61:30583 Abe-Nagata,
Kozue K. Demographic overview of the ageing situation in
the ESCWA region and its developmental implications. Population
Bulletin of ESCWA, No. 41-42, 1993-1994. 153-75 pp. Amman, Jordan. In
Eng.
"The study is based on a statistical compilation carried out
by the author using the United Nations World Population Prospects 1990
and its 1992 revision, in addition to the United Nations ESCWA
demographic estimation on the ageing situation in the ESCWA region. It
provides demographic projections through the year 2025, and covers
future economic implications of the ageing situation, as well as
existing policies regarding ageing in selected
countries."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30584 Cheng, C.
Z.; Wu, Qianjin. Population aging in China: the
demographic implications. China Report, Vol. 30, No. 1, Jan-Mar
1994. 29-51 pp. New Delhi, India. In Eng.
"This study focuses on
demographic concerns besides dealing with a cross-section of issues in
China. Demographic changes of the elderly will be analysed over time
and space. This paper sheds some light on the trend of population
aging in China because a thorough understanding of the aging experience
is essential for planning and policy making for an aging
society....This study is based on data from the 1953, 1964, 1982 and
1990 national population censuses as well as the 1987 One-per-Hundred
Population Sampling Survey Data."
Correspondence: C. Z.
Cheng, University of Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, Pokfulam Road,
Hong Kong. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
61:30585 Crothers,
Charles. The New Zealand age-sex structure,
1981-1991. New Zealand Population Review, Vol. 20, No. 1-2,
May-Nov 1994. 133-49 pp. Wellington, New Zealand. In Eng.
"A decade
ago I published an account of the New Zealand age-sex structure for
1981....This research note furthers this longer-term project by
updating the data for the 1986 and 1991 censuses, and by beginning to
examine the cumulative demographic experiences of the several cohorts
over time."
Correspondence: C. Crothers, University of
Auckland, Department of Sociology, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1, New
Zealand. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30586 Gui,
Shixun. A survey report on the life cycle of the Chinese
elderly. Chinese Journal of Population Science, Vol. 7, No. 1,
1995. 45-54 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"In August 1992...the
Chinese-Japanese Survey Group on the Life Cycle of the Elderly
conducted a sample survey on the life experience and status quo of the
elderly in Zhejiang Province and the City of Shanghai, which covered
1,583 urban and rural elderly at or above the age of 60....[The aim was
to] not only help change the attitudes towards reproduction among women
at child-bearing age, but also contribute to a well-drafted development
program for the elderly care system in China so as to prepare the
country for the situation after the 2020s when the parents of only
children become senior citizens."
Correspondence: S. Gui,
East China Normal University, Institute of Population Research,
Shanghai 220062, China. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:30587 Hugo,
Graeme. Future directions in aged care in Indonesia.
ISBN 0-7308-0069-5. 1994. xiii, 119, [20] pp. University of Adelaide,
Department of Geography: Adelaide, Australia. Distributed by
Commissioner for Ageing, P.O. Box 70, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000,
Australia. In Eng. with sum. in Ind.
These are the proceedings of a
seminar on caring for the aged in Indonesia, held in Jakarta in July
1994. Included are papers on the characteristics of demographic aging
in Indonesia by M. Djuhari Wirakartakusumah and Evi N. Anwar, and a
comparative study of demographic aging in Indonesia and
Australia.
Correspondence: University of Adelaide,
Department of Geography, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30588 James, W.
H. What stabilizes the sex ratio? Annals of Human
Genetics, Vol. 59, No. 2, Apr 1995. 243-9 pp. New York, New
York/Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"It is suggested that the human
sex ratio at birth is stabilized only to a minor extent by the direct
processes of natural selection. Instead the major factors stabilizing
sex ratio seem to be behavioural (coital rates) and psychological
(parental perceptions of adult sex ratios). It is suggested that
parental hormone levels are (a) a consequence of perceived adult sex
ratios, and (b) a cause of sex ratio in the next generation, thus
providing the basis for a negative feedback process stabilizing the sex
ratio."
Correspondence: W. H. James, University College
London, Galton Laboratory, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1
2HE, England. Location: Princeton University Library (SZ).
61:30589 Kertzer,
David I.; Laslett, Peter. Aging in the past: demography,
society, and old age. Studies in Demography, No. 7, ISBN
0-520-08465-9. LC 93-33288. 1995. xiv, 408 pp. University of California
Press: Berkeley, California/London, England. In Eng.
This book is a
product of a conference on the historical demography of aging held at
Bowdoin College, Breckenridge Public Affairs Center, in York, Maine, in
the spring of 1990. "Our interest was in the interaction between
demographic events and processes, on the one hand, and both societal
age norms and individual-level behavior involving older people, on the
other. While the emphasis was on demographic forces, these were
examined in interaction with other relevant influences: economic,
political, social, and cultural. The focus was on the West, both
Europe and North America." The 13 papers are divided into five
substantive parts, which, apart from the introduction and conclusion,
concern living arrangements, widowhood, and retirement and
mortality.
Correspondence: University of California Press,
2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:30590 Kovar,
Jiri; Rihanek, Zdenek. Typology of age structures in the
Czech Republic. [Typologie vekovych struktur v Ceske republice.]
Demografie, Vol. 37, No. 2, 1995. 102-12 pp. Prague, Czech Republic. In
Cze. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The authors evaluate the age structure
of the Czech Republic. "The basis of the evaluation rests in numbers of
population of productive age while the participation of the pre- and
post-productive population has been expressed in relation to it....This
approach has been applied [to] the preliminary results of the 1991
population census for the Czech Republic, its regions, districts,
hinterland centres of district and local importance as well as for the
communities."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30591 Legare,
Jacques; Myers, George C.; Tabah, Leon. Synthesis of
national monographs on population ageing. ISBN 92-9103-027-9.
