59:10764 Guilmoto,
Christophe Z. Counts and accounts: demographic
institutions in colonial south India. [Chiffrage et dechiffrage:
les institutions demographiques dans l'Inde du sud coloniale.] Annales:
Economies, Societes, Civilisations, Vol. 47, No. 4-5, Jul-Oct 1992.
815-40, 1,091 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
Some
issues concerning the collection of statistical data, particularly
demographic data, in colonial India are discussed. "The goal of this
paper is to understand the cycle of statistical production as it
operated in colonial Tamil India. Contrary to the claims of historical
and statistical criticism, the data collected reveal a great deal about
the indigenous population. And it is wrong to presume that the people
passively submitted to the 'idle curiosity' of an eccentric government
without leaving any meaningful collective imprint on the 'raw'
demographic data. My contention is that the process of demographic
observation has to be considered as the site of intense social and
cultural negotiations that prefigured experiences and expectations of
all the actors involved."
Correspondence: C. Z. Guilmoto,
Institut Francais de Recherche pour le Developpement en Cooperation,
B.P. 1386, Dakar, Senegal. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:10765 Hertrich,
Veronique. Relying on existing sources to date specific
events. A survey in Mali's Bwa country. [Apport des sources
existantes a la datation des evenements. Une enquete en pays bwa au
Mali.] Population, Vol. 47, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1992. 1,263-92 pp. Paris,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
The author evaluates the use
of such sources as civil registers and records from Christian
missionaries and maternity hospitals in dating biographical events in a
rural area of Mali. A methodology for using these types of sources is
presented, and possible applications are
discussed.
Correspondence: V. Hertrich, Institut National
d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10766 Noumbissi,
Amadou. A modification of Whipple's index. Application to
data from Cameroon, Sweden, and Belgium. [L'indice de Whipple
modifie: une application aux donnees du Cameroun, de la Suede et de la
Belgique.] Population, Vol. 47, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1992. 1,038-41 pp.
Paris, France. In Fre.
The author applies a modified version of
Whipple's index to age-distribution data for Belgium, Cameroon, and
Sweden, in an effort to counteract the effects of age
misreporting.
Correspondence: A. Noumbissi, Universite
Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Demographie, 1 place Montesquieu,
Boite Postal 17, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10767 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). 1992
Annual Research Conference, March 22-25, 1992: proceedings. Nov
1992. ix, 687 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
These are the
proceedings of the eighth in a series of annual research conferences
conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. These conferences are
organized to provide a forum for academic, private sector, and
government researchers worldwide to discuss and exchange research
results and methods in areas relevant to Census Bureau programs. At
this conference, sessions were held on the accuracy of undercount
estimates, modeling social changes and ethnographic coverage
evaluation, preparing data for analysis and presentation, quality
management in statistical agencies, postenumeration survey estimation
issues, nonresponse and estimation issues in establishment surveys,
health models and estimation, electronic data collection, the quality
of unemployment data and small-area estimation, strategies for
developing computer-assisted interviewing (CAI) systems, enhancing the
usefulness of wage and income data, making technical and management
decisions in CAI, bias corrections for survey data, issues in
computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) implementation,
combining administrative and survey data, interviewer perspectives on
computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), and subnational
population and housing estimation.
For the proceedings of the 1991
conference, see 57:40756.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of
the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10768 Feinleib,
Manning; Zarate, Alvan O. Reconsidering age adjustment
procedures: workshop proceedings. Vital and Health Statistics,
Series 4: Documents and Committee Reports, No. 29, Pub. Order No. DHHS
(PHS) 92-1466. ISBN 0-8406-0464-5. LC 92-25492. Oct 1992. vi, 83 pp.
U.S. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]: Hyattsville,
Maryland. In Eng.
"This report contains papers presented at a
workshop held at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) on
March 7, 1991. The workshop was held in order to address concerns
arising from the use of the 1940 U.S. population as a standard for age
adjustment of vital rates and to review issues surrounding the use of
alternative standards from a variety of perspectives." The workshop
recommended that NCHS continue to use the 1940 U.S. population as the
basis for calculating age-adjusted death
rates.
