDS in
Sub-Saharan Africa was prepared by the National Academy of Sciences'
Committee on Population and the Committee on AIDS Research and the
Behavioral, Social, and Statistical Sciences. It is the product of a
meeting held on March 5-6, 1992, in Washington, D.C. "The meeting
addressed seven major topics: (1) the distribution of HIV and AIDS,
(2) modes of transmission, (3) behavior associated with the modes of
transmission, (4) the natural history of HIV and AIDS, (5) household
responses to HIV and AIDS, (6) AIDS interventions and evaluation, and
(7) economic and population consequences of
AIDS."
Correspondence: National Academy Press, 2101
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20418. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30677 Griffin,
Charles C. Health care in Asia: a comparative study of
cost and financing. World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies, ISBN
0-8213-2055-6. LC 92-2216. 1992. xvii, 226 pp. World Bank: Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
This study provides an overview of the development of
health services in Asia, with a focus on cost and finance issues. It
has three main objectives: "to document current patterns of costs,
finance, and outcomes in individual Asian countries; to explore
linkages between sectoral performance and policy choices; and to
identify potential policy options to promote efficient and equitable
sectoral development." A chapter is included on demographic aspects,
including mortality and infant mortality. Female life expectancy is
also examined. Data are from a variety of published and unpublished
sources mainly available through the World
Bank.
Correspondence: World Bank, 1818 H Street NW,
Washington, D.C. 20433. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:30678 Johansson,
S. Ryan. Measuring the cultural inflation of morbidity
during the decline in mortality. Health Transition Review, Vol. 2,
No. 1, Apr 1992. 78-89 pp. Canberra, Australia. In Eng.
The author
replies to an article by James C. Riley concerning Johansson's earlier
work on the cultural determinants of the health transition.
For the
article by Riley, see elsewhere in this issue.
Correspondence: S. R. Johansson, Stanford University,
Department of History, Stanford, CA 94305-2024. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30679 Leibson,
Cynthia L.; Ballard, David J.; Whisnant, Jack P.; Melton, L.
Joseph. The compression of morbidity hypothesis: promise
and pitfalls of using record-linked data bases to assess secular trends
in morbidity and mortality. Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 1,
1992. 127-54 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The authors examine
"the potential of medical-record-linked data bases for cost-effective
retrospective investigation of age-specific trends in morbidity....In
this article, we will focus on one example: the Rochester [Minnesota]
Epidemiology Project (REP). We will describe this data base and then
examine its operations to illustrate both its potential and the
problems posed by using such data bases to delineate time trends in the
association between aging and disease. Finally, we will provide
examples of this application, using data generated from REP studies of
specific diseases."
Correspondence: C. L. Leibson, Mayo
Clinic, Department of Health Sciences Research, 200 First Street SW,
Rochester, MN 55905. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
58:30680 Macintyre,
Sally. The effects of family position and status on
health. Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 35, No. 4, Aug 1992.
453-64 pp. Elmsford, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"This paper
reviews material on (a) the impact of family of origin on health and
(b) adult family position on health. Parental divorce is shown to be
related to a range of adverse outcomes in childhood, adolescence and
adulthood. Marriage and parenthood are associated with longevity and
good mental and physical health." The primary focus is on studies
concerning the United States.
Correspondence: S. Macintyre,
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, 6 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ,
Scotland. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
58:30681 Mahadevan,
Kuttan. Health education for quality of life. ISBN
81-7018-729-6. 1992. 556 pp. B. R. Publishing: Delhi, India. In Eng.
This book consists of 37 papers by various authors on aspects of
health education in India. A section is included on population
dynamics and population growth; the nine papers in this section focus
on the experiences of China and India in developing population policies
and programs.
Correspondence: B. R. Publishing, Registered
Office, 29/9, Nangia Park, Shakti Nagar, Delhi 110 007, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30682
Marcil-Gratton, Nicole. Cigarettes and health:
decrease in smoking and its effects on the health of tomorrow's
elderly. [Cigarette et sante: le recul de l'usage du tabac et son
incidence previsible sur la sante des personnes agees de demain.]
Espace, Populations, Societes, No. 1, 1992. 87-103 pp. Villeneuve
d'Ascq, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"This study is based on
data from the Sante Quebec 1987 survey and attempts to establish the
links between the [decrease] in smoking in the young generations and
the improvement in health conditions for the elderly....The links
between the health of aged people nowadays and smoking habits, and
relations between the decrease in tobacco consumption and new
preventive attitudes [are studied]. This article suggests that the
health of aged people will be better in the future than now.
Consequently it seems that old people could be then more economically
productive."
Correspondence: N. Marcil-Gratton, Universite
de Montreal, Departement de Demographie, CP 6128, Succursale A,
Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
58:30683 Mburu, F.
M.; Boerma, J. Ties. Maternal and child health services in
eastern and southern Africa: progress and prospects. In:
Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991,
Washington, D.C.: proceedings. Volume 2. 1991. 1,455-73 pp. Institute
for Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health
Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Eng.
DHS data for Botswana,
Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe are used to assess the progress and
prospects for maternal and child health services. "A comparative
analysis of the national achievements of these four countries will be
related to the health status of children (mortality, morbidity and
nutritional status) and the socioeconomic conditions. Special
attention is paid to differentials according to residence (urban and
rural) and mother's level of education. In addition, a brief analysis
of the health policy and the national commitment to maternal and child
health issues is given to interpret the basis for inter-country
differences."
