62:10068 Arroteia,
Jorge C. Demographic and social aspects of the Portuguese
population in the period from 1864 to 1981: a regional analysis.
[Aspectos demograficos e sociais da populacao portuguesa no periodo
1864-1981: uma analise regional.] Estudos Demograficos, No. 30, May
1991. 31-9 pp. Lisbon, Portugal. In Por.
Population trends in
Portugal from 1864 to 1981 are analyzed from a regional perspective
using census data. The author describes differences by region over time
in total population size, age structure, and
migration.
Correspondence: J. C. Arroteia, Universidade de
Aveiro, 3800 Aveiro, Portugal. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:10069 Carrilho,
Maria J. Demographic and social aspects of the Portuguese
population in the period 1864-1981: trends affecting the continental
population. [Aspectos demograficos e sociais da populacao
portuguesa no periodo 1864-1981: evolucao global do continente
portugues.] Estudos Demograficos, No. 30, May 1991. 11-29 pp. Lisbon,
Portugal. In Por.
Census data are used to analyze demographic
trends concerning the continental population of Portugal from 1864 to
1981. The data available from the various censuses conducted since 1864
are first described. Changes over time in age and sex distribution are
noted.
Correspondence: M. J. Carrilho, Instituto Nacional
de Estatistica, Gabinete de Estudos Demograficos, Avenida Antonio Jose
de Almeida 5, 1078 Lisbon Codex, Portugal. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:10070 Haynes, R.
M.; Lovett, A. A.; Bentham, G.; Brainard, J. S.; Gale, S. H.
Comparison of ward population estimates from FHSA patient registers
with the 1991 Census. Environment and Planning A, Vol. 27, No. 11,
Nov 1995. 1,849-58 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"Postcode addresses
from National Health Service patient registers for Norfolk and Suffolk
[counties in England] current on census day 1991 were assigned to
census wards, and estimates of populations in wards were produced for
the total population and for twelve age-sex groups. These were compared
with adjusted counts of usual residents from the 1991 Census." The
results indicate that family health service authority registers "are an
acceptable alternative to the census for population estimation
purposes. This supports recent arguments for wider use of population
registers and suggests that they may be particularly valuable as a
source of intercensal information."
Correspondence: R. M.
Hayes, University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences,
Norwich NR4 7TJ, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (UES).
62:10071 Haynes, R.
M.; Lovett, A. A.; Bentham, G.; Brainard, J. S.; Gale, S. H.
Population estimates from patient registers held by British family
health services authorities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community
Health, Vol. 49, No. 4, Aug 1995. 440 pp. London, England. In Eng.
In this one-page article, the authors "compare population estimates
in broad age-sex categories from two patient registers with estimates
derived from the 1991 [U.K.] census....These results suggest that
patient register records might, after adjustment, provide population
estimates that are broadly comparable with census estimates in census
years and may be superior in the intercensal period for areas smaller
than local authority districts."
Correspondence: R. M.
Haynes, University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences,
Norwich NR4 7TJ, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:10072 Murdock,
Steve H.; Hoque, M. Nazrul. The effect of undercount on
the accuracy of small-area population estimates: implications for the
use of administrative data for improving population enumeration.
Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, Jun 1995. 251-71
pp. Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This paper examines the
accuracy of [U.S.] small-area population estimation methods with and
without adjustment. Mean Percent Errors, Mean Absolute Percent Errors,
and Mean Percent Absolute Differences between local estimates for 1990
and 1990 adjusted and unadjusted census counts are computed. Population
estimates for 1990 made using housing unit, ratio correlation, and
component methods are compared for 451 counties and 2,633 places in the
states of California, Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin. An analysis of the
data for counties shows little indication that local estimates more
accurately estimate the adjusted than the unadjusted population counts.
The results for places show clear improvements in accuracy for places
in Florida and Texas. Implications of the findings for issues related
to undercount adjustment and local population estimates are
discussed."
Correspondence: S. H. Murdock, Texas A and M
University, Department of Rural Sociology, College Station, TX
77843-2125. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10073 Sommer,
Bettina. Marriages, births, and deaths, 1993.
[Eheschliessungen, Geburten und Sterbefalle 1993.] Wirtschaft und
Statistik, No. 6, Jun 1995. 446-51 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger.
Information is presented on marriages, births, deaths, and life
expectancy in Germany in 1993. Comparisons are made between the former
East and West Germany, and some data for earlier years are also
provided.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
62:10074 United
Nations. Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy
Analysis. Population Division (New York, New York). World
population prospects: the 1994 revision. No. ST/ESA/SER.A/145,
Pub. Order No. E.95.XIII.16. ISBN 92-1-151287-5. Aug 1995. xv, 886 pp.