Correspondence: U.S. National Center for Health
Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10769
International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics
[IIVRS] (Bethesda, Maryland). Proceedings of the IAOS
third independent conference session on civil registration and vital
statistics, Ankara, Turkey, September 1992. IIVRS Technical Paper,
No. 52, Dec 1992. 13 pp. Bethesda, Maryland. In Eng.
This
publication contains the text of four papers presented at a session on
civil registration and vital statistics held at the Third Independent
Conference of the International Association for Official Statistics,
which took place in Ankara, Turkey, on September 22-25, 1992. Three of
the papers concern civil registration in Sub-Saharan Francophone
Africa, Scotland, and Norway. The fourth paper is a general one that
examines international efforts to improve vital statistics and civil
registration.
Correspondence: International Institute for
Vital Registration and Statistics, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD
20814-3998. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10770 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Statistical Office (New York, New York). Handbook of vital
statistics systems and methods. Volume 1: legal, organizational and
technical aspects. Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 35;
ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/35, Pub. Order No. E.91.XVII.5. ISBN 92-1-161328-0.
1991. ix, 87 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This is one of two
volumes of a handbook designed to assist those concerned with the
registration and statistical aspects of vital statistics. The present
volume "considers the historical evolution of civil registration and
vital statistics systems, uses of vital records and statistics, the
legal frame and administrative structures for civil registration and
vital statistics, procedures for recording and reporting vital events,
methods to evaluate coverage and quality of civil registration and
vital statistics, strategies for improving coverage, timeliness and
quality of civil registration and vital statistics, the linkage to the
continuous population register and other data collection methods and
techniques to estimate vital rates." The geographical focus is
worldwide.
For Volume 2, published in 1985, see 51:30788.
Correspondence: U.N. Department of International Economic
and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United Nations, New York, NY
10017. Location: U.N. Dag Hammarskjold Library, New York, NY.
59:10771 Blancas
Espejo, Arturo. The reliability of reliability.
[Confiabilidad de la confiabilidad.] Estudios Demograficos y Urbanos,
Vol. 6, No. 2, May-Aug 1991. 423-34 pp. Mexico City, Mexico. In Spa.
The author critically analyzes an article by Rodolfo Corona Vazquez
that questions the reliability of the preliminary results of the
Eleventh Census of Population and Housing, conducted in Mexico in March
1990. The need to define what constitutes "reliability" for preliminary
results is stressed.
For the article by Corona Vazquez, published in
1991, see 58:10738.
Correspondence: A. Blancas Espejo,
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e Informatica, Censos
Nacionales, 03810 Mexico City, DF, Mexico. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10772 Boquet,
Yves. The American census of 1990: organization and first
results. [Le recensement americain de 1990: organisation et
premiers enseignements.] Historiens et Geographes, No. 334, Nov-Dec
1991. 247-76 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The author describes the
methods employed in the 1990 U.S. census and summarizes some of the
preliminary results from that census. Topics discussed include changes
in the ethnic composition of the population, regional differences in
population dynamics, urbanization and counterurbanization, and the
implications of these changes for federal funding and political
developments.
Correspondence: Y. Boquet, Lycee Francais
International Rochambeau, Washington, D.C. Location: Stanford
University Library, Stanford, CA.
59:10773 Bryant,
Barbara E. The U.S. census: monitor and harbinger of
social change. In: American Statistical Association, 1990
proceedings of the Social Statistics Section. [1990]. 27-35 pp.
American Statistical Association: Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng.
The
author examines data from the first 20 U.S. censuses and from the 1990
census to demonstrate how census data can be used to predict
market-sector trends. A discussion by R. M. Stolzenberg is included
(pp. 33-5).
Correspondence: B. E. Bryant, U.S. Bureau of
the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10774 Choldin,
Harvey M. How the 1990 Post Enumeration Survey transformed
the census adjustment controversy. Applied Demography, Vol. 7, No.
3, Winter 1992. 5-6 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author briefly
examines the controversy surrounding the 1980 U.S. census undercount,
including a lawsuit entered against the U.S. Bureau of the Census by
the City of New York. He then describes the Post Enumeration Survey
(PES), introduced after the 1990 census "to measure census coverage
(i.e. undercounts) by place and by race and ethnicity, which had not
previously been possible....Results of the 1990 PES show that previous
claims about the harmful effects of differential undercounts were
exaggerated, but they also [show] that the undercounts and their
effects are still there."