Correspondence: F. M. Mburu, Institute for
Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health
Surveys, 8850 Stanford Boulevard, Columbia, MD 21045.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30684 Pol, Louis
G.; Thomas, Richard K. The demography of health and health
care. Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population
Analysis, ISBN 0-306-43981-6. LC 91-45668. 1992. xiv, 381 pp. Plenum
Press: New York, New York. In Eng.
This book is intended as an
introduction to the emerging subdiscipline of health demography. It
has been written "for an audience of health care practitioners,
academic and private sector demographers, and students in demography
and health care administration who wish to know more about how and why
demographic conditions (and changes in those conditions) affect the
supply and demand for health care, and, conversely, how and why
changing health care conditions affect demographic structure. It makes
use of data from a variety of sources...." The book includes chapters
on health and health care; the language of health care; population
size, concentration, and distribution; population composition;
fertility; morbidity and mortality; international and internal
migration; data sources; the demographic correlates of health status,
behavior, and health services utilization; and demographic change and
health policy. The primary geographical focus is on the United
States.
Correspondence: Plenum Press, 233 Spring Street,
New York, NY 10013-1578. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:30685 Powles,
John. Changes in disease patterns and related social
trends. Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 35, No. 4, Aug 1992.
377-87 pp. Elmsford, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
Changing
worldwide patterns of disease and mortality are reviewed, with a focus
on social change as a major determinant of fertility, morbidity, and
mortality. Reasons for the historical decline in fatal infection are
discussed. The author also notes the rise of noncommunicable diseases
as a major cause of death. He concludes that although the risk of
mortality from infection early in life and from chronic diseases
throughout the lifespan has been lowered, future problems may arise due
to the delayed effects of such current industrial activities as ozone
depletion and global warming, and from military
actions.
Correspondence: J. Powles, Addenbrooke's Hospital,
Department of Community Medicine, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
58:30686 Riley,
James C. From a high mortality regime to a high morbidity
regime: is culture everything in sickness? Health Transition
Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, Apr 1992. 71-89 pp. Canberra, Australia. In Eng.
The author comments on an article by S. R. Johansson concerning the
cultural determinants of the health transition. He asserts that
"Johansson wishes to assign to cultural forces a leading or even an
exclusive role without first showing how far changes in behaviour and
belief go toward explaining rising sickness rates....Cultural forces
may have played a role in prolonging the average duration of sickness
episodes, but that role appears to be much smaller than the part played
by medical advances, which have deferred death in fatal diseases and in
old age, and by the wide-ranging forces that have added new survivors
to the population."
For the article by Johansson, published in 1991,
see 57:40673.
Correspondence: J. C. Riley, Indiana
University, History Department, Bloomington, IN 47405.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30687 Sommerfelt,
A. Elisabeth. Comparative analysis of the determinants of
children's nutritional status. In: Demographic and Health Surveys
World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.: proceedings.
Volume 2. 1991. 981-98 pp. Institute for Resource Development/Macro
International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Columbia,
Maryland. In Eng.
"The purpose of this paper is to examine
differentials in the anthropometric status of young children, using
comparable data sets from developing countries....The aim of the study
is...to determine which variables retain a significant relationship
with the child's nutritional status after controlling for the other
variables." The author analyzes DHS data using bivariate and
multivariate techniques and assesses the usefulness of each
method.
Correspondence: A. E. Sommerfelt, Institute for
Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health
Surveys, 8850 Stanford Boulevard, Columbia, MD 21045.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30688 Thieme,
Horst R. Epidemic and demographic interaction in the
spread of potentially fatal diseases in growing populations.
Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 111, No. 1, Sep 1992. 99-130 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
"The spread of a potentially fatal
infectious disease is considered in a host population that would
increase exponentially in the absence of the disease. Taking into
account how the effective contact rate C(N) depends on the population
size N, the model demonstrates that demographic and epidemiological
conclusions depend crucially on the properties of the contact function
C. Conditions are given for the following scenarios to occur: (i) the
disease spreads at a lower rate than the population grows and does not
modify the population growth rate; [and] (ii) the disease initially
spreads at a faster rate than the population grows and lowers the
population growth rate in the long run...."
Correspondence:
H. R. Thieme, Arizona State University, Department of Mathematics,
Tempe, AZ 85287-1804. Location: Princeton University Library
(SM).
58:30689 Drouard,
Alain. The sources of eugenics in France:
neo-Malthusianism (1896-1914). [Aux origines de l'eugenisme en
France: le neo-malthusianisme (1896-1914).] Population, Vol. 47, No.
2, Mar-Apr 1992. 435-59 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng;
Spa.
The author traces the development of the eugenics movement in
France, beginning with the late nineteenth century. He finds many
similarities to England's movement, which began much earlier.
Consideration is given to objectives shared by the two countries, which
focus on population quality rather than quantity. The influence of
neo-Malthusianism is also assessed.
Correspondence: A.
Drouard, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, URA 100, Paris,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30690 United
States. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS] (Bethesda,
Maryland). Health and demographic characteristics of twin
births: United States, 1988. Vital and Health Statistics, Series
21: Data on Natality, Marriage, and Divorce, No. 50, Pub. Order No.
DHHS (PHS) 92-1928. Jun 1992. iii, 17 pp. Bethesda, Maryland. In Eng.
"National [U.S.] trends in twin birth incidence by race of child
are analyzed for the period 1950-88. Also reviewed are maternal and
infant health and demographic characteristics associated with twin
delivery for the year 1988."
Correspondence: U.S. National
Center for Health Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD
20782. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
