Primarily references to descriptive studies. Official tabular material will be found under S. Official Statistical Publications. Items that are primarily analytical, but that also contain information on characteristics, will be found under K. Demographic and Economic Interrelations and Natural Resources or L. Demographic and Noneconomic Interrelations, as appropriate.
Descriptive studies of populations according to various demographic characteristics, including age, sex, sex ratios, and marital status. Studies on demographic aging are also included.
63:40555 Atkins, P. J.; Townsend, J. G.; Raju,
S.; Kumar, N. A geography of the sex ratio in India.
Espace, Populations, Sociétés, No. 2-3, 1997. 161-71 pp.
Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"The 1991
Census of India found that for every 1,000 males there were only 927
females. This sex ratio shows that the country has one of the lowest
proportions of girls and women in its population in the world. The
paper seeks to explain why and also broadens the discussion by
investigating the male/female balance in different regions, between the
city and the countryside, and among scheduled castes and
tribes."
Correspondence: P. J. Atkins, University of
Durham, Department of Geography, Science Laboratories, South Road,
Durham DH1 3LE, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
63:40556 Bourcier de Carbon,
Philippe. The weight of the population over age 50 in
France. [Le poids des plus de 50 ans en France.] Population et
Avenir, No. 633, May-Jun 1997. 9-13 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
This
article examines some aspects of demographic aging, with reference to
the situation in France. In particular, the author discusses
implications of the fact that an increasing percentage of economic,
social, financial, and political power is concentrated in the hands of
the population over age 50. He suggests that this aspect of demographic
aging is not given sufficient consideration in most studies on this
topic.
Correspondence: P. Bourcier de Carbon, Population et
Avenir, 35 rue Marbeuf, 75008 Paris, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40557 Butler, Robert N.
Population aging and health. British Medical Journal, Vol.
315, No. 7115, Oct 25, 1997. 1,082-4 pp. London, England. In Eng.
Global trends in demographic aging are first reviewed. Next, the
author analyzes both the impact of health on population aging and the
impact of population aging on health. He concludes by considering the
issue of taking responsibility for population
aging.
Correspondence: R. N. Butler, Mount Sinai Medical
Center, International Longevity Center, New York, NY 10029. E-mail:
robert.butler@smtplink.mssm.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (SZ).
63:40558 Greengross, Sally; Murphy, Elaine;
Quam, Lois; Rochon, Paula; Smith, Richard. Aging
issue. British Medical Journal, Vol. 315, No. 7115, Oct 25, 1997.
1,029-104 pp. BMJ Publishing: London, England. In Eng.
This special
issue is devoted to the topic of aging. It is part of a campaign by
some 100 medical journals to alert readers, the general public, and
governments to the radical changes being created across the world by
the aging of populations and to contribute a substantial body of
research and information on all aspects of aging. The primary focus is
on health matters and aging.
Selected items will be cited in this or
subsequent issues of Population Index.
Correspondence: BMJ
Publishing Group, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9TD,
England. E-mail: bmjsubs@dial.pipex.com. Location: Princeton
University Library (SZ).
63:40559 James, William H.
Weinberg's rule and facultative sex ratios. Mankind Quarterly,
Vol. 37, No. 4, Summer 1997. 437-41 pp. Washington, D. C. In Eng.
"The author refers to a paper by Coney and Mackey entitled
`Weinberg's Rule versus facultative sex ratio,'...and argues that the
number of mechanisms underlying variations in mammalian sex ratio at
birth (e.g. steroid hormone levels) is presumably much smaller than the
number of variables by which it varies. He suggests that research
strategy would dictate investigating whether these underlying
mechanisms (rather than the ad hoc variables) operate in conformity
with facultative theory."
For the study by Nancy S. Coney and
Wade C. Mackey, published in 1996, see 63:20333.
Correspondence: W. H. James, University of London, Galton
Laboratory, London, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
63:40560 Kim, Young J.; Schoen,
Robert. Population momentum expresses population
aging. Demography, Vol. 34, No. 3, Aug 1997. 421-7 pp. Silver
Spring, Maryland. In Eng.