Correspondence: H. M. Choldin,
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10775
Christopher, A. J. Ethnicity, community and the
census in Mauritius, 1830-1990. Geographical Journal, Vol. 158,
No. 1, Mar 1992. 57-64 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"The complex
ethnic composition of the population of Mauritius has presented major
problems of classification and recognition of distinct communities for
successive census commissioners. Differing solutions were attempted as
the population evolved through immigration and intermarriage. However,
intervention to use the classification for political ends finally
resulted in the abolition of the ethnic census tabulation altogether."
The period covered is from 1830 to 1990.
Correspondence: A.
J. Christopher, University of Port Elizabeth, Department of Geography,
Port Elizabeth 6000, Cape Province, South Africa. Location:
Rutgers University Library, New Brunswick, NJ.
59:10776 Farley,
Reynolds. Race, ancestry and Spanish origin: findings
from the 1980s and questions for the 1990s. In: American
Statistical Association, 1990 proceedings of the Social Statistics
Section. [1990]. 11-6 pp. American Statistical Association: Alexandria,
Virginia. In Eng.
The author describes census questions concerning
race, ancestry, and Spanish origin that appeared in the 1980 and 1990
U.S. censuses. After a historical overview of reasons for obtaining
this information, assessments are made about its future
usefulness.
Correspondence: R. Farley, University of
Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South University, Ann Arbor,
MI 48104-2590. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10777 Germany.
Statistisches Bundesamt (Wiesbaden, Germany). Population
census of May 25, 1987. No. 12. Preparation, implementation, and
methodological studies of the 1987 population census.
[Volkszahlung vom 25. Mai 1987. Heft 12. Vorbereitung, Durchfuhrung
und methodische Untersuchungen zur Volkszahlung 1987.] Fachserie 1:
Bevolkerung und Erwerbstatigkeit, Aug 1992. 724 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany.
In Ger.
The methodology used in the 1987 census of West Germany is
described and evaluated. Part 1 includes information on preparations
for the census, the implementation phase, analysis of the data, and
evaluation and publication of the results. Part 2 reviews some
methodological studies evaluating the 1987
census.
Correspondence: Metzler-Poeschel,
Verlagsauslieferung Hermann Leins, Holzwiesenstrasse 2, Postfach 1152,
7408 Kusterdingen, Germany. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:10778 Gould, John
D. "Maori" in the population census, 1971-1991. New
Zealand Population Review, Vol. 18, No. 1-2, May-Nov 1992. 35-67 pp.
Wellington, New Zealand. In Eng.
"This article reviews the major
changes in the concept 'Maori' as used in recent population censuses
[in New Zealand]. The emphasis is on the effect of these changes on
the consistency and reliability of census data relating to the Maori
population, particularly in their role as the generator of historical
time series. The changes concerned are considered against the
backgrounds of New Zealand's evolving population structure and the
thinking of social scientists on race and
ethnicity."
Correspondence: J. D. Gould, Victoria
University of Wellington, Department of Economic History, 22 Inga Road,
Milford, Auckland 9, New Zealand. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10779 Johansen,
Robert J. Proposed new standard population. In:
American Statistical Association, 1990 proceedings of the Social
Statistics Section. [1990]. 176-81 pp. American Statistical
Association: Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng.
The author discusses the
use of the 1940 census as the standard basis for comparative studies of
the U.S. population. "This paper proposes two changes:--(i) use of the
1990 enumerated population as the new standard to replace the 1940
population and (ii) a split of the 85 and over age group into two
groups, 85-94 and 95 and over, in order to reduce the effects of
internal ageing within the current highest age group, and age category
of increasing size and interest. The paper will also discuss the use
of separate male and female components in the new standard
population."
Correspondence: R. J. Johansen, Life Actuarial
Services, 56 Pershing Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10780 Kapoor, P.
N. Implications of the provisional results of the census
of India, 1991. Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 37, No. 3, Sep
1991. 10-7 pp. Bombay, India. In Eng.
