Studies concerned with the actual production of basic population data. Includes more than governmental publications.
Studies on the collection of general demographic statistics and related problems such as studies on data processing.
62:30759 Gervais, Raymond R.; Marcoux,
Richard. Saving Francophone Africa's statistical
past. Collection de Tirés à Part, No. 344, [1994?].
[6] pp. Université de Montréal, Département de
Démographie: Montreal, Canada. In Eng.
The authors describe
a cooperative project between Canadian and African scholars to preserve
and make available data from four surveys carried out in Africa during
the French colonial period. The surveys were conducted in Burkina Faso,
Mali, Mauritania, and Niger between 1960 and
1965.
Correspondence: Université de Montréal,
Département de Démographie, C.P. 6128, Succursale A,
Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:30760 Jackson, Graham; Lewis,
Clive. Local government reorganisation in Scotland and
Wales. Population Trends, No. 83, Spring 1996. 43-51 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
"This article describes the new local
authority structure that comes into effect in Scotland and Wales on 1
April 1996. The relationship between the new `unitary' authorities and
other administrative areas is discussed briefly and some key
demographic data are presented. References are given to other sources
of statistical information."
Correspondence: G.
Jackson, General Register Office, Ladywell House, Ladywell Road,
Edinburgh EH12 7TF, Scotland. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:30761 Prins, C. J. M. The use
of the age concept in monthly population figures. [Het gebruik van
"leeftijd" in demografische maandcijfers.] Maandstatistiek
van de Bevolking, Vol. 44, No. 3, Mar 1996. 14-6 pp. Voorburg,
Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"In Dutch population
statistics age is usually defined as the year in which a demographic
event occurs minus the year of birth. This age concept is referred to
as age on 31 December. As a consequence of determining age in this
manner, interpreting age-specific monthly figures is sometimes
difficult....Statistics Netherlands prefers the concept of age on 31
December for two reasons: it facilitates the linking of cohort and
period data in the case of annual figures; using one concept for annual
and monthly figures avoids consistency problems."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30762 Riandey, Benoît.
Demography, statistics, and private life. [Démographie,
statistique et vie privée.] Population, Vol. 51, No. 2, Mar-Apr
1996. 439-58 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The author discusses
current issues regarding the collection of demographic data in the
European Union. The article is a follow-up to presentations on the
interplay between demography, statistics, and private life sponsored by
EUROSTAT on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of INED. The first
section covers the laws of various member states concerning statistics
and privacy. The second section deals with gathering information on
such sensitive subjects as sexuality, drug use, mental illness,
ethnicity, poverty, and homelessness. The need to collect accurate data
while protecting the individual's right to refuse to give information
is discussed. The author hopes that the directive approved by the
European Parliament in July 1995 will increase standardization and
sharing of statistical information among member states while
guaranteeing the protection of individual privacy; at the same time,
differences in statistical practices are bound to
remain.
Correspondence: B. Riandey, Institut National
d'Etudes Démographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex
14, France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30763 United States. National Center for
Health Statistics [NCHS] (Hyattsville, Maryland).
International health data reference guide, 1995. Pub. Order
No. DHHS (PHS) 96-1007. Jun 1996. v, 140 pp. Hyattsville, Maryland. In
Eng.
"This seventh edition...provides information collected in
mid-1995 on the availability of selected national vital, hospital,
health manpower resources, and population-based health survey
statistics. Information for the 44 nations included in this guide was
obtained from the government and official agencies that are listed in
the guide for further reference. The main purpose of the guide is to
provide information not readily available in published form." The
vital statistics data presented include births, deaths, marriages, and
divorces.
For a previous edition containing data for 1993, see
60:20748.
Correspondence: U.S. National Center for Health
Statistics, Office of International Statistics, Room 888, 6525 Belcrest
Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
Studies of the organization and operation of vital statistics at local and national levels, of international comparability, and of special problems.
