60:10612 Adnan,
Shapan. "Birds in a cage": institutional change and
women's position in Bangladesh. In: Women's position and
demographic change, edited by Nora Federici, Karen O. Mason, and Solvi
Sogner. 1993. 285-318 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng.
"In this chapter it is argued that recent trends of change in the
position of women in Bangladesh have been, in part, impelled by a
number of critical 'parametric' shifts at the macro-level, which
involve economic, demographic, and socio-political factors....My
principal objective is to assess the extent to which the pre-existing
social and economic institutions of Bangladesh have proved to be
resilient, or malleable, in the face of the varied pressures generated
by the process of capitalist development."
Correspondence:
S. Adnan, Winrock International, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:10613 Andorka,
Rudolf. Implications of current demographic trends for
social policy in Hungary. [A jelenlegi demografiai viszonyok
hatasai a szocialpolitikara a Magyarorszagi atalakulasi folyamat
tukreben.] Demografia, Vol. 36, No. 2-3, 1993. 162-71 pp. Budapest,
Hungary. In Hun.
The author describes recent demographic trends in
Hungary and their effects on social policy formation. The focus is on
the impact of demographic aging and low fertility rates on pension
values and social expenditures, including family benefits. Economic
factors, including income levels and inflation rates, are also
considered.
Correspondence: R. Andorka, Ady Endre 9/B,
Budapest 1024, Hungary. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:10622 Akhter,
Farida. Depopulating Bangladesh: essays on the politics
of fertility. LC 92-906629. Jun 1992. 105 pp. Narigrantha
Prabartana: Dhaka, Bangladesh. In Eng.
This publication contains a
series of lectures, papers, and addresses given by the author at
various meetings around the world since 1984. The subject is the
efforts that have been made to control population growth in Bangladesh
since the 1950s. The author's theme is that population control is
being imposed on Bangladesh by outside authorities for political and
commercial purposes, current population programs and policies infringe
women's reproductive rights, and that the poor countries of the world
are being blamed unfairly for the world's environmental problems. The
author's general approach to these issues reflects a combination of
feminism and Marxism.
Correspondence: Narigrantha
Prabartana, 2/8 Sir Syed Road, Mohammadpur, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.
Location: University of Minnesota, Ames Library of South Asia,
Minneapolis, MN.
60:10623 Blum,
Alain. Soviet demographic systems. [Systemes
demographiques sovietiques.] INED Dossiers et Recherches, No. 38, Dec
1992. 14, ix pp. Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]:
Paris, France. In Fre.
This is the text of the presentation of a
doctoral thesis on the relationship between the political system in the
Soviet Union and Soviet scholars responsible for studying the country's
demography. The inherent conflict between following political
objectives in the study of demography and the responsibility to provide
unbiased facts on which policy can be based is
noted.
Correspondence: Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:10632 Adjei,
Sam. Meaning of morbidity measures in the third
world. In: International Population Conference/Congres
International de la Population: Montreal, 1993, Volume 1. 1993. 477-82
pp. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]:
Liege, Belgium. In Eng.
The author reviews papers presented in a
session designed to "present the synthesis of definition of morbidity,
how it is measured and the data collecting technique commonly
used."
Correspondence: S. Adjei, Ghana Medical School,
Department of Community Health, P.O. Box 184, Accra, Ghana.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:10633 Al-Mazrou,
Yagob; Farid, Samir. Saudi Arabia Child Health
Survey. 1991. xxxi, 299 pp. Ministry of Health: Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. In Eng.
"The report provides a detailed account of the
levels, trends and differentials in child mortality and its proximate
determinants in Saudi Arabia. It also identifies the salient features
of the diversity in health patterns preference and behaviour. It
further examines the way in which social and economic modernization in
Saudi Arabia has shaped these patterns." The data are from a survey
carried out as part of the Gulf Child Health Survey, and involve a
nationally representative probability sample of about 8,000 households.
Chapters are included on survey design and implementation, infant and
child mortality, diarrheal morbidity, diarrheal treatment,
immunization, breast-feeding and weaning, maternal care, marriage
patterns, and fertility.
Correspondence: Ministry of
Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:10672 Bittles, A.
H.; Roberts, D. F. Minority populations: genetics,
demography and health. Studies in Biology, Economy and Society,
ISBN 0-333-54694-6. 1992. xi, 276 pp. Macmillan Press: Basingstoke,
England; Galton Institute: London, England. In Eng.
These are the
proceedings of the twenty-seventh annual symposium of the Galton
Institute, held in London, England, in 1990. "In this
volume...,investigations on human populations living in different parts
of the world, and variously isolated by geography, ethnicity and
religion, mainly focus on their genetics, demography and health, with
sociocultural determinants of disease an additional prominent
feature."
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent issues
of Population Index.
Correspondence: Macmillan Press,
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
60:10673 Gauvreau,
Danielle; Jette, Rene. Demographic history and human
genetics in a region of Quebec before 1850. [Histoire
demographique et genetique humaine dans une region du Quebec avant
1850.] Annales de Demographie Historique, 1992. 245-67 pp. Paris,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"The study of population
formation in the Charlevoix region of Quebec before 1850 is approached
here from a dual demographic and genetic perspective. The family
histories, reconstituted on the basis of marriage records, throw some
light on the settlement patterns at a regional level. They also serve
the purpose of a genetic survey aimed at understanding the high
prevalence of certain hereditary diseases in Eastern Quebec. Several
factors are examined in turn to explain the founder's unequal number of
descendants: the period of settlement, the levels of effective
fertility and inbreeding, and the modalities of integration of the
newcomers into the existing population."
Correspondence: D.
Gauvreau, Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherches sur les Populations,
555 Boulevard de l'Universite, Chicoutimi, Quebec G7H 2B1, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