"Population momentum and population
aging occur when an initially growing population experiences a
reduction in fertility to replacement level....We consider three
measures of aging over the transition to stationarity: the increase in
mean population age, the decrease in the proportion under age 30, and
the increase in the proportion over age 65. The three measures of aging
are highly correlated, though the relationship to momentum is weakest
for the increase in the proportion over age 65. We find that momentum
is linearly related to aging. In both model and actual populations, a
one-year increase in mean age translates into about 4.5% more
population growth. The population below age 30 does not grow over the
transition to stationarity, and the ratio of initial to ultimate
proportions under age 30 is virtually identical to
momentum."
Correspondence: Y. J. Kim, Johns Hopkins
University, Department of Population Dynamics, Baltimore, MD 21205.
E-mail: Kim@hpcsun01.sph.jhu.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40561 Kinsella, Kevin; Ferreira,
Monica. Aging trends: South Africa. International
Brief, No. IB/97-2, Aug 1997. 6 pp. U.S. Bureau of the Census:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This report summarizes the major
demographic aspects affecting the aging of the South African population
and highlights several socioeconomic characteristics that affect the
wellbeing of older persons."
Correspondence: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, International Programs Center, Washington, D.C.
20233-8860. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40562 Kumm, Jochen; Feldman, Marcus
W. Gene-culture coevolution and sex ratios: II.
Sex-chromosomal distorters and cultural preferences for offspring
sex. Theoretical Population Biology, Vol. 52, No. 1, Aug 1997.
1-15 pp. San Diego, California. In Eng.
Models are developed in
order to examine the evolution of sex ratios in a population whose
members exhibit cultural preferences for the sex of their offspring.
Such preferences may produce behavior such as female infanticide,
sex-selective abortion, and sex-selective parental investment. The
focus is on models that can distinguish between cultural and genetic
components contributing to the sex ratio. "Evolutionary equilibria
and trajectories of gene-culture interactions involving sex-chromosomal
distorter alleles may produce severely male- or female-biased primary
sex ratios and adult sex ratios in populations. Adult sex ratios,
primary sex ratios, allele frequencies and the prevalence of cultural
preferences in the population are sensitive to initial conditions and
cultural transmission parameters. During the coevolutionary process
phenoallelic association is observed in many cases and is associated
with unusual dynamics."
Correspondence: M. W. Feldman,
Stanford University, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford, CA
94305. Location: Princeton University Library (SZ).
63:40563 Kytir, Josef. The
demographic aging of the Austrian population: on the long-term changes
in the age structure in Austria. [Das demographische Altern der
österreichischen Bevölkerung: zum langfristigen Wandel der
Altersstruktur in Österreich.] Demographische Informationen,
1995-1996. 107-19, 163 pp. Vienna, Austria. In Ger. with sum. in Eng.
"The Austrian population is presently in the middle of its age
structure transition which started with World War I and will continue
until the 40s of the next century. Within this time period the number
of people aged 60 years or over will increase from about half a million
to 2.8 million (1995: 1.6 million) and the share of the elderly will
mount from about 9 percent to more than 35 percent (1995: 20 percent).
The present article points out the demographic causes for population
aging asking whether high fertility and/or high numbers of migrants can
stop the aging process. Different measurements of demographic aging in
Austria (share of various age groups, mean age and median age,
dependency ratios, several aging indices) are calculated for the time
period 1869 to 2050. Special attention is paid to regional differences
within Austria and to changes of the sex ratio at older ages over
time."
Correspondence: J. Kytir, Österreichische
Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut für Demographie, Hintere
Zollamtsstraße 2b, 1033 Vienna, Austria. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40564 Panapasa, Sela; McNally, James
W. From cradle to grave: health expectancy and family
support among the elderly in Fiji. PSTC Working Paper Series, No.
97-10, Aug 1997. 12, [9] pp. Brown University, Population Studies and
Training Center [PSTC]: Providence, Rhode Island. In Eng.
"This paper addresses the issue of aging in Fiji. As this
remains a relatively unexplored area, we present baseline information
on the size, health and resources of the elderly in Fiji as well as
some prevalence estimates of the risk of impairment over
time."
Correspondence: Brown University, Population
Studies and Training Center, Box 1916, Providence, RI 02912. Author's
E-mail: sela_panapasa@brown.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40565 Peru. Instituto Nacional de
Estadística e Informática. Dirección
Técnica de Demografía y Estudios Sociales (Lima,
Peru). Women in Peru: demographic, social, and economic
characteristics according to the national censuses of population and
housing. [La mujer en el Peru: características
demográficas, sociales y económicas, según los
censos nacionales de población y vivienda.] Pub. Order No.