62:30764 Andreev, E.; Scherbov, S.; Willekens,
F. Sources of information on the population of
Russia. Population Research Centre Demographic Reports, No. 19,
1995. 48, [25] pp. University of Groningen, Faculty of Spatial
Sciences: Groningen, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This report
analyses major sources of data collection in Russia...[with a focus on]
vital statistics....Current regulations that are in effect at different
levels of hierarchy of data collections are discussed as well as
possible sources of errors....Most of the forms to register demographic
events in Russian statistical units are translated into English and
presented in the appendix."
Correspondence: University
of Groningen, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, Population Research Centre,
P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30765 Fundação Sistema
Estadual de Análise de Dados [SEADE] (Sao Paulo,
Brazil). To be born here: analysis of a new source of data
on births. [Nascer aqui: análise de uma nova fonte de dados
sobre os nascimentos.] Informe Demográfico, No. 29, 1995. viii,
300 pp. Sao Paulo, Brazil. In Por.
A new source of data on births
in Brazil is introduced and an analysis of the data presented. The data
are compiled from a newly developed system involving declarations of
live births in the state of Sao Paulo. Data are for the year 1993 and
include information on age and educational status of mothers, type of
delivery, and birth weight.
Correspondence:
Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de
Dados, Avenida Cásper Líbero 464, Caixa Postal 8223,
01033 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:30766 Higgs, Edward. A cuckoo
in the nest? The origins of civil registration and state medical
statistics in England and Wales. Continuity and Change, Vol. 11,
No. 1, May 1996. 115-34 pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre; Ger.
"The history of the establishment of civil
registration and of the General Register Office in England and Wales
under the 1836 Registration Act has tended to be written in terms of
religion and medical science. This article argues, however, that it is
more helpful to see these developments primarily in terms of the
registering of property rights, and that early-nineteenth-century
debates with respect to welfare provision for the poor also played a
crucial role. This explains some important features of the demographic
and medical data published in the Annual Reports of the Registrar
General."
Correspondence: E. Higgs, University of
Oxford, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30767 Jamison, Ellen; Baum,
Samuel. Civil registration and vital statistics: a
collection of papers. Apr 1996. vii, 237 pp. International
Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics [IIVRS]: Bethesda,
Maryland. In Eng.
"This collection of papers is being
published in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of
the International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics
(IIVRS). Most of these reports are part of the IIVRS publication series
known as the Technical Papers describing national registration and
vital statistics systems, discussing methods for improving registration
of births and deaths, and presenting methodological problems." The
geographical scope of the volume is worldwide.
Correspondence:
International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics,
9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30768 Laourou, Martin H. A new
approach for evaluating the coverage rate of deaths. [Une nouvelle
approche pour l'évaluation de la couverture des
décès.] Cahiers Québécois de
Démographie, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1995. 129-62 pp. Montreal,
Canada. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
"Most methods for
evaluating the coverage rate of deaths in countries where statistics
are deficient rely not only on a hypothesis of stable population
growth, but also on constancy of age-specific death registration rates.
However, on the one hand, the hypothesis of population stability is not
really necessary, but can readily be replaced by one of Malthusian
population. On the other, the quality of estimates is obviously
affected by the adequacy of the hypotheses behind the methods from
which they are derived. Thus a new methodological approach is proposed,
based on the principle that a population in transition can be
considered as a set of Malthusian populations, each one corresponding
to a given age group. This new approach enables estimates of death
registration rates by age." The method is applied to data for
selected African countries.
Correspondence: M. H. Laourou,
Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique,
Cotonou, Benin. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
Studies of the organization and operation of population censuses and registers at local and national levels, of international comparability, and of special problems.
62:30769 Canada. Statistics Canada (Ottawa,
Canada). Mobility and migration. 1991 Census
Technical Reports: Reference Product Series, Pub. Order No. 92-326E.
ISBN 0-660-14259-7. Feb 1995. 103 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
This
is one in a series of technical reports from the 1991 Canadian census.
These reports present detailed information on specific population
characteristics and describe how the data are collected. This report,
which is also available in French, examines the data on migration. The
emphasis is on internal migration and residential
mobility.