"The salient features
emerging from this review of the provisional results of the 1991 census
[of India] are as follows: The annual growth rate of population...has
now declined to 2.11 per cent during 1981-91. Out of the fifteen major
states...eleven states recorded a decline in the growth rate of
population during 1981-91 compared to the previous decade....Literacy
levels have increased in the country as well as in each state and union
territory, both for males and females during 1981-91....It is estimated
that in the absence of the family planning programme, an additional
population of about 31 million and 95 million would have been
enumerated in the 1981 and 1991 censuses
respectively."
Correspondence: P. N. Kapoor, Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare, Department of Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan,
New Delhi 110 001, India. Location: Population Council
Library, New York, NY.
59:10781 Nanda, A.
R. Overview on the 1991 census: continuity and
change. Demography India, Vol. 20, No. 1, Jan-Jun 1991. 1-5 pp.
Delhi, India. In Eng.
The author outlines the preparation for and
administration of the 1991 census of India. Data collection and
analysis procedures are also briefly described, and some publications
resulting from the census are listed.
Correspondence: A. R.
Nanda, Office of the Registrar General, 2A Mansingh Road, New Delhi 110
011, India. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10782 Omoluabi,
Elisabeth; Levy, Michel L. The Nigerian census. [Le
recensement du Nigeria.] Population et Societes, No. 272, Oct 1992.
[1-3] pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The history of census-taking in
Nigeria is outlined, with emphasis on the causes of overestimation in
recent years. The authors conclude that the 1991 census succeeded in
avoiding many of the problems leading to overenumeration and that the
census total of 88.5 million population is probably
accurate.
Correspondence: E. Omoluabi, Institut National
d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10783 Rees, P.
H. Resources for research: the 1991 census of
population. Environment and Planning A, Vol. 24, No. 10, Oct 1992.
1,371-7 pp. London, England. In Eng.
The author discusses
population censuses in general and describes their utility for
research, with a focus on the arrangements under which researchers at
institutes of higher education are being provided with data sets from
the census. "Although much of the discussion will be specific to the
United Kingdom, many of the issues raised will be important in other
countries."
Correspondence: P. H. Rees, University of
Leeds, School of Geography, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (UES).
59:10784 Smith,
Daniel S. The meanings of family and household: change
and continuity in the mirror of the American census. Population
and Development Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, Sep 1992. 421-56, 593-5 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"U.S. census
officials in the 1970s changed the label for the person listed first in
a household from 'head' to 'householder.' This essay places this shift
in terminology into historical perspective by examining the meanings of
family concepts held by census-takers and by the Americans they
enumerated. Even in the 'traditional' era of the family, roughly
before 1800, household headship was more a consequence of other
attributes than an independent source of status or power. Both then
and in the modern period that followed, the implications of being a
head, or one of the heads, of a household depended on the context.
While a more individualistic notion of the family has developed, there
is still considerable continuity in the conceptions of the
family."
Correspondence: D. S. Smith, University of
Illinois, Department of History, Chicago, IL 60680. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10785 Srinivasan,
K. The demographic scenario revealed by the 1991 census
figures. Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 37, No. 3, Sep 1991. 3-9
pp. Bombay, India. In Eng.
The author provides a brief overview of
the results from the 1991 census of India. Consideration is given to
overall growth, with a concentration on the sex ratio and female
literacy.
Correspondence: K. Srinivasan, International
Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Bombay
400 088, India. Location: Population Council Library, New
York, NY.
59:10786 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Statistical Office (New York, New York). Emerging trends
and issues in population and housing censuses. Studies in Methods,
Series F, No. 52; ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/52, Pub. Order No. E.91.XVII.4.
ISBN 92-1-161327-2. 1991. v, 34 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"[This] report comprises three chapters. The first summarizes
national practices and frequencies of census-taking, as well as those
topics investigated by countries in the 1980 census round as compared
with the 1970 round. Chapter II deals with a number of issues that are
emerging as a result of methodological developments and related
innovations over the past decade. The third chapter focuses on issues
that are of particular significance at the regional level. Dates of
national population and/or housing censuses taken in the 1980 decade,
covering the period 1975-1984 appear in an annex." The geographical
focus is worldwide.
Correspondence: U.N. Department of
International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United
Nations, New York, NY 10017. Location: U.N. Dag Hammarskjold
Library, New York, NY.
