60:40529 Hayami,
Akira. Population history of East Asia: introductory
remarks. In: International Population Conference/Congres
International de la Population: Montreal 1993, Volume 4. 1993. 109-18
pp. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]:
Liege, Belgium. In Eng.
The author briefly reviews papers presented
at a conference session on the population history of East Asia. Topics
considered include population trends of Japan, Korea, and China between
1500 and 1900, historical demography using normative records in East
Asia, and migration.
Correspondence: A. Hayami,
International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 3-2 Oeyama-cho,
Goryo, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 610-11, Japan. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40530 Houdaille,
Jacques. Puritans and Virginians. [Puritains et
Virginiens.] Population, Vol. 49, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1994. 515-22 pp.
Paris, France. In Fre.
The author uses data from recently published
genealogies to analyze nuptiality and fertility differentials, focusing
on the differences between the early settlements in New England and
those in Virginia.
Correspondence: J. Houdaille, Institut
National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris
Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40531 Kintner,
Hallie J. Recording the epidemiologic transition in
Germany, 1816 to 1934. Population Studies Center Research Report,
No. 93-288, Sep 1993. [24] pp. University of Michigan, Population
Studies Center: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This paper argues
that it is difficult to detect the epidemiologic transition in Germany
using recorded cause of death statistics. National statistics become
available relatively late during the mortality decline. These
statistics fail to measure cancer and heart disease until much later.
The recorded statistics are further marred by the poorly defined cause
of death 'old age'. This paper discusses why German city, state and
national governments established systems for collecting cause of death
statistics. It examines differences in systems for recording mortality
statistics as well as in cause of death
classifications."
Correspondence: University of Michigan,
Population Studies Center, 1225 South University, Ann Arbor, MI
48109-1070. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40532 Liu,
Ts'ui-jung. The demography of Chinese lineage populations,
c. 1300-1900. In: International Population Conference/Congres
International de la Population: Montreal 1993, Volume 4. 1993. 119-38
pp. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]:
Liege, Belgium. In Eng.
"This paper attempts to present major
findings about the demography of Chinese lineage populations. The
vital statistics are organized from genealogies of families and
lineages in 12 provinces...." Information is provided on marriage,
fertility, mortality, and growth of lineage populations from 1300 to
1900.
Correspondence: T.-j. Liu, Academia Sinica, Institute
of Economics, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40533 Moheau,
M. Research and reflections on the population of France
(1778). [Recherches et considerations sur la population de la
France (1778).] Editions de l'INED, ISBN 2-7332-1016-5. 1994. xxi, 563
pp. Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In
Fre.
This is a revised edition of a book originally published in
1778; contributions on the work by some contemporary scholars are
included. The first part presents a general analysis of population
trends in France in the late eighteenth century. The second part looks
at causes of population growth and decline from a theoretical point of
view.
Correspondence: Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40534 Nadal
Oller, Jordi. Demographic trends under the Austrians.
[Evolucion demografica bajo los Austrias.] ISBN 84-7784-992-7. 1991.
278 pp. Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil Albert: Alicante, Spain. In Spa.
This is one in a series of five volumes that are the proceedings of
the Second Conference of the Asociacion de Demografia Historica, which
was held in Alicante, Spain, in April 1990. This volume contains 14
papers, all in Spanish except one in French and one in Italian, that
look at population trends in the countries under the Spanish Hapsburgs
in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Correspondence:
Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil Albert, Avenida Estacion 6, 03005
Alicante, Spain. Location: Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques, Paris, France.
60:40535 Panzac,
Daniel. The population of the Ottoman Empire: 50 years
(1941-1990) of publication and research. [La population de
l'Empire Ottoman: cinquante ans (1941-1990) de publications et de
recherches.] Travaux et Documents de l'IREMAM, No. 15, ISBN
2-906809-13-6. Oct 1993. 97 pp. Universite d'Aix-Marseille, Institut de
Recherches et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman [IREMAM]:
Aix-en-Provence, France. In Fre.
This is the second edition of a
bibliography of research concerning the population of the Ottoman
Empire. Originally published in 1981, it has been extended to cover the
period 1941-1990. The bibliography, which is unannotated, is
organized by geographical area and then by author. Subject and author
indexes are included.