Correspondence: Statistics Canada, Publication
Sales, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada. Location: University
of Texas, Population Research Center Library, Austin, TX. Source:
APLIC Census Network List, No. 156, May 1995.
62:30770 Cecco, Kevin.
Characteristics of responding and nonresponding households from the
1990 decennial census. In: American Statistical Association, 1994
Proceedings of the Government Statistics Section. [1994?]. 76-81 pp.
American Statistical Association [ASA]: Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng.
"The goal of this paper is to ascertain whether
characteristics of householders who mailed in their 1990 [U.S.] Census
questionnaires differed from householders who did not respond by
mail." The results suggest that "if we analyze the data at
small geographic areas, we find little difference in characteristics of
responding and nonresponding households."
Correspondence:
K. Cecco, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
62:30771 Dyson, Tim. On the
demography of the 1991 census. In: Demography, economy and
welfare, edited by Christer Lundh. 1995. 379-95 pp. Lund University
Press: Lund, Sweden; Chartwell-Bratt: Bromley, England. In Eng.
"Publication of the provisional results of the 1991 census of
India...has occasioned the usual very considerable degree of interest
and debate....The present paper approaches the provisional 1991 census
results from something of an historical perspective....We argue both
that it is unlikely that India's rate of population growth has
materially declined and that there has probably not been any
deterioration in the relative mortality experienced by females. The
paper is divided into three [parts]. First the all-India statistics are
considered, followed by those of the main states. Then, in the final
section, we briefly summarize our principal
conclusions."
Correspondence: T. Dyson, London School
of Economics and Political Science, Department of Population Studies,
Houghton Street, Aldwych, London WC2A 2AE, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30772 Ragains, Patrick.
Promoting U.S. census data in an academic environment:
opportunities and challenges. Journal of Government Information,
Vol. 22, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1995. 321-35 pp. Tarrytown, New York/Oxford,
England. In Eng.
"The library at Montana State University,
Bozeman...has undertaken structured efforts to promote wider use of
census data [in CD-ROM format] among the university community. Several
workshops and instructional sessions are described...[and] handouts for
some sessions are included. These...activities are described in the
context of budgetary and service issues faced by libraries providing
access to census data in electronic formats....The success of these
efforts is assessed, and libraries' response to new expectations for
service is also discussed."
Correspondence: P.
Ragains, Montana State University Library, Bozeman, MT 59717.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
62:30773 Van Hook, Jennifer V. W.; Bean, Frank
D.; Glick, Jennifer E. The development and assessment of
census-based measures of AFDC and SSI recipiency. Journal of
Economic and Social Measurement, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1996. 1-23 pp.
Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
Problems concerning the use of
census data to estimate levels of welfare recipiency in the United
States are explored, with particular reference to Aid to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
"This paper develops and presents a procedure to estimate AFDC and
SSI receipt based on the correspondence between the recipient's
characteristics and the eligibility criteria for these programs. The
research also assesses the accuracy of estimates of the number of
persons receiving any kind of cash public assistance (the presently
available measure), as well as the number receiving AFDC and SSI (the
new measures presented here). The results indicate that census data
provide very satisfactory assessments of levels of SSI usage and
assessments of levels of AFDC usage that are adequate for some analytic
purposes."
Correspondence: J. V. W. Van Hook,
University of Texas, Population Research Center, Main 1800, Austin, TX
78712-1088. Location: Princeton University Library (SF).
62:30774 Weintrop, Jane.
Providing access to the 1990 U.S. census maps. Journal of
Government Information, Vol. 22, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1995. 297-309 pp.
Tarrytown, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"The U.S. Bureau
of the Census has published on CD-ROM format data for the smallest
geographic reporting levels....Providing access to the maps that define
the reporting areas used by the Bureau within a county is one aspect of
service that is unique to census files STF1A, STF1B, and STF3A. The
paper illustrates the way these reporting levels are defined in the
Tract/BNA Maps and Block Maps. The steps taken by one library to
develop a link between a geographic area of interest to a patron and
the areas defined on these maps are described. These steps include
preserving and housing the maps in a way that makes them easy to use
and preparing an index to the information contained on the maps using
dBASE software and information taken from STF1A using Extract
software."