707-95 SG-INEI. Aug 1995. 174 pp. Lima, Peru. In Spa.
This report
presents data based on census information about the demographic and
socioeconomic characteristics of women in Peru; the latest census was
conducted in 1993. There are seven chapters in this report: The status
of women in Peru in the 1990s; The characteristics of the female
population; Reproductive health; Women's education; Women's labor force
participation; Female heads of households; and Women's participation in
politics.
Correspondence: Instituto Nacional de
Estadística e Informática, Avenida General Garzón,
No. 658 Jesús María, Lima 11, Peru. E-mail:
postmast@INEI.GOB.PE. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
63:40566 Qian, Zhenchao.
Progression to second birth in China: a study of four rural
counties. Population Studies, Vol. 51, No. 2, Jul 1997. 221-8 pp.
London, England. In Eng.
"Using a survey from four rural
counties [in China], this paper examines the progression to a second
birth and the sex ratio at second birth. Women whose first-born is a
boy are less likely to have a second child and the sex ratio at second
birth is normal, while women whose first-born is a girl are much more
likely to have a second child and the sex ratio at second birth is very
high....The author speculates that the high sex ratio at second birth
is more likely to be achieved through sex selective abortion for women
with higher educational attainment, and for women with lower
educational attainment by such other means as under-reporting of female
births and giving up female babies for adoption....The paper suggests
that local family planning offices benefit financially by receiving
fines and fees from couples who violate the family planning policy, and
use the money to enforce the policy among those who cannot afford the
fines."
This paper was originally presented at the 1996 Annual
Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: Z. Qian, Arizona State University,
Department of Sociology, Tempe, AZ 85287-2101. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40567 Zonta, L. A.; Ulizzi, L.
Changes of sex composition with a changing environment: an analysis
of the Italian population. Collegium Antropologicum, Vol. 20, No.
1, Jun 1996. 29-36 pp. Zagreb, Croatia. In Eng.
"In order to
investigate the effects of the improved environmental conditions on the
population sex composition, the authors have chosen two Italian regions
with different socio-economic levels. As previously seen in populations
representative of the major ethnic groups, the authors have found that
the progressive reduction of early male extra-mortality has lead the
sex [ratio] at birth to be maintained almost unchanged at least to the
first year of life. Since the decreased sex-specific mortality may have
allowed other mechanisms to assume greater relevance on the
determination of the population sex [ratio], the authors have also
analysed the present-day sex composition of newborns with respect to
indicators of biological, cultural and socio-economic
conditions."
Correspondence: L. A. Zonta,
Università di Pavia, Department of Genetics and Microbiology,
via Abbiategrasso 207, 27000 Pavia, Italy. Location: Stanford
University Library, Stanford, CA.
Descriptive studies of menarche and menopause, longevity, and increasing the life span, as well as other biological characteristics such as sex selection. Studies that are concerned with menarche and menopause as they specifically affect fertility are coded under F.5. Factors Other Than Contraception Affecting Fertility.
63:40568 Chompootaweep, S.; Tankeyoon, M.;
Poomsuwan, P.; Yamarat, K.; Dusitsin, N. Age at menarche
in Thai girls. Annals of Human Biology, Vol. 24, No. 5, Sep-Oct
1997. 427-33 pp. London, England. In Eng. with sum. in Ger; Fre.
"Age at menarche and menstrual symptoms were recorded in a
sample of Thai schoolgirls in Bangkok. Using a random sampling
proportional to size from this target population, structured
questionnaires were offered to a sample of 15,998 girls of grades 4-12.
Fifty-six per cent of the study population was menarcheal during the
time of the study. Average mean ages by recalling age at menarche and
by probit analysis were 12.51 [plus or minus] 1.17 and 12.35 [plus or
minus] 1.41 years, respectively. The onset of menstruation occurred
most frequently in April and October."
Correspondence:
S. Chompootaweep, Chulalongkorn University, Phyathai Road, Bangkok
10330, Thailand. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40569 Hahn, Robert A.; Eaker, Elaine;
Rolka, Henry. Reliability of reported age at
menopause. American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 146, No. 9, Nov
1, 1997. 771-5 pp. Baltimore, Maryland. In Eng.