1993. 57 pp. International Institute on Aging [INIA]: Valletta, Malta;
Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in
Demography [CICRED]: Paris, France. In Eng.
This report presents a
synthesis of a series of country monographs on the demographic and
socioeconomic aspects of population aging. The report is divided into
three main sections, which deal with the demographic, health, and
socioeconomic aspects of the aging process, respectively. The
geographical scope is world wide. The 20 country reports on which it is
based concern both developed and developing
countries.
Correspondence: International Institute on
Aging, 117 St. Paul Street, Valletta VLT 07, Malta. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30592 Morocco.
Direction de la Statistique. Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Demographiques [CERED] (Rabat, Morocco). The
sociodemographic characteristics of the elderly population.
[Caracteristiques socio-demographiques de la population agee.] Mar
1995. 41 pp. Rabat, Morocco. In Fre.
This report examines the
situation of the elderly population living in urban areas of Morocco.
Data are from a variety of sources, including the 1982 census. The
characteristics of the population examined include health status,
literacy and economic activity, social security, and housing. It is
noted that the relative size of the elderly urban population will
increase significantly in the coming
decade.
Correspondence: Direction de la Statistique, Centre
d'Etudes et de Recherches Demographiques, B.P. 178, Rue Mohamed
Belhassan, El Ouazzani-Haut Agdal, Rabat, Morocco. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30593 Penev,
Goran. Population of FR Yugoslavia by age and sex.
Yugoslav Survey, Vol. 35, No. 2, 1994. 3-30 pp. Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
In Eng.
Changes in the age and sex distribution of what is now
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) are analyzed over the period from
1921 to 1991 using census data.
Correspondence: G. Penev,
Institute of Social Sciences, Demographic Research Center, Svetog Save
22a, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
61:30594 Seidl,
Christian. The desire for a son is the father of many
daughters: a sex ratio paradox. Journal of Population Economics,
Vol. 8, No. 2, May 1995. 185-203 pp. New York, New York/Berlin,
Germany. In Eng.
"This paper investigates the impact of preferences
for male offspring to female offspring upon the sex ratio of the
population. Asymmetric procreation behaviour of this kind is modelled
by assuming that a female's procreation ceases only after at least one
son or n daughters are born. It is shown that such asymmetric
procreation behaviour has no effect on the sex ratio of the society,
but influences rather the growth rate of the population. Finally,
problems concerning the interrelationship between the sex ratio, the
pattern of procreation, and the marriage regime in stationary
populations are investigated."
Correspondence: C. Seidl,
Universitat Kiel, Institut fur Finanzwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik,
Olshausenstrasse 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:30595 Sen,
Kasturi. Ageing: debates on demographic transition and
social policy. ISBN 1-85649-259-1. LC 94-41477. 1994. xi, 143 pp.
Zed Books: Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey/London, England. In Eng.
This review of the literature on demographic aging focuses on the
social and health consequences of this population development. "The
book explores the complex dimensions of [this] demographic transition,
including the health needs of older people, the incidence of poverty
and the effects of economic dependence, the urban-rural comparisons,
gender differences, and positive approaches to ageing. It examines the
societal implications of an expanding ageing population, North and
South, and priority areas for research and development. [It]...also
includes an annotated review of the journal and monographic literature
on the subject...."
Correspondence: Zed Books, 7 Cynthia
Street, London N1 9JF, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:30596 Treas,
Judith. Older Americans in the 1990s and beyond.
Population Bulletin, Vol. 50, No. 2, May 1995. 46 pp. Population
Reference Bureau: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author "traces the
increased numbers and changing age and ethnic composition of the
elderly as the U.S. population has grown and life expectancy has
lengthened. It presents recent figures on the marital status, living
arrangements, education, economic status, and other characteristics of
the U.S. elderly, and grapples with the difficult issues of the care
and well-being of growing numbers of the oldest old (age 85 and above)
who are most likely to need long-term
care."
Correspondence: Population Reference Bureau, 1875
Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 520, Washington, D.C. 20009-5728.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30597 United
States. Department of Health and Human Services. Task Force on Aging
Research (Washington, D.C.). The threshold of discovery:
future directions for research on aging. Administrative Document,
Apr 1995. iv, 360 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This report is from
the Task Force on Aging Research, set up by the U.S. Congress in 1990
"to assess progress in the scientific understanding of aging, to advise
where the search for these answers should be concentrated, and to make
recommendations for allocation of resources in the support of
research." The issues considered include social, economic, and
demographic research on aging.
Correspondence: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Task Force on Aging Research,
Washington, D.C. 20201. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:30598 Vatter,
Robert H. Taking stock of America's youth.
Statistical Bulletin, Vol. 76, No. 2, Apr-Jun 1995. 2-9 pp. New York,
New York. In Eng.
The author outlines characteristics of U.S. youth
aged 14-24. Aspects considered include baby boom echo effects, growing
diversity, educational considerations, labor force participation,
household formation, and income and consumption
patterns.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30599 Yan,
Zihui. New characteristics of population in China at the
cross-century period. Chinese Journal of Population Science, Vol.
7, No. 1, 1995. 89-100 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"In the 21
years since China launched its family planning program nationwide, the
Chinese population characteristics have gone through profound changes.
Timely understanding of the new characteristics and their influences on
population reproduction is of significant theoretical and practical
importance for population changes in China as we enter into the 21st
century. This article offers a comprehensive analysis of this process
of change." Particular attention is given to demographic aging and its
consequences.
Correspondence: Z. Yan, Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences, Population Research Institute, 5 Jianguomen Nei Da Jie
5 Hao, Beijing, China. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:30600
Barnes-Josiah, Debora; Augustin, Antoine. Secular
trend in the age at menarche in Haiti. American Journal of Human
Biology, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1995. 357-62 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"Trends in age at menarche of 10,563 pregnant Haitian women
enrolled in a longitudinal study of maternal mortality are examined.
