61:10770 Carlson,
Beverley A. The condition of children in the countries of
the former Soviet Union (FSU): a statistical review. Journal of
Development Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1, Oct 1994. 1-16 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
"This article presents a selected set of
standardised indicators concerning children for the 15 countries of the
Former Soviet Union, analysing and comparing the situation in each
country. It reviews the indicators in terms of the major themes
underlying the child survival, development and protection goals of the
World Summit for Children and analyses the major causes of infant,
child and maternal mortality. It discusses the statistical conditions
and constraints in the region which create data problems limiting the
availability and use of appropriate indicators for monitoring the
situation of children, and makes recommendations to improve their
quality and use."
Correspondence: B. A. Carlson, United
Nations Children's Fund, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
61:10771 Garenne,
Michel. Do women forget their births? A study of
maternity histories in a rural area of Senegal (Niakhar).
Population Bulletin of the United Nations, No. 36, 1994. 43-54 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
"Five thousand and sixty-eight maternity
histories were recorded among women aged 15-89 years in a rural area of
Senegal. The quality of the estimates of fertility, child mortality
and perinatal mortality was analysed for consistency. There was no
evidence of any major underreporting of births, deaths or still births
according to age, even among the oldest women. Estimates were compared
with comparable values derived from a longitudinal demographic
surveillance system (DSS) in the same area. The age patterns of
cumulated fertility and mortality derived from the maternity histories
were consistent with those of the DSS."
Correspondence: M.
Garenne, Harvard University, Center for Population and Development
Studies, 9 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10772 Latten, J.
J.; Veenstra, C. J. A changing society and its population
statistics: reorientations in the Netherlands. Statistical Journal
of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Vol. 10, No. 4,
1993. 335-57 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
The authors
describe how the Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics is changing
both the way population statistics are collected and the kind of
statistics needed to respond to a changing society. They emphasize
that adequate population data are needed in order to forecast
immigration and population changes, to develop appropriate social
welfare and education policies, to plan realistically for housing
needs, and to resolve issues such as environmental policies.
For a
related article in Dutch, also published in 1993, see 59:30697.
Correspondence: J. J. Latten, Netherlands Central Bureau
of Statistics, Department for Population Statistics, P.O. Box 959, 2270
AZ Voorburg, Netherlands. Location: World Bank, Joint
Bank-Fund Library, Washington, D.C.
61:10773 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). 1994
annual research conference and CASIC technologies interchange, March
20-23, 1994. Sep 1994. xii, 785 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This is the tenth in a series of annual research conferences
[ARCs] conducted by the [U.S.] Census Bureau. These conferences
provide a forum for academic, private sector, and government
researchers from around the world to discuss and exchange current
research results and methods in areas relevant to Census Bureau
programs....The technical sessions at ARC 1994 addressed a wide variety
of topics such as address registers, determining census content, census
questionnaire response research, defining households, ethnic
identification, sampling in census taking, small area estimation,
measuring international trade, data quality in longitudinal surveys,
blurring public and private enterprises in the U.S. economy, and census
evaluation....The third day...featured papers on Computer-Assisted
Survey Information Collection (CASIC) as part of a CASIC Technologies
Interchange. The papers focused on future trends in CASIC software and
on development of integrated systems of CASIC technologies within data
collection organizations....The proceedings volume contains the full
record of the conference--all papers, formal discussions, and summaries
of the floor discussions."
For the proceedings of the 1993
conference, see 60:10708.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of
the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10774 Alberman,
Eva; Botting, Beverley; Blatchley, Nick; Twidell, Alan. A
new hierarchical classification of causes of infant deaths in England
and Wales. Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol. 70, No. 5, May
1994. 403-9 pp. London, England. In Eng.
This study concerns issues
regarding the classification of infant deaths and stillbirths in
England and Wales since 1986, when new certificates for recording such
deaths were introduced. The aim of the study is "to adapt previous
classifications to derive a single cause grouping for stillbirths and
infant deaths which would provide the maximum information about
preventability and yet meet the national and international
responsibilities of OPCS [Office of Population Censuses and Surveys].
The methods used and the tests carried out on the validity and
consistency of the chosen classification are
described."