New York, New York. In Eng.
"This volume presents the results of
the United Nations 1994 Revision of the global population estimates and
projections for the world, the more developed and less developed
regions, least developed countries, major areas and countries. They are
based on the fourteenth round of global demographic estimates and
projections undertaken by the Population Division of the Department for
Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis of the United
Nations Secretariat....A magnetic tape and IBM-compatible diskettes
containing the results of the present population estimates and
projections are available for purchase."
For the 1992 revision, see
59:40076.
Correspondence: UN Department for Economic and
Social Information and Policy Analysis, Population Division, United
Nations, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:10075 Ahlburg,
Dennis A. Simple versus complex models: evaluation,
accuracy, and combining. Mathematical Population Studies, Vol. 5,
No. 3, Jul 1995. 281-90, 292 pp. Langhorne, Pennsylvania/Basel,
Switzerland. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"This paper argues that it
is premature to decide whether simple forecasting models in demography
are more (or less) accurate than complex models and whether causal
models are more (or less) accurate than noncausal models. It is also
too early to say under what conditions one type of model can outperform
another. The paper also questions the wisdom of searching for a single
best model or approach. It suggests that combining forecasts may
improve accuracy."
Correspondence: D. A. Ahlburg,
University of Minnesota, Industrial Relations Center, Minneapolis, MN
55455. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10076 Armitage,
Bob; Bowman, June. Accuracy of rolled-forward population
estimates in England and Wales, 1981-91. OPCS Occasional Paper,
No. 44, 1995. iii, 23 pp. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
[OPCS]: London, England. In Eng.
This report presents a "comparison
between the Registrar General's rolled-forward 1991 population
estimates for areas within England and Wales and final revised
estimates rebased using 1991 Census
results."
Correspondence: Office of Population Censuses and
Surveys, St. Catherine's House, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JP, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10077 Canada.
Statistics Canada. Demography Division. Population Projections Section
(Ottawa, Canada). Projections of households and families
for Canada, provinces and territories, 1994-2016. [Projections des
menages et des familles pour le Canada, les provinces et les
territoires, 1994-2016.] Pub. Order No. 91-522. ISBN 0-660-58932-X. Oct
1995. 100 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng; Fre.
"This report presents
new household and family projections [for Canada] by type and size,
covering the period 1994 to 2016....The projections...take into account
the changes in demographic trends, and particularly in living
arrangements in recent years. This is done by basing these projections
on the latest population projections, and developing the assumptions in
the light of household and family data from the 1981 and 1991
Censuses."
Correspondence: Statistics Canada, Demography
Division, Population Projection Section, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10078 Comunidad
de Madrid. Consejeria de Economia (Madrid, Spain).
Population and household projections for the Community of Madrid,
1991-2006. [Proyecciones de poblacion y de hogares de la Comunidad
de Madrid, 1991-2006.] ISBN 84-451-0891-3. 1994. 399 pp. Madrid, Spain.
In Spa.
Population projections are presented for Madrid, the
capital of Spain, up to the year 2006. The projections concern both the
total number of households and the population by age, sex, and
district.
Correspondence: Comunidad de Madrid, Consejeria
de Economia, Principe de Vergara 132, 6a, 28002 Madrid, Spain.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10079 de Gans,
Henk A. Looking back to the future of Europe's population:
lessons to be learnt from early endeavours in long-term demographic
forecasting. PDOD Paper, No. 31, Jun 1995. 12 pp. Universiteit van
Amsterdam, Postdoctorale Onderzoekersopleiding Demografie [PDOD]:
Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
"In this paper we will investigate
what lessons for long-term forecasting [in Europe] can be learnt from
some cases from the past of population forecasting, taking an external
position. Other than looking at population forecasting from an internal
position, in which the process of forecasting, its methodology and its
accuracy are investigated, we try to understand forecasting as an
activity that is taking place in a societal
context."
Correspondence: Universiteit van Amsterdam,
Planologisch en Demografisch Instituut, Postdoctorale
Onderzoekersopleiding Demografie, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:10080 de Gans,
Henk A. Population forecasting in the Netherlands between
the two world wars. In: Population and family in the low countries
1994: selected current issues, edited by Hans van den Brekel and Fred
Deven. 1995. 125-54 pp. Kluwer Academic: Norwell,
Massachusetts/Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This article focuses
on the advancements in forecasting methodology at the national level
[in the Netherlands]. They are placed within the context in which they
were first established (Section 2). Section 3 sketches the main theme
of these developments. Subsequently, in Section 4, attention is paid to
a number of secondary themes, followed by a discussion of their further
development in Section 5. The final Section consists of a number of
concluding remarks (Section 6)."