Correspondence: Universite
d'Aix-Marseille, Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe
et Musulman, Maison de la Mediterranee, 305 avenue Pasteur, 13617
Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40536 von Uslar,
Rafael. Upper middle class families from southern Lower
Saxony in the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
[Sudniedersachsische Familien des gehobenen Burgerstandes aus dem 17.
und 18. Jahrhundert.] Materialien zur Bevolkerungswissenschaft, No. 81,
1994. 136 pp. Bundesinstitut fur Bevolkerungsforschung: Wiesbaden,
Germany. In Ger.
Genealogical data on 634 members of 34 upper
middle class families living in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, are
analyzed. The data cover the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Information is presented on age at death, age at marriage, remarriage,
number of births, birth intervals, marital status, occupation,
education, income, and family type and
size.
Correspondence: Bundesinstitut fur
Bevolkerungsforschung, Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 6, Postfach 5528, 6200
Wiesbaden, Germany. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40537 Voth,
Hans-Joachim. Seasonality of conceptions as a source for
historical time-budget analysis: tracing the disappearance of holy
days in early modern England. Historical Methods, Vol. 27, No. 3,
Summer 1994. 127-32 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"It was our
purpose to show how the seasonality of baptisms can be employed to
assess the speed with which holy days disappeared in early modern
England. In a case study of Ludlow, Shropshire, it was demonstrated
that old Catholic holy days exercised a strong but slowly declining
influence on the timing of conceptions before outbreak of the Civil
War. After the Restoration, no connection between the seasonality of
conceptions and old feast days can be discerned. These findings lend
support to De Vries's hypothesis that labor input in the English
economy between 1500 and 1700 must have increased very
considerably."
Correspondence: H.-J. Voth, European
University Institute, History Department, C.P. 2330, 50100 Florence,
Italy. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40538 Argelli,
D.; Bertino, S.; Breschi, M.; Bussini, O.; Coppa, A.; Del Panta, L.; De
Santis, G.; Forini, M. E.; Grassi, D.; Gueresi, P.; Lobisco, A.;
Martelli, C.; Montanari, G. E.; Pettener, D.; Pozzi, L.; Rosina, A.;
Rossi, F.; Rettaroli, R.; Sonnino, E.; Martuzzi Veronesi, F.
Toward a history of the Italian population: some methodological
issues. [Per una storia della popolazione italiana: problemi di
metodo.] 1993. 178 pp. Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento
di Scienze Statistiche Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
This collective work is the product of a seminar held in Porretta
Terme, located near Bologna, Italy, on July 3-4, 1993. The focus of
the seminar was on methodological aspects of the study of Italian
historical demography in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with
particular emphasis on the use of models in this context. Information
is also included on the databases available.
Selected items will be
cited in this or subsequent issues of Population
Index.
Correspondence: Universita degli Studi di Bologna,
Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Paolo Fortunati, Via Belle Arti 41,
40126 Bologna, Italy. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40539 Bertino,
Salvatore; Grassi, Donatella; Sonnino, Eugenio. A
macrosimulation model of the life cycle of a marriage cohort. [Un
modello di macrosimulazione del ciclo di vita di una coorte
matrimoniale.] In: Per una storia della popolazione italiana: problemi
di metodo, by D. Argelli et al. 1993. 161-77 pp. Universita degli Studi
di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Paolo Fortunati:
Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
The authors present a macrosimulation model
for the analysis of trends in the marital life cycle and apply it to
late nineteenth-century Italian data. The focus is on the marital and
reproductive history of the cohort who married in
1865.
Correspondence: E. Sonnino, Universita degli Studi di
Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento di Scienze Demographiche, Via Nomentana
41, 00161 Rome, Italy. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40540 Breschi,
Marco; Coppa, Alfredo; Lubisco, Alessandro; Martelli, Cristina; Pozzi,
Lucia; Rettaroli, Rosella. BIDDES: the creation of an
information database. [BIDDES: nascita di una banca informativa.]
In: Per una storia della popolazione italiana: problemi di metodo, by
D. Argelli et al. 1993. 29-36 pp. Universita degli Studi di Bologna,
Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In
Ita.