Mean recalled age at menarche for adult women in the sample was 15.37
years. However, there was a clear decline in mean menarcheal ages from
the oldest to the youngest women, with a mean rate of decline for adult
women of 0.36 years per decade....The data suggests a secular decline
in age at menarche in Haiti, as well as a continuing disparity between
metropolitan and rural women."
Correspondence: D.
Barnes-Josiah, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health,
Division of Epidemiology, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300,
Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:30601 Libanova,
E. M. The average life span of the population (results
from a large-scale regional survey). [Prodolzhitel'nost' zhizni
naseleniya (opyt kompleksnogo regional'nogo issledovaniya).] ISBN
5-12-002177-8. 1991. 198 pp. Naukova Dumka: Kiev, Ukraine. In Rus.
Changes in life expectancy, the factors affecting it, and the
impact these changes are having on the Ukraine's socioeconomic
development are analyzed. The author examines the impact on housing
needs and food requirements, as well as on the size and characteristics
of the labor force.
Correspondence: Naukova Dumka, ul.
Repina 3, 252601 Kiev, Ukraine. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:30602 Marmot,
Michael G. Social differentials in health within and
between populations. Daedalus, Vol. 123, No. 4, Fall 1994. 197-216
pp. Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
The author discusses
socioeconomic differentials in the improvement of life expectancy.
"Among industrialized countries, there is marked divergence in life
expectancy. And even within industrialized countries there are
substantial variations in life expectancy and other measures of health
status."
Correspondence: M. G. Marmot, University College
and Middlesex School of Medicine, University College London, Department
of Epidemiology and Public Health, 66-72 Gower Street, London WC1E 6EA,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30603 Rehan,
N. Characteristics of the menarche in Hausa girls in
Nigeria. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol. 14, No. 4,
1994. 265-8 pp. Abingdon, England. In Eng.
Age at menarche in
Nigeria is examined using data on 5,736 Hausa girls in the north of the
country. Mean age at menarche in this population was 13 years and 5
months. Comparisons are made with other major ethnic groups in the
country, and the impact of place of residence, family size, and social
class on age at menarche assessed.
Correspondence: N.
Rehan, 440 Sector G-9/1, Islamabad, Pakistan. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30604 Shigematsu,
Takao; Nanjo, Zenji; Yoshinaga, Kazuhiko; Inoue, Toshitaka.
Factors contributing to the improvement and predominance of the
longevity of the Japanese population. NUPRI Research Paper Series,
No. 65, Aug 1994. v, 29 pp. Nihon University, Population Research
Institute: Tokyo, Japan. In Eng.
"This paper aims at analyzing the
relationship between the increase in life expectancy and the mortality
changes by age and selected causes of death and at discussing the
factors relevant to them in the light of medicosocial developments.
Also, a comparative analysis is conducted of Japanese and selected
European life expectancies and main causes of death with an eye to
examine the elements that had contributed to the Japanese preponderance
in life expectancy at birth around the year when it surged ahead of the
European level as well as in recent years for which data are
available."
Correspondence: Nihon University, Population
Research Institute, 3-2 Misaki-cho, 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101,
Japan. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30605 Topo,
Paivi; Hemminki, Elina. Is menopause withering away?
Journal of Biosocial Science, Vol. 27, No. 3, Jul 1995. 267-76 pp.
Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"Menopause (cessation of menstruation)
and the period surrounding it (climacterium) are often defined
retrospectively by asking a woman the date of her last menstrual period
(LMP). Based on a survey of 2,000 women aged 45-64 in 1989 in Finland,
this study examines (1) the relation between these definitions and
women's own definitions of their climacteric status and of the
cessation of menstruation and (2) the effect of menopausal and
postmenopausal hormone therapy and hysterectomy on the definition of
menopause and climacterium....Current hormone use and hysterectomy had
little effect on reported final cessation of menstrual periods. It is
concluded that hysterectomy and hormone therapy shape women's thinking
about the end of reproductive life, blur the concepts of menopause and
postmenopause and confuse the measurement of age at
menopause."
Correspondence: P. Topo, National Research and
Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Health Research Unit,
Helsinki, Finland. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:30606 Alperovich,
Gershon. The relationship between income inequality and
city size: a general equilibrium model of an open system of cities
approach. Urban Studies, Vol. 32, No. 6, Jun 1995. 853-62 pp.
Abingdon, England. In Eng.
The relationship between city size and
income inequalities is explored using a general equilibrium model. "An
outstanding conclusion emerging from the analysis is that economic
theory does not constrain the relation to any specific shape. As far
as theoretical reasoning is concerned city size can exert positive or
negative impact on income inequality or the two may even be completely
unrelated to each other. This remarkable conclusion is in disagreement
with all previous models which support a unidirectional, positive or
negative, relation."
Correspondence: G. Alperovich,
Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics, 52 900 Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Location: Princeton University Library (UES).
61:30607 Browne,
Irene. The baby boom and trends in poverty,
1967-1987. Social Forces, Vol. 73, No. 3, Mar 1995. 1,071-95 pp.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In Eng.
"The theory of cohort
competition developed by Easterlin suggests that individuals born
during the baby boom are more likely to be poor than those born before
or after them. This article investigates this claim by addressing two
questions: Is there any effect of cohort on poverty, and, if so, does
this effect follow the pattern predicted by Easterlin's theory? A
decomposition of poverty by age, period, cohort, and household type
shows that among whites, every successive generation of family heads
born throughout the baby boom has faced an increasingly greater chance
of being poor. Among blacks, the cohort effect is not statistically
significant. Contrary to Easterlin's prediction, however, it is
white-family heads born after the baby boom who face the highest odds
of poverty. The cohort effect is not due to recent changes in family
structure, which are controlled."
Correspondence: I.
Browne, Emory University, Department of Sociology, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30608 Livi-Bacci,
Massimo. Poverty and population. IUSSP Distinguished
Lecture Series on Population and Development, ISBN 2-87108-042-9. 1994.