Correspondence: J. Weintrop, State
University of New York, University Libraries, Business and Government
Department, Lockwood Memorial Library, Box 602200, Buffalo, NY
14260-2200. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
Studies of periodic or special surveys relevant to population studies, excluding KAP (knowledge, attitudes, and practice of family planning) studies, which are coded under F.4.4. Attitudes Toward Fertility and Fertility Control .
62:30775 Azelmat, Mustapha; Ayad, Mohamed;
Housni, El Arbi. Panel Survey on Population and Health
(EPPS), 1995. [Enquête de Panel sur la Population et la
Santé (EPPS), 1995.] Jan 1996. xxii, 201 pp. Ministère de
la Santé Publique, Direction de la Planification et des
Ressources Financières, Service des Etudes et de l'Information
Sanitaire: Rabat, Morocco; Macro International, Demographic and Health
Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Fre.
This is a report from a
survey undertaken in Morocco in 1995 as part of the DHS program. The
survey included a sample of 2,917 households, from which 4,753 women
aged 15 to 49 were interviewed. The sample was drawn from those
included in the 1992 Demographic and Health Survey. In addition to
updating information on fertility and its determinants, maternal and
child health, and infant mortality, this panel survey permits the
comparison of individual behavior between the two surveys of 1992 and
1995. This allows for a more detailed analysis of changes in behavior
concerning reproduction and family health. There are chapters on survey
methodology, fertility, family planning, nuptiality and exposure to the
risk of pregnancy, fertility preferences, maternal and child health,
breast-feeding, infant and child mortality, and household
expenditures.
Correspondence: Ministère de la
Santé Publique, Direction de la Planification et des Ressources
Financières, Service des Etudes et de l'Information Sanitaire,
Avenue de Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:30776 Gage, Anastasia J. An
assessment of the quality of data on age at first union, first birth,
and first sexual intercourse for Phase II of the Demographic and Health
Surveys program. DHS Occasional Paper, No. 4, Jun 1995. ix, 49 pp.
Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton,
Maryland. In Eng.
"The purpose of this report is to evaluate
the date of first union and first birth, and age at first sexual
intercourse for data that were collected during the second phase of the
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program and for which individual
recode files were available as of April 1994....The quality of data on
timing of first union and first birth is evaluated by examining (1) the
completeness of information on the date of the event, (2) several types
of date misreporting, including age heaping and (3) internal checks of
consistency. Where possible, DHS-II data are compared with data from
the WFS and DHS-I surveys." The geographical focus is on
developing countries.
Correspondence: Macro International,
Demographic and Health Surveys, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Suite 300,
Calverton, MD 20705-3119. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:30777 Horstman, Ronald G.; Tsetsgee,
Puntsag; Huisman, Corina C.; Nieborg, Jolanda; Solongo, A.; Bolormaa,
Ts.; Gankhuyag, D.; Pandey, R. N. Mongolia Demographic
Survey, 1994: main report. Jan 1996. xxiv, 107, [19] pp. Mongolian
National University, Population Teaching and Research Center: Ulan
Bator, Mongolia. In Eng.
Results are presented from a survey
carried out in Mongolia in 1994. The survey was developed along the
lines of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), although several modules
were omitted and the sample size reduced in order to cut costs. It
involved a multi-stage stratified, clustered, and random sample of
1,763 households, from which 2,030 women and 1,026 men aged 15-49 were
interviewed. Following introductory chapters on survey methodology,
there are chapters on infant and child mortality, fertility, the
proximate determinants of fertility, fertility preferences, and
knowledge and use of family planning.