The authors describe BIDDES (Banca Informativa sulla
Documentazione in Demografia Storica), a database of information on
Italian demographic databases.
Correspondence: M. Breschi,
Via B. Sestini 26, 51100 Pistoia, Italy. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40541 Breschi,
Marco; Del Panta, Lorenzo; De Santis, Gustavo. Lines of
research for a history of the Italian population: from problems to
methods. [Linee di ricerca per una storia della popolazione
italiana: dai problemi ai metodi.] In: Per una storia della
popolazione italiana: problemi di metodo, by D. Argelli et al. 1993.
5-15 pp. Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze
Statistiche Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
This is an
introduction to a collective work on methodological aspects of
historical demography in Italy, focusing on the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. It includes brief summaries of the papers
contained in the volume, which were originally presented at a seminar
held in Porretta Terme (Bologna) in July,
1993.
Correspondence: M. Breschi, Via B. Sestini 26, 51100
Pistoia, Italy. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40542 Breschi,
Marco; Coppa, Alfredo; Lubisco, Alessandro; Martelli, Cristina; Pozzi,
Lucia; Rettaroli, Rosella. The objectives of the BAGDAD
project. [Obiettivo BAGDAD.] In: Per una storia della popolazione
italiana: problemi di metodo, by D. Argelli et al. 1993. 17-27 pp.
Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche
Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
The authors describe the
BAGDAD (Banca Agregativa di Dati Demografici) database, which has been
developed as an automated system to generate standardized individual
and aggregate historical demographic data from available Italian
sources. The processes by which the data are recorded, verified, and
managed are described.
Correspondence: M. Breschi, Via B.
Sestini 26, 51100 Pistoia, Italy. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40543 Del Panta,
Lorenzo; Argelli, Deborah. Models of mortality in
historical demography: the opportunities provided by Tuscan statistics
for the period before national unification. [Modelli di mortalita
in demografia storica: possibilita offerte dalle statistiche toscane
pre-unitarie.] In: Per una storia della popolazione italiana: problemi
di metodo, by D. Argelli et al. 1993. 117-33 pp. Universita degli Studi
di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Paolo Fortunati:
Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
An example of the application of
demographic modeling to the analysis of mortality trends in
nineteenth-century Italy is presented. The authors use official data
from the archives of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany to analyze mortality
differences by geographical region and area of
residence.
Correspondence: L. Del Panta, Universita degli
Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Via Belle Arti
41, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:40544 Del Panta,
Lorenzo; Forini, Maria E. The adequacy of the food supply
and mortality in Italy between Unification and World War I: problems
in analyzing time series data. [Disponibilita alimentari e
mortalita in Italia tra l'Unita e la Grande Guerra: problemi di
analisi di serie temporali.] In: Per una storia della popolazione
italiana: problemi di metodo, by D. Argelli et al. 1993. 135-45 pp.
Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche
Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
The extent to which
shortages in the food supply may have affected mortality in Italy from
1861 to 1914 is explored using official data for the period and a
selection of econometric models. The focus is on the methodological
aspects of the analysis. The authors also conclude that nutritional
factors did not affect mortality significantly during this
period.
Correspondence: L. Del Panta, Universita degli
Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Via Belle Arti
41, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:40545 Duncan, S.
R.; Scott, Susan; Duncan, C. J. Predictions from time
series analysis of the oscillations in parish register series.
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 168, 1994. 95-103 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
An alternative method to family reconstitution for
the determination of demographic parameters from parish registers is
proposed and illustrated using data from Penrith, England, for the
period 1550-1750. "It is suggested that some of these functions may be
estimated by the application of conventional time-series analysis to
the aggregative annual totals in the registers of baptisms, marriages
and deaths: (i) age of mother at birth of median child; (ii)
estimations of fertility function; (iii) mean age at marriage; (iv)
estimations of mortality function; (v) factors governing the population
boom; (vi); the patterns of population dynamics that might be found and
the detection of steady-state conditions in communities in England in
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries."
Correspondence:
C. J. Duncan, University of Liverpool, Department of Environmental and
Evolutionary Biology, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40546 Gueresi,
Paola; Martuzzi Veronesi, Fosca M.; Pettener, Davide.