26 pp. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
[IUSSP]: Liege, Belgium. In Eng.
The author examines the
relationships between population growth and poverty, with a focus on
using a microlevel approach in order "to understand how demographic
phenomena and behaviours affect the ability of individuals, families or
groups to escape poverty or--at the opposite end--determines the
decline into poverty."
Correspondence: International Union
for the Scientific Study of Population, 34 rue des Augustins, 4000
Liege, Belgium. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30609 Lozano
Ascencio, Fernando. Bringing it back home: remittances to
Mexico from migrant workers in the United States. Center for
U.S.-Mexican Studies Monograph Series, No. 37, ISBN 1-878367-11-0.
1993. xiii, 77 pp. University of California, Center for U.S.-Mexican
Studies: San Diego, California. In Eng.
In this study, translated
from Spanish, "the author undertakes an exercise to determine the total
amount of remittances sent from the United States to Mexico during the
1980s and up to 1990, through both formal sending channels (transfers
through telegraph and banking systems) and informal channels, such as
'pocket transfers.' The estimate offered here was calculated based on
a model that incorporates projections of the permanent and temporary
migrant populations in the United States, as well as data on a series
of economic indicators collected in ten surveys with migrant workers in
both Mexico and the United States....Although remittances have a strong
economic impact in the Mexican economy as a whole, that impact is even
more pronounced when we look at the role of remittances in the Mexican
regions that are major migrant-sending
areas."
Correspondence: University of California, Center
for U.S.-Mexican Studies, 0510, Publications Distributor, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0510. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:30610 Russia.
Gosudarstvennyi Komitet Rossiiskoi Federatsii po Statistike (Goskomstat
Rossii) (Moscow, Russia). Occupations among the largest
ethnic groups in the Russian Federation, based on data from the 1989
census. [Professional'nyi sostav naseleniya korennykh i naibolee
mnogochislennykh natsional'nostei Rossiiskoi Federatsii, po dannym
perepisi naseleniya 1989 goda.] ISBN 5-7798-0009X. 1992. 628 pp.
Moscow, Russia. In Rus.
Data on occupations in Russia are presented
by major ethnic group. The data are presented separately for
blue-collar and white-collar workers.
Correspondence:
Gosudarstvennyi Komitet Rossiiskoi Federatsii po Statistike, Ul. Kirova
39, 103450 Moscow, Russia. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:30611 Vecernik,
Jiri. Changes in household income distribution,
1988-1992. [Zmeny v rozdeleni prijmu domacnosti 1988-1992.]
Demografie, Vol. 37, No. 2, 1995. 87-101 pp. Prague, Czech Republic. In
Cze. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The author examines changes in the
distribution of household income in the Czech Republic between 1988 and
1992. Aspects considered include reasons for an increase in income
inequality, methods of calculating distribution, and determinants of
the poverty rate.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:30612 von
Weizsacker, Robert K. Public pension reform, demographics,
and inequality. Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 8, No. 2,
May 1995. 205-21 pp. New York, New York/Berlin, Germany. In Eng.
"Starting from a simple, descriptive model of individual income, an
explicit link between the age composition of a population and the
personal distribution of incomes is established. Demographic effects
on income inequality are derived. Next, a pay-as-you-go financed state
pension system is introduced. The resulting government budget
constraint entails interrelations between fiscal and demographic
variables, causing an additional, indirect demographic impact on the
distribution. This is shown not only to change, but in some cases even
to reverse the distributional incidence of an aging population.
Several policy conflicts arise. The point is re-emphasized by an
analysis of the German Pension Reform Act of 1992. The study reveals
that the design of the pension formula decisively drives the relation
between demographics and inequality."
Correspondence: R. K.
von Weizsacker, Martin-Luther-Universitat, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche
Fakultat, Lehrstuhl Volkswirtschaftslehre, Grosse Steinstrasse 73,
06099 Halle, Germany. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:30613 Zarca,
Bernard. Inheritance and differences in social mobility
between brothers. [L'heritage et la mobilite sociale au sein de la
fratrie.] Population, Vol. 50, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1995. 331-56 pp. Paris,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
"In a previous paper the
author investigated whether one or several sons were chosen to inherit
their father's independent occupational status. He concluded that
privileged treatment of oldest sons did not exclude the possibility
that status could be inherited by several sons. In this paper the
author extends his analysis to all social classes [in France]. Does
marriage increase or reduce the chances of inheriting occupational
status, or access to such status? Are the matrimonial careers of
eldest and youngest sons different? Generally, the answers are
positive, which suggests that inheritance and social mobility should be
studied for families, rather than for individuals. However, they do
not contradict the well known fact that eldest sons enjoy a privileged
position."
For related articles, see 59:30567 and 60:10547.
Correspondence: B. Zarca, Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique, 15 quai Anatole France, 75700 Paris, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30614 Ainsworth,
Martha; Beegle, Kathleen; Nyamete, Andrew. The impact of
female schooling on fertility and contraceptive use: a study of
fourteen Sub-Saharan countries. Living Standards Measurement Study
Working Paper, No. 110, ISBN 0-8213-3019-5. LC 94-30391. 1995. xi, 69
pp. World Bank: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This paper examines the
relationship between female schooling and two behaviors--cumulative
fertility and contraceptive use--in fourteen Sub-Saharan African
countries where Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) have been
conducted since the mid-1980s. Using multivariate regression analysis,
the paper compares the effect of female schooling across countries, in
urban and rural areas, and across different cohorts of women. For the
subsample of ever-married women, the effect of female and male
schooling is compared....The results show a negative correlation
between female schooling and fertility in virtually all of the
countries. However, the relationship is non-linear. Female primary
schooling has a negative relation with fertility in about half of the
countries and no relation in the other half. Secondary schooling is
universally associated with lower fertility, and the strength of the
effect increases with the years of schooling. No major differences
between countries in different income groups is noted, but there is
evidence of a positive relationship between income and fertility in
Nigeria, and a negative relationship in Tanzania, Ghana, Togo and
Botswana."