Correspondence: E. Alberman, Medical College of
St. Bartholemew's Hospital, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine,
Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse
Square, London EC1M 6BQ, England. Location: U.S. National
Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
61:10775 Jorge,
Maria H. P. de M.; Gotlieb, Sabina L. D.; Soboll, Maria L. M. S.; de
Almeida, Marcia F.; Latorre, Maria do R. D. O. Evaluation
of the information system on live births and of the use of its data in
epidemiology and health statistics. [Avaliacao do sistema de
informacao sobre nascidos vivos e o uso de seus dados em epidemiologia
e estatisticas de saude.] Revista de Saude Publica, Vol. 27, Suppl.,
Dec 1993. 2-46 pp. Sao Paulo, Brazil. In Por. with sum. in Eng.
This study reports on an evaluation of the System of Information on
Live Births (SINASC) set up by the Brazilian Ministry of Health in
1990. The data concern 15,142 hospital live births occurring in five
cities in the state of Sao Paulo in 1992. "It was seen that the system
achieved a high degree of completeness (99.5%) and obtained a very
accurate report for most of the items, though rather poor reporting for
Apgar Score, length of gestation, mother's schooling, parity and
father's name."
Correspondence: M. H. P. de M. Jorge,
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Saude Publica, Departamento de
Epidemiologia, Av. Dr. Arnaldo 715, 01255 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10776 Pathak, K.
B.; Ram, F. Completeness of civil registration in India
and some major states. IIPS Research Report Series, No. 2,
1993-1994. iii, 38 pp. International Institute for Population Sciences:
Bombay, India. In Eng.
"The main objective of the present study was
to estimate completeness of registration of births and deaths in India
and its major states during 1981-91. In the present project methods
proposed by Brass (1975) and Bennett and Horiuchi (1983) have been used
to estimate the completeness of death registration. For birth
registration, a method proposed by Pathak and Ram (1981) has been
utilized." The results suggest that the quality of the civil
registration system has declined since the 1960s, and that only about
50 percent of adult deaths are currently registered. Some state
differences in the completeness of vital registration are
examined.
Correspondence: International Institute for
Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Bombay 400 088,
India. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10777 Swamy, V.
S. Sample Registration System in India--a
perspective. In: `. Occasional Paper, No. 4 of 1992, 1994. ix, 113
pp. Office of the Registrar General: New Delhi, India. In Eng.
This
is a description of the development of the Sample Registration System
set up in India in 1964-1965. The system uses dual records designed to
provide accurate estimates of vital rates. "This publication is aimed
at bringing together all the relevant details since the inception of
SRS concerning evolution, implementation and technical aspects
governing the system including tabulation. It is hoped that this will
serve as a useful guide for planning similar
surveys."
Correspondence: Office of the Registrar General,
Ministry of Home Affairs, 2/A Mansingh Road, New Delhi 110 011, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10778 Barrett,
Richard E. Using the 1990 U.S. census for research.
Guides to Major Social Science Data Bases, No. 3, ISBN 0-8039-5389-5.
LC 94-17655. 1994. x, 86 pp. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks,
California/London, England. In Eng.
This is a guide to the
information collected in the 1990 U.S. census. The author "reviews the
history and content of the census and explains the issues that
researchers using it must confront. He indicates the topics that are
on the 'short forms' administered to everyone and those that are
measured for a sample of the population on 'long forms.' [He] notes
some significant changes in the 1990 census--in, for example, the
measurement of ancestry, education, and relationships among household
members. He reviews census definitions of geographic units, the
procedures used by the Bureau of the Census to gather data, and some
significant problems--notably that of undercount. The guide gives
special attention to the available data products based on the 1990
census, including both data on geographic units and the Public Use
Microdata Samples. [The author] identifies the different forms in which
researchers can obtain these data, including printed tables,
microfiche, magnetic tape, and CD-ROM."
Correspondence:
Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10779 Canada.
Statistics Canada (Ottawa, Canada). Age, sex, marital
status and common-law status. 1991 Census Technical Reports:
Reference Product Series, Pub. Order No. 92-325E. ISBN 0-660-14258-9.