59:10787 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Statistical Office (New York, New York). Handbook of
population and housing censuses. Part II: demographic and social
characteristics. Studies in Methods, Series F, Rev. ed. No. 54;
ST/ESA/STAT/SER F/54, Pub. Order No. E.91.XVII.9. ISBN 92-1-161333-7.
1992. viii, 177 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This is one in a
series of handbooks developed by the United Nations to assist countries
carrying out population censuses. The handbooks are periodically
revised to reflect new developments and emerging issues as well as
national experience in conducting censuses. "The present
volume...comprises nine chapters dealing with the following selected
topics on demographic and social characteristics: age and sex, marital
status, fertility, mortality, citizenship, language, national and/or
ethnic characteristics, religion and
disability."
Correspondence: U.N. Department of
International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, New
York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (UN).
59:10788 Volkov,
A. 1991 Austrian population census. [Perepis'
naseleniya Avstrii 1991 g.] Vestnik Statistiki, No. 9, 1991. 57-61 pp.
Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
The author describes the basic methodology
employed in the 1991 Austrian census as well as the topics covered.
Lessons from the Austrian experience that could be applied to Soviet
censuses are considered.
Correspondence: A. Volkov, State
Committee on Statistics, Scientific Research Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10789 Anderson,
Barbara A.; Puur, Allan; Silver, Brian D.; Soova, Henry; Voormann,
Rein. Use of a lottery as an incentive to increase survey
participation. Population Studies Center Research Report, No.
92-242, Jul 1992. [19] pp. University of Michigan, Population Studies
Center: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
The authors evaluate the use
of a lottery as a means of increasing survey participation. "The
survey was designed as a validation study of abortion, and was
conducted in Tallinn, Estonia in April-May 1992. The sample consisted
of 360 women who had a registered abortion during 1991. The lottery
acted as a strong incentive for the women in the sample to become
respondents."
Correspondence: University of Michigan,
Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
48109-1070. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10790 Becker,
Stan; Sosa, Doris. An experiment using a month-by-month
calendar in a family planning survey in Costa Rica. Studies in
Family Planning, Vol. 23, No. 6, Pt. 1, Nov-Dec 1992. 386-91 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
"In the 1986 survey of Maternal and Child
Health and Family Planning in Costa Rica, approximately one-half of the
3,527 women interviewed were administered a questionnaire with
traditional fertility and family planning questions; the other half
were asked virtually the same questions, but the women's responses were
entered in a month-by-month calendar. The assignment of questionnaire
type was randomly alternated by cluster. Comparisons of the number of
events (live births, pregnancy losses, and contraceptive use) showed
that more events were recorded among the women in the calendar group.
Significantly less erroneous superposition of events (contraceptive use
in the last trimester of pregnancy and hormonal contraceptive use in
the first month postpartum) was noted when the calendar was
used."
Correspondence: S. Becker, Johns Hopkins University,
School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Population Dynamics,
615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10791 Biemer,
Paul P.; Forsman, Gosta. On the quality of reinterview
data with application to the Current Population Survey. JASA:
Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 87, No. 420, Dec
1992. 915-23 pp. Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng.
"The [U.S.] Current
Population Survey (CPS) reinterview sample consists of two subsamples:
(a) a sample of CPS households is reinterviewed and the discrepancies
between the reinterview responses and the original interview responses
are reconciled for the purpose of obtaining more accurate responses...,
and (b) a sample of CPS households, nonoverlapping with sample (a), is
reinterviewed 'independently' of the original interview for the purpose
of estimating simple response variance (SRV). In this article a model
and estimation procedure are proposed for obtaining estimates of SRV
from subsample (a) as well as the customary estimates of SRV from
subsample (b)....Data from the CPS reinterview program for both
subsamples (a) and (b) are analyzed both (1) to illustrate the
methodology and (2) to check the validity of the CPS reinterview data.
Our results indicate that data from subsample (a) are not consistent
with the data from subsample (b) and provide convincing evidence that
errors in subsample (a) are the source of the
inconsistency."
Correspondence: P. P. Biemer, Research
Triangle Institute, Statistical Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709-2194. Location: Princeton University Library (SM).