Correspondence: World Bank, Office of the
Publisher, Distribution Unit, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C.
20433. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30615 Boggess,
Scott. Family structure, economic status, and educational
attainment. Population Studies Center Research Report, No. 94-317,
Aug 1994. 23, [11] pp. University of Michigan, Population Studies
Center: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This study examines the
effect of [U.S.] family structure on high school graduation and
completed education by race and gender using data from the first
twenty-one waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and recently
available retrospective marital histories....The analysis tests the
hypothesis that the negative effect on educational attainment often
associated with living in a mother-only or stepfather family stems
primarily from the reduced level of economic resources available to
these households."
Correspondence: University of Michigan,
Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
48109. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30616 Bukodi,
Erzsebet. Main characteristics of intergenerational social
mobility. [A nemzedekek kozotti tarsadalmi mobilitas fobb
jellemzoi.] Statisztikai Szemle, Vol. 73, No. 4-5, Apr-May 1995. 324-39
pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng.
"Data [from a
Hungarian] mobility survey show that the main driving force behind
social changes is the alteration of the economic structure, which
presented itself with increased numbers of the self-employed on one
hand, and with increased numbers of employees in the private sector on
the other. Relying on her analysis the author thinks that only a part
of social changes can be described...using the categories built on
traditional labour-like groups."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:30617 Bulusu,
Lak; White, Ian. Trends in higher qualifications, 1971 to
1991. Population Trends, No. 79, Spring 1995. 37-42 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
"Statistics from the 1991 Census show that the
number of people aged 20-64 in Great Britain with higher educational
qualifications more than doubled since the 1971 Census. This article
summarises the main trends over this period for men and women, by
age-group, by area of residence, and by the subject of the
qualification."
Correspondence: L. Bulusu, Office of
Population Censuses and Surveys, Population Statistics Division, St.
Catherine's House, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JP, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30618 Hernandez,
Pedro M.; Beller, Andrea H.; Graham, John W. Changes in
the relationship between child support payments and educational
attainment of offspring, 1979-1988. Demography, Vol. 32, No. 2,
May 1995. 249-60 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"We examine changes
over the 1980s in the effect of child support payments on the
educational attainment of children age 16 to 19 in the United States,
and why child support has a stronger impact than other sources of
income. We use 1979 and 1988 Current Population Survey data, covering
a period when improvements in enforcement should have increased the
proportion of reluctant fathers paying support. We hypothesize and find
that the positive effect of child support on education diminished
somewhat over this period, both absolutely and in relation to other
income."
This is a revised version of a paper originally presented
at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: P. M. Hernandez, University of
Illinois, School of Human Resources and Family Studies, Division of
Consumer Sciences, 274 Bevier Hall, 905 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana,
IL 61801. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30619 Li,
Chun-Hao; Bagaka's, Joshua G.; Darden, Joe T. A comparison
of the U.S. Census Summary Tape Files 1A and 3A in measuring
residential segregation. Journal of Economic and Social
Measurement, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1995. 145-55 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
In Eng.
"This paper examines the difference in results obtained
from using Summary Tape Files 1A...and 3A...in measuring residential
segregation. The 1A file contains data for the whole population, while
the 3A file is based on estimates derived from a sample of the 1990
census. Computation of segregation indexes for the 45 largest
metropolitan areas (MSA/PMSA) in the United States, using both files,
revealed large differences. The differences were found to be
correlated negatively with the percentage of the minority group
population in the metropolitan area."
Correspondence: C.-H.
Li, Michigan State University, Urban Affairs Programs, East Lansing, MI
48824-1111. Location: Princeton University Library (SF).
61:30620 Lobo,
Peter. Residential segregation of Asians and Hispanics in
1990. In: American Statistical Association, 1993 Proceedings of
the Social Statistics Section. [1993]. 60-4 pp. American Statistical
Association: Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng.
"This paper analyzes and
compares the 1990 residential patterns of Asians, Hispanics, and Blacks
with respect to Whites with a view to understanding how well these
groups have been spatially integrated into U.S. society. It also
examines the segregation levels of specific Asian and Hispanic
groups."
Correspondence: P. Lobo, University of Michigan,
1225 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30621 Morrison,
Philip S. Housing occupancy and the changing size of
households and dwellings in New Zealand 1951-1991. New Zealand
Population Review, Vol. 20, No. 1-2, May-Nov 1994. 69-100 pp.
Wellington, New Zealand. In Eng.
"Progress across the last 40 years
in the housing of New Zealanders is reviewed, using both published and
unpublished census tabulations and the SUPERMAP2 mapping facility. The
topics covered include dwelling occupancy, changing dwelling and
household size, the match between households and dwellings, and
crowding and its geography in Auckland and Wellington. A number of
problems concerning the questions included in the successive censuses
of housing are also identified, and the importance of a continuing
dialogue between researchers and census-takers is
stressed."
Correspondence: P. S. Morrison, Victoria
University of Wellington, Department of Geography, P.O. Box 600,
Wellington, New Zealand. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:30622 Myhrman,
Antero; Olsen, Paivi; Rantakallio, Paula; Laara, Esa. Does
the wantedness of a pregnancy predict a child's educational
attainment? Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 27, No. 3, May-Jun
1995. 116-9 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"In this article, we
report on the academic progress at adolescence and early adulthood of a
1966 cohort of births in Finland; we assess whether the wantedness of a
pregnancy has an independent effect on educational attainment when
family background is taken into consideration....We also examine gender
differences in educational attainment among children born from unwanted
pregnancies." The analysis indicates that "25% of the young men born
following an unwanted pregnancy failed to attain any more education
than the nine years of compulsory schooling, compared with 18% of those
born as a result of a mistimed pregnancy and 14% from a wanted one.