Correspondence: H. A. de
Gans, University of Amsterdam, Department of Physical Planning and
Demography, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10081 Dinh,
Quang-Chi. Projections of the total population of
metropolitan France. Base RP90. Range 1990-2050. [Projection de
population totale pour la France metropolitaine. Base RP90. Horizons
1990-2050.] INSEE Resultats: Demographie-Societe, No. 44, ISBN
2-11-066328-6. Aug 1995. 140 pp. Institut National de la Statistique et
des Etudes Economiques [INSEE]: Paris, France. In Fre.
Three
alternative population projections are presented for France up to the
year 2050. They are based on different assumptions concerning
fertility, which are that women in the generations after 1982 will have
1.5, 1.8, or 2.1 children on average. The results indicate that the
total population will continue to grow until the year 2020, when it
will reach a number between 61 and 66 million. At that date, the
population over age 60 will become larger than the population under age
20.
Correspondence: Institut National de la Statistique et
des Etudes Economiques, 18 boulevard Adolphe Pinard, 75675 Paris Cedex
14, France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10082 Hornsey,
Dawn. 1993-based subnational population projections for
England. Population Trends, No. 81, Autumn 1995. 31-6 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
"The populations of the shire counties and Greater
London are projected to increase in population between 1993 and 2001.
In contrast the populations of the metropolitan counties are expected
to remain fairly static. This article gives details of the 1993-based
subnational population projections for local authority areas within
England."
Correspondence: D. Hornsey, Office of Population
Censuses and Surveys, Population Statistics Division, St. Catherine's
House, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JP, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10083 Kale,
Balkrishna; Besl, John; Palit, Charles; Voss, Paul.
Updating age-sex-specific net migration rates with limited
data. In: American Statistical Association 1994 Proceedings of the
Social Statistics Section. [1995?]. 116-21 pp. American Statistical
Association [ASA]: Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng.
"The
cohort-component population projections method requires
age-sex-specific migration rates. These rates may be initially
available for the most recent intercensal period. However, an area's
population dynamics can subsequently change and the demographer may
have to start with an updated set of migration rates that reflect the
postcensal changes. Postcensal population estimates usually indicate an
area's total amount of net migration, but not net migration by age and
sex. This paper provides one solution to this problem." The
geographical focus is on the United States.
Correspondence:
B. Kale, Demographic Services Center, 101 East Wilson Street, 6th
Floor, P.O. Box 7868, Madison, WI 53707-7868. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10084 Lee, Ronald
D.; Carter, Lawrence; Tuljapurkar, Shripad. Disaggregation
in population forecasting: do we need it? And how to do it simply.
Mathematical Population Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3, Jul 1995. 217-34, 291
pp. Langhorne, Pennsylvania/Basel, Switzerland. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre.
"We have described a method for reducing the dimensionality of
the forecasting problem by parsimoniously modeling the evolution over
time of the age schedules of vital rates. This method steers a middle
course between forecasting aggregates and forecasting individual age
specific rates: we reduce the problem to forecasting a single parameter
for fertility and another one for mortality. We have described a number
of refinements and extensions of those basic methods, which preserve
their underlying structure and simplicity. In particular, we show how
one can fit the model more simply, incorporate lower bounds to the
forecasts of rates, disaggregate by sex or race, and prepare integrated
forecasts of rates for a collection of regions. We also discuss
alternate approaches to forecasting the estimated indices of fertility
and mortality, including state-space methods. These many versions of
the basic method have yielded remarkably similar
results."
Correspondence: R. D. Lee, University of
California, Demography and Economics, 2232 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley,
CA 94720. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10085 Long, John
F. Complexity, accuracy, and utility of official
population projections. Mathematical Population Studies, Vol. 5,
No. 3, Jul 1995. 203-16, 291 pp. Langhorne, Pennsylvania/Basel,
Switzerland. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"The level of complexity
affects both the accuracy and [the] utility of official population
projections used for government planning. This article examines the
types of complexity in population projections, charts the growth of
complexity in projections produced by the U.S. Census Bureau, and
evaluates the accuracy of those projections. While increased complexity
does not improve the accuracy or estimates of total population growth,
it does appear to improve the accuracy of projected age distributions.
Moreover, the value of these projections to the user depends upon many
factors in addition to accuracy. Increasing complexity may improve some
aspects of a projection's utility while degrading others."
This
paper was originally presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the
Population Association of America.
Correspondence: J. F.
Long, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Division, Washington, D.C.