Mar 1993. iii, 66 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
This is one in a
series of technical reports from the 1991 Canadian census which present
in detail information on specific population characteristics. This
report examines the data on age and sex distribution, marital status,
and consensual unions.
Correspondence: Statistics Canada,
Publications Division, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10780 Canada.
Statistics Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 1991 census geography:
a historical comparison. Pub. Order No. 92-311E. ISBN
0-660-14257-0. Aug 1993. ii, 51 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
"This
publication is one of many reference products designed to assist users
of census data in finding, understanding and comparing census
information. It provides an overview of changes from 1986 to 1991 in
the geographic areas used for disseminating census data. Some
differences from previous censuses are also indicated, where
applicable. The changes are described in terms of the geographic area
concept and rules of definition, as well as the number of changes to
the various geographic boundaries."
Correspondence:
Statistics Canada, Publications Division, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10781 Cheng,
Tiejun; Selden, Mark. The origins and social consequences
of China's hukou system. China Quarterly, No. 139, Sep 1994.
644-68 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"This article offers a
documentary study tracing the origins and development of the hukou
system of population registration and control, and scrutinizes its
relationship to a host of connected institutions, for clues to
understanding distinctive features of China's developmental trajectory
and social structure in the era of mobilizational collectivism." The
authors note that "the hukou system decisively shaped China's
collectivist socialism by creating a spatial hierarchy of urban places
and prioritizing the city over the countryside; by controlling
population movement up and down the spatially defined status hierarchy,
preventing population flow to the largest cities, enforcing the
permanent exile of urban residents to the countryside, and binding
people to the village or city of their birth; and by transferring the
locus of decision-making with respect to population mobility and work
from the transformed household to the work unit or danwei,
specifically, in the countryside, to the lowest unit of the
collective."
Correspondence: T. Cheng, State University of
New York, Institute for Research on Multiculturalism and Labor,
Binghamton, NY 13901. Location: Princeton University Library
(PR).
61:10782 de Beer,
Joop; Kuijper, Hans; Noordam, Rene; Prins, Kees; Sprangers,
Arno. Linking of immigrant flow and stock data in the
Netherlands; present and future possibilities. Statistical Journal
of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Vol. 10, No. 4,
1993. 321-34 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
The authors
examine ways currently under consideration to link data on the resident
population and on immigrants in the Netherlands. "An important
development is the introduction of a new computerized population
registration system in the near future. One of the features in the new
system is that each inhabitant will be identified by a unique
identification number. This promises well for opportunities in matching
data at the individual level. It is therefore expected that in the new
situation it will be possible to better link immigrant stock and flow
data."
Correspondence: J. de Beer, Netherlands Central
Bureau of Statistics, Department for Population Statistics, P.O. Box
959, 2270 AZ Voorburg, Netherlands. Location: World Bank,
Joint Bank-Fund Library, Washington, D.C.
61:10783 Edmonston,
Barry; Schultze, Charles. Modernizing the U.S.
census. ISBN 0-309-05182-7. LC 94-69488. 1995. xv, 460 pp.
National Academy Press: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This is the report
of a panel set up under the auspices of the National Research Council's
Committee on National Statistics to study the basic requirements for
the U.S. decennial census. It includes chapters on the role of the
census, population coverage and its implications, census cost increases
and their causes, radical alternatives to the census, a redesigned
census, census content, data on race and ethnicity, and intercensal
small-area data. "Our analysis leads to one overarching recommendation
for a substantially redesigned census in order to contain costs, reduce
error in the population count, and improve data quality. We believe
that significant changes in the census, which the Census Bureau in
large part is planning to test, can achieve significant improvements in
the data and at the same time make it possible to realize significant
reductions in costs."
Correspondence: National Academy
Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Box 285, Washington, D.C. 20418.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10784 Mitra,
Asok. Census 1961: new pathways. Economic and
Political Weekly, Vol. 29, No. 51-52, Dec 17-24, 1994. 3,207-21 pp.
Bombay, India. In Eng.
"This narrative recounts the activities
prior to and during the operation of the 1961 Census [of India] and
describes briefly the 26 projects carried out during the process.
While the problems were many, the 1961 Census saw a number of
innovations at the administrative and operational
levels."