Correspondence:
Mongolian National University, Population Teaching and Research
Center, c/o UNDP, P.O. Box 49/207, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30778 Li, Rose M.; Newcomer, Susan
F. The exclusion of never-married women from Chinese
fertility surveys. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 27, No. 3,
May-Jun 1996. 148-54 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"Never-married women have been regularly excluded in official
national surveys of fertility in China, even in light of evidence of
increasing premarital sexual activity. Likewise, never-married women in
the United States were consistently excluded from national fertility
surveys prior to 1982 because of the perceived sensitivity of questions
about contraceptive use and sexual activities. Data on sexual and
fertility behavior from all women of reproductive age, regardless of
marital status, can provide direct measures of sexual activity and
unintended pregnancies, as well as facilitate modeling of social
networks underlying the sexual transmission of diseases. China's need
for such information, however sensitive, will become more difficult to
ignore given increasing pressures to attend to the health needs of
their never-married but sexually active
population."
Correspondence: R. M. Li, U.S. National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Center for Population
Research, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 8B13, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30779 Moors, Hein; van Leusden, Hans; van
den Brekel, Hans. Opinions and attitudes concerning
aspects of the population issue, 1983-1994: the main results and
conclusions. [Meningen en opvattingen over aspecten van het
bevolkingsvraagstuk 1983-1994: de belangrijkste resultaten en
conclusies.] NIDI Rapport, No. 46, ISBN 90-70990-61-X. 1996. 72 pp.
Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut [NIDI]: The Hague,
Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"The study reports on
the results of a mail survey among the Dutch population in the age
range 20-79 years old carried out in 1994. It was the fourth in a
series of comparable surveys on opinions and attitudes on aspects of
the population issue....The survey mainly focuses on the relationship
between individual behaviour and government policy, in particular
policies related to family and work arrangements. Topics dealt with
include child allowances, maternity leave, child-care facilities and
part-time work arrangements. Attention is given also to attitudes and
opinions with respect to specific population categories such as elderly
people and migrants, including policy aspects....The results confirm
the trend indicated by the previous surveys that young couples as well
as parents express increasing need for government support be it in
different forms depending on the phase of family formation. At the same
time, favourable policies for special groups in society receive less
and less support from those who are not benefitting from these
themselves."
Correspondence: Nederlands
Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut, Postbus 11650, 2502 AR The
Hague, Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:30780 Ndamobissi, Robert; Mboup, Gora;
Nguélébé, Edwige O. Demographic and
Health Survey, Central African Republic, 1994-1995. [Enquête
Démographique et de Santé, République
Centrafricaine, 1994-95.] Dec 1995. xxvi, 337 pp. Ministère de
l'Economie, du Plan et de la Coopération Internationale,
Division des Statistiques et des Etudes Economiques: Bangui, Central
African Republic; Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys
[DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Fre.
This report presents the main
results from the first Demographic and Health Survey undertaken in the
Central African Republic in 1994-1995. The survey involved 5,884 women
aged 15-49 and 1,729 men aged 15-59. Following introductory chapters on
survey methodology, there are chapters on fertility and sterility,
family planning, nuptiality and exposure to the risk of pregnancy,
fertility preferences, mortality of children under five, causes of
death among children, maternal mortality, maternal and child health,
breast-feeding and the nutritional status of mothers and children,
sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, female circumcision, and
availability of community services.
Correspondence: Macro
International, Demographic and Health Surveys, 11785 Beltsville Drive,
Calverton, MD 20705-3119. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:30781 Population Council (New York, New
York). Bolivia 1994: results from the Demographic and
Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 27, No. 3, May-Jun
1996. 172-6 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are summary
results from the 1994 Bolivia National Demographic and Health Survey,
which covered 9,114 households and 8,603 women aged 15-49. Tabular data
are provided on population characteristics, fertility, fertility
preferences, current contraceptive use, marital and contraceptive
status, postpartum variables, infant mortality, disease prevention and
treatment, and nutrition.
Correspondence: Population
Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30782 Population Council (New York, New
York). Indonesia 1994: results from the Demographic and
Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 27, No. 2, Mar-Apr
1996. 119-23 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are summary
results from the 1994 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey, which
covered 33,738 households and 28,168 women aged 15-49. Tabular data are
provided on population characteristics, fertility, current
contraceptive use, marital and contraceptive status, postpartum
variables, infant mortality, and disease prevention and
treatment.
Correspondence: Population Council, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