20233. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10086 Mathews,
Georges. The future of world population: what if official
projections are wildly inaccurate. [L'avenir de la population
mondiale: quand les perspectives officielles se trompent lourdement.]
Futuribles, No. 190, Sep 1994. 45-65 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The
author challenges the basic hypotheses on which current UN medium- and
long-term population projections of global population growth are based.
Specifically, he challenges the assumption that total fertility rates
in both developed and developing countries will move toward 2.1
children per couple. In contrast, he suggests that it is more likely
that fertility in developed countries will remain well below
replacement level, and that fertility in developing countries will also
decline faster and further than has been generally suggested. He
concludes that global population in the year 2025 will be well below
the projected figure of 8.5 billion.
Correspondence: G.
Mathews, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique--Urbanisation,
3465 rue Durocher, Montreal, Quebec H2X 26C, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
62:10087 McNown,
Robert; Rogers, Andrei; Little, Jani. Simplicity and
complexity in extrapolative population forecasting models.
Mathematical Population Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3, Jul 1995. 235-57, 291
pp. Langhorne, Pennsylvania/Basel, Switzerland. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre.
"In this paper ex ante projections from simple models are used
to evaluate the plausibility of point and interval forecasts from a
complex cohort-component model. This paper compares complex with simple
forecasts along two dimensions: simplification of input schedules and
of the projection models using those input schedules....This paper
compares point and interval forecasts of fertility patterns that result
from...alternative input specifications. Furthermore, the
cohort-component framework may be replaced by an aggregated model for
population forecasting, for example, by a time series model of total
population growth. This paper uses the point and interval forecasts
from such an aggregate time series model to establish the plausibility
of the complex cohort-component projection."
This paper was
originally presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America.
Correspondence: R. McNown,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0484. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10088 Nikander,
Timo. Population projection by municipalities,
1995-2030. [Vaestoennuste kunnittain, 1995-2030/Befolkningsprognos
kommunvis, 1995-2030.] Vaesto/Befolkning/Population, No. 1995:9, ISBN
951-727-116-6. Sep 1995. 98 pp. Tilastokeskus: Helsinki, Finland. In
Fin; Swe. with sum. in Eng.
Population projections are presented
for the municipalities of Finland up to the year
2030.
Correspondence: Tilastokeskus, PL 504, 00101
Helsinki, Finland. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:10089 Peru.
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (Lima, Peru); United
Nations. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia [CELADE] (Santiago,
Chile). Population projections for Peru: 1995-2025.
[Proyecciones de la poblacion del Peru: 1995-2025.] Boletin de Analisis
Demografico, No. 34, Pub. Order No. 278-OI-SG-INEI. Apr 1995. 130 pp.
Lima, Peru. In Spa.
Population projections are presented for Peru
up to the year 2025. The growth of the urban and rural population is
estimated separately, and both high and low projections are provided,
as well as five-year life tables.
Correspondence: Instituto
Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica, Avenida 28 de Julio No. 1056,
Lima 1, Peru. Location: New York Public Library, New York, NY.
62:10090 Reijo,
Marie. Recent population development and population
projections up to 2010 in Nepal. Yearbook of Population Research
in Finland, Vol. 32, 1994-1995. 118-30 pp. Helsinki, Finland. In Eng.
"This article describes the recent population development in Nepal
and projects alternative population development trends to the year 2010
using the cohort component model. Projections are based on the
assumptions of future fertility, mortality and migration which have
been derived from assumed socioeconomic and environmental development
and population policy development. The relatively rapid population
growth will continue mostly because of high natural increase.
Population growth can be delayed most efficiently by decreasing
fertility to the replacement level and by decreasing mortality
further."
Correspondence: M. Reijo, Academy of Finland,
P.O. Box 57, 00551 Helsinki, Finland. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:10091 Rogers,
Andrei. Population forecasting: do simple models
outperform complex models? Mathematical Population Studies, Vol.
5, No. 3, Jul 1995. 187-202, 291 pp. Langhorne, Pennsylvania/Basel,
Switzerland. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"This paper reviews the
growing literature on population forecasting to examine a curious
paradox: despite continuing refinements in the specification of models
used to represent population dynamics, simple exponential growth
models, it is claimed, continue to outperform such more complex models
in forecasting exercises. Shrinking a large complex model in order to
simplify it typically involves two processes: aggregation and
decomposition. Both processes are known to introduce biases into the
resulting representations of population dynamics. Thus it is difficult
to accept the conclusion that simple models outperform complex models.
Moreover, assessments of forecasting performance are notoriously
difficult to carry out, because they inevitably depend not only on the
models used but also on the particular historical periods selected for
examination....This paper reviews some of the recent debate on the
simple versus complex modeling issue and links it to the questions of
model bias and distributional momentum
impacts."