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
61:10785 Nanda, A.
R. Census 1991: challenges and innovations. Economic
and Political Weekly, Vol. 29, No. 51-52, Dec 17-24, 1994. 3,227-34 pp.
Bombay, India. In Eng.
"Over the decades of its existence the
Census Organisation of India has had to face a range of issues and
resolve problems of data collection and tabulation through numerous
innovations. The 1991 Census too presented specific problems and has
seen the introduction of methods which have sought to capture micro
data comprehensively."
Location: Princeton University
Library (PF).
61:10786 Padmanabha,
P. Census of India, 1981: organisational issues.
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 29, No. 51-52, Dec 17-24, 1994.
3,222-5 pp. Bombay, India. In Eng.
"The experience of census
operations [in India's 1981 census] would seem to indicate the need for
serious consideration of important issues. For instance, can the census
restrict itself to providing a head count and information on the basic
characteristics of the population at the smallest administrative level,
leaving the collection of other more sophisticated aspects to sample
surveys and other systems of data gathering?"
Location:
Princeton University Library (PF).
61:10787 Peyser,
Alexia; Chackiel, Juan. The indigenous population in Latin
American censuses. [La poblacion indigena en los censos de America
Latina.] Notas de Poblacion, Vol. 22, No. 59, Jun 1994. 93-119 pp.
Santiago, Chile. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
"On reviewing the
information about the indigenous population in the [Latin American]
census data, clear discrepancies can be found. The main problem lies in
the various definitions of indigenous population....The greatest
difficulty arises from the multiple dimensionality of socio-cultural
elements....Existing estimates on indigenous population for the whole
region largely vary and, in most cases, seem to be determined by strong
emotions or, at least, based on highly subjective criteria. In spite
of the strong criticism about the estimates taken from the population
censuses, this source is generally one of the few with a real
base."
Correspondence: A. Peyser, UN Centro Latinoamericano
de Demografia, Edificio Naciones Unidas, Avenida Dag Hammarskjold,
Casilla 91, Santiago, Chile. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:10788 Prins, C.
J. M.; Harmsen, C. N. Demographic statistics after the GBA
Law is passed. [Bevolkingsstatistieken na de inwerkingtreding van
de Wet GBA.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 42, No. 9, Sep
1994. 32-6 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"The Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to replace the old
written population systems on paper with a new system of decentralized
automated population registers (in Dutch this system is called: GBA)
on 1 October 1994....In the summer of 1993 Statistics Netherlands
carried out a test to find out whether the GBA messages are appropriate
for making population statistics. To do this such messages were
forwarded to Statistics Netherlands by five municipalities for three
months. The conclusion of the test results was that the GBA system is
technically adequate for making population
statistics."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10789
Radovanovic, Svetlana. A critical overview of the
1991 census. [Neke kriticke opaske na popis stanovnistva 1991.
Godine.] Stanovnistvo, Vol. 30-31, 1992-1993. 171-7 pp. Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. In Scr.
The author describes how socioeconomic factors
and the political situation affected the 1991 census of Yugoslavia.
The complexity of the census is described and the professional
competence of the statisticians involved
assessed.
Correspondence: S. Radovanovic, Univerzitet u
Beogradu, Instituta Drustvenih Nauka, Centar za Demografska
Istrazivanja, Narodnog Fronta 45, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10790 Rajan, S.
Irudaya. Heading towards a billion. Economic and
Political Weekly, Vol. 29, No. 51-52, Dec 17-24, 1994. 3,201-5 pp.
Bombay, India. In Eng.
The author introduces a selection of papers
on the Indian census in general and the 1991 census in particular.
"Among the subjects discussed are problems of conducting the census
operations and collection of data, especially at the field level, the
decline in the sex ratio and in the population growth rate, the
employment situation with the focus on women and work, urbanisation,
and the nature of demographic transition in
India."