Methodological problems concerning biodemographic indicators of
populations in mountain regions. [Problemi di metodo nelle
indagini biodemografiche su popolazioni di ambiente montano.] In: Per
una storia della popolazione italiana: problemi di metodo, by D.
Argelli et al. 1993. 147-60 pp. Universita degli Studi di Bologna,
Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In
Ita.
Some methodological issues relevant to the study of marriage
patterns among three isolated Italian mountain populations from the
sixteenth to the early twentieth century are explored. The data
concern endogamy rates, marital distance, and consanguinity. The focus
is on the problems involved in using the data available from parish
records for such studies.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:40547 Montanari,
Giorgio E.; Bussini, Odoardo. Considerations concerning
sampling in historical demography. [Considerazioni sul
campionamento in demografia storica.] In: Per una storia della
popolazione italiana: problemi di metodo, by D. Argelli et al. 1993.
37-56 pp. Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze
Statistiche Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
The authors
examine problems concerning the use of sampling, either due to the loss
of statistical records or because of the quantity of data available for
analysis, in historical demographic study. These problems are
illustrated using data from eighteenth-century parish registers from
Perugia, Italy.
Correspondence: O. Bussini, Universita
degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Via A.
Pascoli, C.P. 1315/PG11, 06100 Perugia, Italy. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40548 Rosina,
Alessandro. A generalization of inverse projection.
[Una generalizzazione dell'inverse projection.] In: Per una storia
della popolazione italiana: problemi di metodo, by D. Argelli et al.
1993. 73-80 pp. Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di
Scienze Statistiche Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
The
author presents an adaptation of the inverse projection method to take
into account the characteristics of available data from Italian parish
registers which record information at the time of burial on age at
death. The method is illustrated using data from Tuscany for the
period 1815-1819 and from Murano (an island in the Venetian lagoon) for
1665-1784.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40549 Rosina,
Alessandro; Rossi, Fiorenzo. Aggregated reconstructions of
population developments. [Ricostruzioni aggregate dei processi
evolutivi delle popolazioni.] Materiali di Demografia Storica, Jun
1994. 104 pp. Cleup Editore: Padua, Italy; Universita degli Studi di
Padova, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche: Padua, Italy. In Ita. with
sum. in Eng; Fre.
"The present work is the result of a
methodological discussion about some techniques of aggregated
reconstruction of population, its characteristics, and its possible
[application to] Italian sources." Two methods are considered, that
developed by Bourgeois-Pichat and Beltrami in the 1950s, and the
inverse projection method proposed by R. D. Lee in the 1970s. A floppy
disk accompanies the publication and contains programs to process data
using the two methods described.
Correspondence: Cleup
Editore, via G. Prati 19, 35122 Padua, Italy. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40550 Rossi,
Fiorenzo. The quality of data in historical documents: a
correction of age-rounding in age distributions. [La qualita dei
dati nei documenti storici: una correzione dell'attrazione nella
distribuzione delle eta.] In: Per una storia della popolazione
italiana: problemi di metodo, by D. Argelli et al. 1993. 57-72 pp.
Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche
Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
The author examines the
problem of age-rounding in historical demographic studies and proposes
a method to correct for such distortions when using historical Italian
data.
Correspondence: F. Rossi, Universita di Padova,
Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Via San Francesco 33, 35121 Padua,
Italy. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40551 Sonnino,
Eugenio. A study of the characteristics of a population,
with reference to a stable model with constant nuptiality. [Studio
delle caratteristiche di una popolazione, con riferimento ad un modello
stabile in regime di nuzialita costante.] In: Per una storia della
popolazione italiana: problemi di metodo, by D. Argelli et al. 1993.
97-116 pp. Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze
Statistiche Paolo Fortunati: Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
A new approach
to the theory of stable populations is presented that depends on
marriage data. The approach is illustrated using statistics for
Breschi in Tuscany, Italy, for the period 1820-1899. The author
illustrates how this approach can be used to improve estimates of
population trends when data on births and deaths are
incomplete.
Correspondence: E. Sonnino, Universita degli
Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento di Scienze Demographiche, Via
Nomentana 41, 00161 Rome, Italy. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