The comparable proportions for women in the cohort were 19%, 13% and
9%, respectively. A binary regression analysis that controlled for
family background variables indicates that unwantedness increased the
risk that men would not go on to upper secondary school by 6.0
percentage points and that women would not by 6.3 percentage
points."
Correspondence: A. Myhrman, University of Oulu,
Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, Aapistiez,
90220 Oulu, Finland. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:30623 Rajan, S.
Irudaya. Catholics in Bombay: a historical-demographic
study of the Roman Catholic population in the Archdiocese of
Bombay. ISBN 81-85408-01-4. 1993. xxiii, 338 pp. Vendrame
Institute: Shillong, India; Firma KLM Private: Calcutta, India. In Eng.
"This is the first demographic study on Roman Catholics in India
using the Roman Catholic Parish records of the Archdiocese of Bombay
for the last 125 years. The study reveals that the baptismal, burial
and nuptial records maintained in the parishes are fairly reliable and
accurate justifying further historical research work in this field in
other parts of India. After Parsis, this study maintains that Roman
Catholics, one of the minority religious groups in India, are in the
final stage of demographic transition with low mortality and
fertility."
Correspondence: Vendrame Institute, Shillong
793 008, India. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30624 Simon,
Patrick. The housing of immigrants. [Le logement des
immigres.] Population et Societes, No. 303, Jul 1995. [4] pp. Institut
National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
The
housing of immigrants in France is analyzed using data from a 1992
survey.
Correspondence: Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30625 Anderson,
Barbara A.; Silver, Brian D. Demographic sources of the
changing ethnic composition of the Soviet Union. In: Population,
ethnicity, and nation-building, edited by Calvin Goldscheider. 1995.
149-99 pp. Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"In this chapter, we discuss the changing ethnic composition of the
Soviet population as a whole and by region between 1959 and 1989, the
dates of the first and last post-War censuses of the population. We
examine the proximate demographic sources of change for different
regions of the country, with a special emphasis on fertility and
migration. We show that the ethnic makeup of the Soviet population was
very dynamic....We focus on the populations of [the] union republics
rather than the entire set of federal units and
nationalities."
Correspondence: B. A. Anderson, University
of Michigan, Department of Sociology, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30626 Belgium.
Institut National de Statistique (Brussels, Belgium).
Foreign population as at January 1, 1994. [Population
etrangere au 1.1.1994.] Statistiques Demographiques, No. 3B, 1994. 267
pp. Brussels, Belgium. In Fre.
Statistical data are presented from
the National Population Register on the foreign population living in
Belgium. Information is included on the sex and age distribution and
marital status of the foreign population, as well as on the country of
origin of foreigners.
Correspondence: Institut National de
Statistique, 44 rue de Louvain, Centre Albert, 8e etage, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30627
Chrissantaki, Palmera; Kuiper, Erwin. Africans in
Europe: a portrait in figures. [Les Africains en Europe: un
portrait en chiffres.] Revue Europeenne des Migrations Internationales,
Vol. 10, No. 3, 1994. 189-99 pp. Poitiers, France. In Fre.
Selected
data are presented on the population of African origin currently
resident in the countries of the European Community in
1992.
Correspondence: P. Chrissantaki, European
Communities, EUROSTAT, Batiment Jean Monnet, 2920 Luxembourg.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30628
DellaPergola, Sergio; Lerner, Susana. The Jewish
population of Mexico: a demographic, social and cultural profile.
[La poblacion judia en Mexico: perfil demografico, social y cultural.]
Estudios de Poblacion Judias, No. 26, 1995. 188 pp. Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry:
Jerusalem, Israel; El Colegio de Mexico, Centro de Estudios
Demograficos y de Desarrollo Urbano: Mexico City, Mexico. In Spa.
This study examines the demography of the Jewish population of
Mexico, using data from a survey carried out in 1991 that involved 866
families and 2,896 individuals. There are chapters on the size,
origin, and distribution of this population, its major demographic
characteristics, socioeconomic characteristics, and sociocultural
aspects.
Correspondence: Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Gaster Building, Mount
Scopus Campus, 91905 Jerusalem, Israel. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:30629 Eschbach,
Karl. The enduring and vanishing American Indian:
American Indian population growth and intermarriage in 1990.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1, Jan 1995. 89-108 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
"The American Indian and Alaskan Native population
has grown rapidly since 1950 because of changes in the racial
classification of persons with mixed Indian and non-Indian descent.
These changes have challenged once common expectations that the Indian
population was likely to shrink over time through assimilation.
However, in regions of the United States where the recent growth of the
Indian population has been particularly sharp most married Indians are
married to non-Indians. Fertility rates of women who are part of
intermarried couples are lower than fertility rates for Indian women in
racially endogamous marriages. The majority of the children of
intermarried Indians in high intermarriage regions are labelled with
the race of the non-Indian parent. Intermarriage is likely to
substantially reduce the long-run impact of changes in identification
on the future growth of the Indian population. At the same time, in a
few states the American Indian population remains ethnically homogenous
and shows no signs of imminent amalgamation into the general American
population."
Correspondence: K. Eschbach, University of
Wisconsin, Center for Demography and Ecology, 4412 Social Science
Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1393.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
61:30630
Goldscheider, Calvin. Ethnicity and
nation-building in Israel: the importance of demographic factors.
In: Population, ethnicity, and nation-building, edited by Calvin
Goldscheider. 1995. 119-47 pp. Westview Press: Boulder,
Colorado/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"Significant ethnic differences
continue to characterize social life in Israel, even as ethnic groups
have been integrated into the national society and polity....I shall
argue that demographic factors, in particular the timing and
selectivity of immigration and continuing patterns of residential
concentration, have been critical in shaping the ethnic mosaic in
Israel; are central to the ways in which ethnicity has changed over the
last several decades; and are linked directly to the perpetuation of
ethnic differentiation and inequalities."