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
61:10791 Rozsa,
Gabor. Population censuses and their costs. [A
nepszamlalasok es koltsegeik.] Statisztikai Szemle, Vol. 72, No. 12,
Dec 1994. 920-8 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
This is a summary of a report from an international project
involving France, Hungary, Sweden, and the United Kingdom on the cost
of taking censuses. "The author...shows...the most important parts of
the summary report, pointing out the main characteristics of the recent
censuses of the participating countries, the comparisons of costs
converted to the price level of 1991, and the explanatory notes
necessary to understand the differences."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10792 Ruggles,
Steven. Historical demography from the census:
applications of the American census microdata files. In: Old and
new methods in historical demography, edited by David S. Reher and
Roger Schofield. 1993. 383-93 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In
Eng.
The development of public-use samples for U.S. censuses from
1880 to 1990 is described. The methodological and substantive
implications of this development for the study of such topics as
household composition, fertility, life-course analysis, household
economy, women's labor force participation, and ethnicity and
immigration are reviewed. The author concludes that "the public-use
microdata series will allow the construction of comparable
cross-tabulations on a wide range of topics that were not covered by
census publications, or were incompletely tabulated. Perhaps even more
important is the potential for pooled multivariate analyses opened up
by the availability of microdata."
Correspondence: S.
Ruggles, University of Minnesota, Department of History, 267 19th
Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10793 Simpson,
Stephen N. Coverage of the Great Britain census of
population and housing. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society,
Series A: Statistics in Society, Vol. 157, No. 3, 1994. 313-6 pp.
London, England. In Eng.
The extent of the undercount in the 1991
U.K. census and its consequences are described. The author notes that
"the 1.2 million non-response, the difference between the published
census figure and the final population estimate, is concentrated among
young adults aged 20-34 years, particularly males, but includes
significant numbers of young children and of very elderly people (80
years old and older)." Ways to reduce the level of non-response in
future censuses are discussed.
Correspondence: S. N.
Simpson, City of Bradford Municipal Council, Bradford, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
61:10794 Vemuri,
Murali D. Data collection in census: a survey of census
enumerators. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 29, No. 51-52,
Dec 17-24, 1994. 3,240-8 pp. Bombay, India. In Eng.
"In this paper
a framework for analysing measurement error [in the Indian census] is
presented. Based on the framework, the results of a survey of 1981
Census enumerators are discussed. This exploratory survey is focused
on the primary demographic data collected in the census using two
individual (universal and sample) forms. While some errors are
committed by enumerators, other errors occur independent of enumerator
characteristics."
Location: Princeton University Library
(PF).
61:10795 Garenne,
Michel; van Ginneken, Jeroen. Comparison of retrospective
surveys with a longitudinal follow-up in Senegal: SFS, DHS and
Niakhar. European Journal of Population/Revue Europeenne de
Demographie, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1994. 203-21 pp. Hingham,
Massachusetts/Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"This study compares the data obtained from two retrospective
surveys: the Senegal Fertility Survey (SFS) and the Demographic and
Health Survey (DHS) with the data obtained from a longitudinal
follow-up study held among the Sereer, living in a rural area of
Senegal (Niakhar). The study shows that the fertility level is
slightly higher in the retrospective surveys than in the longitudinal
follow-up, the difference being mainly due to an overestimation of the
fertility rate of the age group 15-19 years. The mortality levels and
trends among under-five children are correctly estimated by the DHS,
but are underestimated by the SFS. The age pattern of mortality is
slightly biased in the DHS and SFS, owing to errors on age at the time
of death in these retrospective surveys. The comparison of the
nutritional status was difficult to make because of the small sample
size used in the DHS."
Correspondence: M. Garenne, Harvard
University, School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Room 1208,
Boston, MA 02115. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:10796 Haaga,
John; DaVanzo, Julie; Peterson, Christine; Tey, Nai Peng.
Twelve-year follow-up of respondents in a sample survey in
Peninsular Malaysia. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 9, No.
2, Jun 1994. 61-72 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"This note
reports the experience of an attempt to find and re-interview in late
1988 and early 1989, as part of the Second Malaysian Family Life Survey
(MFLS-2), the female respondents to the 1976-77 Malaysian Family Life
Survey (MFLS-1) and a sample of their adult children aged 18 or
older....We discuss the field methods used to track the panel members
and their adult children, report follow-up rates and analyze the
selectivity of attrition from the panel, using data from the MFLS-1 on
characteristics of both the missing and the re-interviewed respondents
and their families. We then discuss the degree to which these results
might be generalized to other such attempts at re-contacting survey
respondents."