Correspondence: A. Rogers, University of
Colorado, Population Program, Campus Box 484, Boulder, CO 80309-0484.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10092 Rogers,
Andrei. Population projections: simple vs. complex
models. Mathematical Population Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1995.
187-292 pp. Gordon and Breach: New York, New York/Montreux,
Switzerland. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"Do complex causal
forecasting models outperform complex extrapolative forecasting models,
and do simple extrapolative forecasting models outperform both of
them?...To shed more light on such questions a workshop...was convened
in Boulder, CO, on September 17-18, 1993. Most of the participants in
this workshop met again at a specially organized session on population
forecasting at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America in Miami, May 3-5, 1994. The papers presented at that session
have been reviewed, revised, and extended for inclusion in this special
issue...."
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent issues
of Population Index.
Correspondence: Gordon and Breach, c/o
International Publishers Distributors, Postfach 4004, Basel,
Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10093 Sanderson,
Warren C. Predictability, complexity, and catastrophe in a
collapsible model of population, development, and environmental
interactions. Mathematical Population Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3, Jul
1995. 259-79, 292 pp. Langhorne, Pennsylvania/Basel, Switzerland. In
Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"More and more population forecasts are
being produced with associated 95 percent confidence intervals. How
confident are we of those confidence intervals? In this paper, we
produce a simulated dataset in which we know both past and future
population sizes, and the true 95 percent confidence intervals at
various future dates. We use the past data to produce population
forecasts and estimated 95 percent confidence intervals using various
functional forms. We, then, compare the true 95 percent confidence
intervals with the estimated ones. This comparison shows that we are
not at all confident of the estimated 95 percent confidence
intervals."
Correspondence: W. C. Sanderson, State
University of New York, Department of Economics, Stony Brook, NY
11794-4384. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10094 Swanson,
David A.; Tayman, Jeff. Between a rock and a hard place:
the evaluation of demographic forecasts. Population Research and
Policy Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, Jun 1995. 233-49 pp. Dordrecht,
Netherlands. In Eng.
"Forecasting, in general, has been described
as an unavoidable yet impossible task. This irony, which comprises the
`rock' and the `hard place' in the title, creates a high level of
cognitive dissonance, which, in turn, generates stress for those both
making and using forecasts that have non-trivial impacts....One way to
reduce cognitive dissonance is to change the relationship of the very
cognitive elements creating it. We argue that forecast evaluations
currently focused on accuracy and based on measures like RMSE and MAPE
be refocused to include utility and propose for this purpose the
`Proportionate Reduction in Error' (PRE) measure. We illustrate our
proposal with examples [from Ohio and Washington] and discuss its
advantages. We conclude that including PRE as an evaluation criterion
can reduce stress by reducing cognitive dissonance without, at the same
time, either trivializing the evaluation process or substantively
altering how forecasts are done and
presented."
Correspondence: D. A. Swanson, University of
Arkansas, Arkansas Institute for Economic Advancement, 2801 South
University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204-1099. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10095 McKenzie,
Fiona. Regional population decline in Australia: impacts
and policy implications. ISBN 0-644-34842-9. 1994. xii, 95 pp.
Bureau of Immigration and Population Research: South Carlton,
Australia; Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra,
Australia. In Eng.
This report examines the regions of Australia,
particularly those in rural areas, that are experiencing a decline in
population. The author considers both the causes and consequences of
population decline as well as the policy implications. Three categories
of such decline are identified: rural depopulation, industry-related
decline, and urban decline which mainly occurs in inner and middle-ring
suburbs of major cities.
Correspondence: Australian
Government Publishing Service Press, G.P.O. Box 84, Canberra, ACT 2601,
Australia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:10096 Mitchell,
B. R. International historical statistics, Africa, Asia
and Oceania 1750-1988. 2nd rev. ed. ISBN 1-56159-063-0. 1995.
xxiii, 1,089 pp. Stockton Press: New York, New York; Macmillan Press:
Basingstoke, England. Distributed by Macmillan Direct, Brunel Road,
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hants RG21 6XS, England. In Eng.
The
purpose of this work is to provide a historical time series of economic
and statistical data for the countries of Africa, Asia, and Oceania for
the period 1750-1988 using a variety of published sources. There is a
chapter on population (pp. 1-87) which has data on population size at
enumerations, age and sex distribution, population by region, urban
population, population estimates, vital statistics, infant mortality,
and international migration. Other chapters have data on the labor
force, agriculture, industry, and
education.
Correspondence: Stockton Press, 345 Park Avenue
South, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010-1707. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