Correspondence:
C. Goldscheider, Brown University, Population Studies and Training
Center, Box 1916, Providence, RI 02912. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:30631
Goldscheider, Calvin. Population, ethnicity, and
nation-building. Brown University Studies in Population and
Development, ISBN 0-8133-8953-4. LC 95-14820. 1995. xiv, 301 pp.
Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"This
volume focuses on the linkages between ethnicity and population
processes in the context of nation-building. Using historical and
contemporary illustrations in a variety of countries, parts of this
complex puzzle are scrutinized through the prisms of sociology,
history, political science, anthropology, and demography. Themes of
ethnic group formation and transformation, persistence and
assimilation, demographic transitions and convergences, and the
processes of political mobilization and economic development are
described and compared....The multidisciplinary emphasis addresses core
themes of ethnicity and nation-building in comparative perspectives."
The chapters originated in two workshops held at Brown University in
1990 and 1991.
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent
issues of Population Index.
Correspondence: Westview Press,
5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301-2877. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30632
Goldscheider, Calvin. Population, ethnicity, and
nation-building: themes, issues, and guidelines. In: Population,
ethnicity, and nation-building, edited by Calvin Goldscheider. 1995.
1-17 pp. Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado/Oxford, England. In Eng.
The author provides an overview of the chapters included in this
volume. "The studies in this volume examine ethnic processes in the
contexts of nation-building and demographic change....We focus on
demographic transformations in industrialized nations and Third World
countries. Our collective goal was to enrich our comparative studies
of ethnicity, and to gain insight into the dimensions of ethnicity in
the processes of nation-building and demographic
change."
Correspondence: C. Goldscheider, Brown University,
Population Studies and Training Center, Box 1916, Providence, RI
02912. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30633 Hall,
Bob. Ethnic diversity in New Zealand society. New
Zealand Population Review, Vol. 20, No. 1-2, May-Nov 1994. 110-32 pp.
Wellington, New Zealand. In Eng.
"In this research note I focus
less on the major ethnic groups (Maori, Pakeha and Pacific Islanders)
and more on the minorities (Chinese, Indians and others) [in New
Zealand]. I want to identify who these minority populations are and
where they are located, and to look at some of the reactions to this
diversity. To this end I present new data from previously unpublished
government sources, comment on a national survey of New Zealand
attitudes to immigrants, and discuss some popular responses as
presented in the press."
Correspondence: B. Hall,
University of Canterbury, Department of Sociology, Private Bag 4800,
Christchurch, New Zealand. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:30634 Hirschman,
Charles. Ethnic diversity and change in Southeast
Asia. In: Population, ethnicity, and nation-building, edited by
Calvin Goldscheider. 1995. 19-36 pp. Westview Press: Boulder,
Colorado/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"The aim of this essay is to
present an overview of ethnic diversity and change in Southeast Asia.
First, I sketch the basic features of the region, including a brief
account of the ethnic dimension in each country. Then I offer a broad
historical account of ethnic dynamics in the region over the last few
centuries, organized into the crude categories of the pre-colonial,
colonial, and post-colonial eras. This is an attempt to outline the
broad features and dynamics of Southeast Asian ethnic relations--and to
provide a preliminary interpretation of these patterns and their
implications for a theory of ethnicity."
Correspondence: C.
Hirschman, University of Washington, Department of Sociology DK-40,
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, Seattle, WA 98195.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30635 Hugo,
Graeme; Maher, Chris. Atlas of the Australian people--1991
census. National overview. ISBN 0-644-42864-3. 1995. xiv, 165 pp.
Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra, Australia; Bureau
of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research: South Carlton,
Australia. In Eng.
"This volume provides a national overview of the
ethnic and birthplace composition of Australia's population as revealed
in the 1991 Census. It...provides a statistical summary of sixty-nine
separate immigrant groups' representation in the Australian population,
together with the Australia-born and Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islanders. It also looks at the extent of distributional changes
between the 1981 and 1991 Censuses and provides maps illustrating the
national distribution of each group."
Correspondence:
Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research, P.O. Box
659, South Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30636 Kelly,
Karen. Visible minorities: a diverse group. Canadian
Social Trends, No. 37, Summer 1995. 2-8 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
An analysis of recent demographic trends concerning minority ethnic
groups in Canada is presented based primarily on 1991 census data. The
author notes that the total size of these populations has doubled since
1981, and it now represents nine percent of the population age 15 and
over. The largest minority ethnic groups continue to be Chinese,
blacks, and South Asians.
Correspondence: K. Kelly,
Statistics Canada, Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division, 7th
Floor, Jean Talon Building, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
61:30637 Lesthaeghe,
R.; Surkyn, J. Heterogeneity in social change: Turkish
and Moroccan women in Belgium. European Journal of
Population/Revue Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1995. 1-29
pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"The main
purpose of the article is to document the intergenerational changes
occurring among the two most important Islamic communities in Flanders
and Brussels." The data concern "850 Turkish and 860 Moroccan women
aged 17-49 currently living in Belgium, and interviewed in 1991-93 by
native female interviewers. The two surveys cover short migration
histories, family formation variables pertaining to nuptiality,
endogamy, fertility, contraception, utility of children, gender
relation attitudes, residential characteristics, education and female
labour force participation, linguistic abilities and opinions
concerning religion and politics. A marked heterogeneity is noticed
with respect to these variables, with obvious contrasts between first
and second generation, but equally striking contrasts between the
second generation and the recently 'imported brides' who belong to the
same age group as the second generation. Furthermore, heteropraxis
shows up in the sense that the tempo of the changes are markedly
different depending on social domain."
Correspondence: R.
Lesthaeghe, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Centrum Sociologie,
Interuniversity Programme in Demography, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels,
Belgium. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30638 Reyniers,
Alain. Gypsy populations and their movements within
Central and Eastern Europe and towards some OECD countries.