Correspondence: J. Haaga, National Academy of
Sciences, National Research Council, Committee on Population, 2101
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20418. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10797 McFarlane,
Carmen P.; Friedman, Jay S.; Morris, Leo. Contraceptive
Prevalence Survey, Jamaica, 1993. Volume I: administrative
report. Feb 1994. vi, 161 pp. National Family Planning Board:
Kingston, Jamaica. In Eng.
This is the administrative report from
the 1993 Jamaica Contraceptive Prevalence Survey, the fifth in a series
of surveys of this kind. It is one of a set of five planned reports
presenting results from the survey.
For Volumes II and III, also
published in 1994, see elsewhere in this issue.
Correspondence: National Family Planning Board, Kingston,
Jamaica. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10798 Michael,
Robert T.; Gagnon, John H.; Laumann, Edward O.; Kolata, Gina.
Sex in America: a definitive survey. ISBN 0-316-07524-8. LC
94-18258. 1994. 300 pp. Little, Brown: Boston, Massachusetts. In Eng.
This book, which is intended for a general audience, presents
results from a survey on current sexual behavior in the United States
based on a random sample of 3,432 scientifically selected respondents.
The survey was carried out in 1992. It includes chapters on the survey
methodology, who are the sex partners, finding a partner, how many sex
partners people have, how often people have sex, sex practices and
preferences, masturbation and erotica, homosexuality, sexually
transmitted diseases, AIDS, forced sex, and sex in
society.
Correspondence: Little, Brown and Company, 34
Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108-1493. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10799 Population
Council (New York, New York). Egypt 1992: results from
the Demographic and Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning,
Vol. 25, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1994. 243-7 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are summary results from the 1992-1993 Egypt Demographic and
Health Survey, which covered 10,760 households, 9,864 women aged 15-49,
and 2,466 husbands. Statistics are provided in tabular format on
population characteristics, fertility trends and preferences,
contraceptive use, marital and contraceptive status, postpartum
variables, infant mortality, disease prevention and treatment, and
nutritional status.
Correspondence: Population Council, One
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10800 Population
Council (New York, New York). Kenya 1993: results from
the Demographic and Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning,
Vol. 25, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1994. 310-4 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are summary results from the 1993 Kenya Demographic and
Health Survey, which covered 7,950 households, 7,540 women aged 15-49,
and 2,336 men. Tabular data are provided on population
characteristics, fertility, fertility preferences, current
contraceptive use, contraception, marital and contraceptive status,
postpartum variables, infant mortality, prevention and treatment of
disease, and nutritional status.
Correspondence: Population
Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10801 Population
Council (New York, New York). Syria 1993: results from
the PAPCHILD Survey. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 25, No. 4,
Jul-Aug 1994. 248-52 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are
summary results from the 1993 Syria Maternal and Child Health Survey,
which was conducted within the framework of the Pan Arab Project for
Child Development (PAPCHILD). The survey covered 19,971 households,
4,814 ever-married women aged 15-54, and 4,356 children under age five.
Statistics are provided in tabular format on population
characteristics, fertility trends and preferences, contraceptive use,
marital and contraceptive status, postpartum variables, infant
mortality, disease prevention and treatment, and nutritional
status.
Correspondence: Population Council, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10802 Riede,
Thomas; Emmerling, Dieter. Analyses of voluntary responses
in the microcensus: are survey results distorted by voluntary
responses? [Analysen zur Freiwilligkeit der Auskunftserteilung im
Mikrozensus: sind Stichprobenergebnisse bei Freiwilliger
Auskunftserteilung verzerrt?] Wirtschaft und Statistik, No. 9, Sep
1994. 733-42 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger.
An attempt is made to
determine whether microcensus results in Germany are less reliable when
responses to questions are voluntary rather than required. The
analysis focuses on two questions that have been voluntary since 1991:
highest level of general schooling completed and most recent
occupational training completed. Data are from the 1991, 1992, and
1993 microcensuses. Earlier data are included for comparative
purposes.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