59:10792 Bryant,
Barbara E. How surveys are changing at the U.S. Bureau of
the Census. Asian and Pacific Population Forum, Vol. 6, No. 3,
Fall 1992. 69-77 pp. Honolulu, Hawaii. In Eng.
"This article
describes the survey activities of the U.S. Census Bureau and recent
efforts by the bureau to move toward a more fully automated
environment....[It] focuses on four areas in which the Census Bureau is
changing its approach to surveys: (1) redesigning the questionnaire
for the Current Population Survey to better reflect current labor force
conditions; (2) redesigning the same questionnaire to gain advantages
from computer-assisted interviewing; (3) redesigning the samples for
household surveys to be used during the next decade, a task undertaken
after every decennial census; and (4) progress in changing to a
computer-assisted survey information collection (CASIC) system and
developing a data management network for all Census Bureau
surveys."
Correspondence: B. E. Bryant, U.S. Bureau of the
Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:10793 Kim,
Seung-Kwon; Kong, Sae-Kwon. Changes in the national family
planning and fertility surveys in Korea. Journal of Population,
Health and Social Welfare, Vol. 11, No. 2, Dec 1991. 1-18 pp. Seoul,
Korea, Republic of. In Kor. with sum. in Eng.
The authors review
the evolution since the 1960s of South Korea's family planning and
fertility survey programs. "In the 1960s, research was interested in
respondents' contraception knowledge and practice rate and in the
relationships between contraceptive knowledge and the practice
rate....[The] major research emphasis in the 1970s and 1980s was
measuring fertility and finding obstacles or problems to family
planning projects." Recommendations for future research are
made.
Correspondence: S.-K. Kim, Korea Institute for Health
and Social Affairs, San 42-14, Bulgwang-dong, Eunpyung-ku, Seoul
122-040, Republic of Korea. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:10794 Lloyd,
Cynthia B.; Marquette, Catherine M.; Lam, Lauren.
Directory of surveys in developing countries: data on families and
households, 1975-92. ISBN 0-87834-074-2. LC 92-62578. 1992. xxii,
312 pp. Population Council: New York, New York. In Eng.
This is a
directory of developing country surveys that have collected
simultaneous data on up to 10 specific aspects of fertility, child
welfare, the economic role of parents, and household characteristics.
The information, which was collected by mailed questionnaire, covers
the period 1975-1992 and is presented separately by country.
Information is provided where available on the survey name, date,
agency, program, sample size, coverage, specifics, rounds, data type,
and comments. Finally, a contact name, address, and telephone and fax
numbers are provided. Some 306 surveys from 84 countries are
included.
Correspondence: Population Council, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Population
Council Library, New York, NY.
59:10795 Panicker,
Mini N. A study on biases in age reporting. Journal
of Family Welfare, Vol. 37, No. 2, Jun 1991. 68-75 pp. Bombay, India.
In Eng.
The author examines bias in age reporting by survey
respondents in India and considers age, sex, and religion of
respondents, using data from the 1980 Kerala Fertility
Survey.
Correspondence: M. N. Panicker, University of
Kerala, Department of Demography and Population Studies, Kariavattom,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695 581, India. Location:
Population Council Library, New York, NY.
59:10796 Population
Council (New York, New York). Dominican Republic 1991:
results from the Demographic and Health Survey. Studies in Family
Planning, Vol. 23, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1992. 336-40 pp. New York, New York.
In Eng.
Data from the 1991 Dominican Republic Demographic and
Health Survey are presented in tabular format. Topics covered include
fertility trends and preferences, current contraceptive use, infant
mortality, and nutritional and health
status.
Correspondence: Population Council, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10797 Population
Council (New York, New York). Jordan 1990: results from
the Demographic and Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning,
Vol. 23, No. 6, Pt. 1, Nov-Dec 1992. 396-400 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng.
These are the summary results from the 1990 Jordan Demographic
and Health Survey, which covered 16,296 households and 6,461
ever-married women aged 15-49. Tabular data are included on population
characteristics, fertility, fertility preferences, current
contraceptive usage, contraception, marital status, infant mortality,
postpartum variables, nutritional status, and the prevention and
treatment of disease.
Correspondence: Population Council,
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
