60:30802 Card,
Josefina J.; Peterson, Evelyn C.; Mizuno, Sachi; Muller, Kathryn L.;
McKean, Elizabeth A.; Lang, Eric L.; Peterson, James L.; Kaplan, Aaron
S.; Deser, Toni. The American family: a compendium of
data and sources. Garland Reference Library of Social Science,
Vol. 925, ISBN 0-8153-1492-2. LC 93-24328. 1994. xxv, [474] pp. Garland
Publishing: New York, New York/London, England. In Eng.
This
compendium describes data sets available from the American family Data
Archive, created by the Sociometrics Corporation in Los Altos,
California. These data sets were chosen by a panel of experts "as
having outstanding potential for secondary data analysis on issues
facing today's American family....Included are details on the content
of [each] data set, the sample from which the data were collected, and
the instrumentation and data collection procedures that were used to
create the data set. Cost and contact information is also
included....The 29 data sets in this compendium address family-related
issues such as child care, children and youth, education, health,
economic and social issues, labor force participation, violence, family
therapy, and marriage and divorce."
Correspondence: Garland
Publishing, 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2500, New York, NY 10022.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30803 Leete,
Richard. Recent developments in software for demographic
analysis: inventory of micro-computer packages with particular
reference to PEOPLE and WORKERS. Asian Population Studies Series,
No. 124, Nov 1993. 173-83 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
The author
assesses recent developments in demographic software for
microcomputers. He outlines "some aspects of the philosophy and
strategy behind the development of two user-friendly software packages
designed primarily for use in developing countries, and for use in
training courses: PEOPLE Version 3.0, for making national and
sub-national population projections, and WORKERS Version 1.0 used for
making education, household and labour force projections....The main
purpose is to raise some of the considerations faced in the development
of these packages that will be of general interest to software
developers and users."
Correspondence: R. Leete, c/o
British High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30804 Morrison,
Philip S. Using SUPERMAP2 for policy analysis. Geographic
implications of recent housing reforms. New Zealand Population
Review, Vol. 19, No. 1-2, May-Nov 1993. 32-64 pp. Wellington, New
Zealand. In Eng.
"SUPERMAP2 is a computer package plus database
currently being marketed by Statistics New Zealand. It can be used
simply as a way of retrieving census cross-tabulations alone or as a
means of turning the contents of cross-tabulations into maps (and
graphs)....The aim here is to demonstrate the usefulness of SUPERMAP2
in addressing contemporary policy issues. The example used is the
Housing Restructuring Act....SUPERMAP2 is used to depict the highly
segmented rental housing market in Wellington and the likely locational
decisions which could be made by low-income consumers and private
suppliers of low-rent housing within the new policy
context."
Correspondence: P. S. Morrison, Victoria
University, Department of Geography, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New
Zealand. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30805 Taylor,
Marcia F. The British household panel study. ESRC
Data Archive Bulletin, No. 53, May 1993. 7-10 pp. Colchester, England.
In Eng.
"With the release of the first wave, The British Household
Panel Survey is now available from the Archive. The article below is
intended to provide an overview of the subject coverage of the British
Household Panel Survey, give some idea of the analysis potential of the
data, and outline the further dissemination plans for the
data."
Correspondence: Information Manager, University of
Essex, ESRC Data Archive, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex C04 3SQ,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30806 United
Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
[ESCAP]. Population Division (Bangkok, Thailand).
Information technology for information sharing: population
information networking in the 1990s and beyond. Asian Population
Studies Series, No. 124, Nov 1993. 184-95 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In
Eng.
"This note examines the current development of information
technology, which has and will have a significant impact on information
sharing. It portrays future directions of population information
networking in the changing population environment and makes
recommendations for maximizing the utilization of information." The
focus is on computer technology.
Correspondence: UN
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Population
Division, United Nations Building, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok
10200, Thailand. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