International Migration and Labour Market Policies Occasional Paper,
No. 1, Pub. Order No. OCDE/GD(95)20. 1995. 38 pp. Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD]: Paris, France. In Eng.
"The author describes the main demographic characteristics of the
Gypsy minorities in each country of residence in Central and Eastern
Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, former Czech and
Slovak Federal Republic, former USSR, former Yugoslavia). The paper
then analyses policy evolution with regard to Gypsies....The author
examines the problems tied to education (illiteracy is high) and
housing (ghettos and social exclusion)."
Correspondence:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Publications
Service, 2 rue Andre Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30639 Russia.
Gosudarstvennyi Komitet Rossiiskoi Federatsii po Statistike (Goskomstat
Rossii) (Moscow, Russia). The size and characteristics of
the peoples of the north, based on 1989 census data. Volume 1.
[Chislennost' i sostav naseleniya narodov severa, po dannym perepisi
naseleniya 1989 g. Tom I.] ISBN 5-7798-0007-3. 1992. 417; 440 pp.
Moscow, Russia. In Rus.
This two-volume report presents data on the
ethnic populations living in the extreme north of the Russian
Federation. The data concern population size, language, age and sex
distribution, and rural and urban residence. Some data are presented
separately by administrative division.
Correspondence:
Gosudarstvennyi Komitet Rossiiskoi Federatsii po Statistike, Ul. Kirova
39, 103450 Moscow, Russia. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:30640 Russia.
Gosudarstvennyi Komitet Rossiiskoi Federatsii po Statistike (Goskomstat
Rossii) (Moscow, Russia). The size and characteristics of
the peoples of the north, based on 1989 census data. Volume 2.
[Chislennost' i sostav naseleniya narodov severa, po dannym perepisi
naseleniya 1989 g. Tom II.] ISBN 5-7798-0012-X. 1992. 436; 295 pp.
Moscow, Russia. In Rus.
This two-volume report presents further
data on the ethnic populations living in the far north of the Russian
Federation. The data concern marital status, educational status,
income, social class, and occupations.
Correspondence:
Gosudarstvennyi Komitet Rossiiskoi Federatsii po Statistike, Ul. Kirova
39, 103450 Moscow, Russia. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:30641 Tarrius,
Alain; Peraldi, Michel. Marseilles and its foreign
population. [Marseille et ses etrangers.] Revue Europeenne des
Migrations Internationales, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1995. 5-132 pp. Universite
de Poitiers: Poitiers, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
This
issue contains a section devoted to the population of the French city
of Marseilles, and particularly to its non-French resident population.
The focus of the seven contributions is on the evolving role of the
city as a commercial link between Europe and North Africa, and on the
changes in the ethnic composition of its population over
time.
Correspondence: Universite de Poitiers,
MIGRINTER-CNRS, 95 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30642 United
Nations. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia [CELADE] (Santiago,
Chile); Confederacion Indigena del Oriente Boliviano [CIDOB] (Santa
Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia); United Nations Population Fund [UNFPA]
(New York, New York); Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericana [ICI]
(Madrid, Spain). Sociodemographic studies on indigenous
peoples. [Estudios sociodemograficos de pueblos indigenas.] CELADE
Serie E, No. 40, Pub. Order No. LC/DEM/G.146. Dec 1994. 576 pp.
Santiago, Chile. In Spa.
This collection of studies is the product
of a seminar held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, October 18-22,
1993 on contemporary sociodemographic analysis of indigenous peoples in
Latin America. Following an introductory section, the 28 papers are
organized into six parts, which concern enumerating indigenous peoples
in national censuses, anthropological and nontraditional methods of
analysis, studies on reproduction and maternal and child health,
indigenous people in the urban context, the role of this population in
demographic and development issues, and judicial and administrative
aspects.
Correspondence: UN Centro Latinoamericano de
Demografia, Edificio Naciones Unidas, Avenida Dag Hammarskjold, Casilla
91, Santiago, Chile. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:30643
Vishnevskii, Anatolii G. Demographic changes and
nationalism. Sociological Research, Vol. 34, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1995.
30-49 pp. Armonk, New York. In Eng.
This article examines the
different characteristics of the many peoples inhabiting what used to
be the Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe, including Yugoslavia.
The differences among these nationalities, or ethnic groups, are
illustrated using the example of demographic modernization, showing how
different peoples have or have not passed through the demographic
transition process. The author looks at ethnic differences in
mortality, fertility, natural increase, and migration, as well as
economic and social inequalities among ethnic groups. The prospects
for inter-ethnic conflict are assessed.
This is a translation of the
Russian article in Sotsiologicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow, Russia) No. 1,
1994, pp. 22-35.
Correspondence: A. G. Vishnevskii,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of National Economic
Forecasting, Center for Demography and Human Ecology, Leninskii Pr. 14,
117901 Moscow, Russia. Location: Princeton University Library
(PR).
61:30644 White,
Michael J.; Sassler, Sharon. Ethnic definition, social
mobility, and residential segregation in the United States. In:
Population, ethnicity, and nation-building, edited by Calvin
Goldscheider. 1995. 267-97 pp. Westview Press: Boulder,
Colorado/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"In this paper we explore several
issues related to ethnic identity in the United States. We employ
demographic tools, including qualitative analysis of historical census
schedules and statistical analysis of census and survey data from 1910
and 1980. Our purpose is to provide direct evidence on ethnic group
competition and assimilation, and to call attention to how these issues
of ethnic identification and assimilation are intertwined with the data
collection mechanisms used by official agencies....We approach
assimilation through the window of residence....While the data and
measures we use to examine segregation in 1910 and 1980 are not exactly
comparable, knowledge of who lives near whom provides insight into the
degree of a group's assimilation."
Correspondence: M. J.
White, Brown University, Population Studies and Training Center, Box
1916, Providence, RI 02912. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