"The authors
examined four hypotheses about the reliability of reported age at
menopause in the United States: (1) women with hysterectomy-induced
menopause more reliably report their age at menopause than women who
have undergone natural menopause; (2) reliability declines with time
since menopause; (3) reliability declines with age; and (4) women with
higher educational levels report their age at menopause more reliably
than women with less education. The authors used linear regression
models among 2,545 women in the First National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey and Followup Study (1971-1984) and compared
responses at first and follow-up interviews. Among women who had
undergone a natural menopause, 44% reported their age at menopause
within one year from the first to second interviews; among women who
had undergone a hysterectomy-induced menopause, 59% reported their age
at menopause within one year from first to follow-up interviews. Only
hysterectomy status and years from menopause to follow-up interview
were significantly associated with the absolute difference between age
at menopause reported at first and follow-up interviews. The authors
conclude that caution in studies involving age at menopause may enhance
our understanding of this critical event in the lives of
women."
Correspondence: R. A. Hahn, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology Program Office, Mailstop
D-01, Atlanta, GA 30333. Location: Princeton University
Library (SZ).
63:40570 James, W. H. Sex ratio,
coital rate, hormones and time of fertilization within the cycle.
Annals of Human Biology, Vol. 24, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1997. 403-9 pp.
London, England. In Eng. with sum. in Ger; Fre.
"In this paper
I shall consider the relationships between coital rates, timing of
fertilization within the cycle, and sex ratios of the resulting
offspring. It will be suggested that there is: (1) Analytic
(mathematical) evidence for a correlation between coital rate and time
of fertilization. (2) Empirical evidence for a correlation between time
of fertilization and sex ratio of offspring. Whence there arises: (3) A
correlation between coital rate and sex ratio secondary to correlations
of both with time of fertilization....It will be noted that the data on
these two variables cohere not only with that on timing of
insemination, but with the overall hypothesis that parental hormone
levels at conception are causally associated with sex ratios at
birth."
Correspondence: W. H. James, University
College London, Galton Laboratory, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way,
London NW1 2HE, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
63:40571 Lancet (New York, New York).
Ageing today and tomorrow. Lancet, Vol. 350, No. 9085, Oct 18,
1997. 1,156-67 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This is a special
section on aging, and its contents are as follows: The omnipresent
still syndrome, by Richard Horton. How should clinical care of the aged
differ? by Neil M. Resnick and Edward R. Marcantonio. Dying, not old
age, to blame for costs of health care, by Chris van Weel and Joop
Michels. Myths of ageing, by Graham P. Mulley. Access to advances in
cardiology, by Michael Lyle. Living a little more dangerously, by C.
Patterson and C. Rosenthal. Is the best yet to be? by Michael Gordon.
Added years, onus or bonus? by Ruth Bonita.
Correspondence:
Lancet, 245 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011. Location:
Princeton University Library (SZ).
63:40572 van Noord, Paulus A. H.; Dubas,
Judith S.; Dorland, Martinus; Boersma, Hilda; te Velde,
Egbert. Age at natural menopause in a population-based
screening cohort: the role of menarche, fecundity, and lifestyle
factors. Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 68, No. 1, Jul 1997. 95-102
pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The aim of this study was "to
verify whether a population-based hypothesis (age at menarche and age
at natural menopause have an inverse relationship) also applies at the
level of the individual and to investigate what other factors predict
age at natural menopause...[using data for] a cohort of 3,756 Dutch
women, born between 1911 and 1925, participating in a population-based
breast cancer screening program, who experienced a natural
menopause....No relation was found between age at menarche and age at
natural menopause. The total percentage of variance in age at natural
menopause explained by multiple regression including all factors was
minimal...."
Correspondence: P. A. H. van Noord,
University of Utrecht, Julius Center for Patient Oriented Research,
P.O. Box 80046/80035, 3508 TA Utrecht, Netherlands. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
Descriptive studies of income differentials, earnings, career mobility, and other economic characteristics if allocated according to demographic groups. Analytical studies are classified under K.1.1. General Economic Development and Population, and studies concerned with employment and labor force are classified under K.3. Employment and Labor Force Participation.
63:40573 Altonji, Joseph G.; Hayashi, Fumio;
Kotlikoff, Laurence J. Parental altruism and inter vivos
transfers: theory and evidence. Journal of Political Economy, Vol.
105, No. 6, Dec 1997. 1,121-66 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"This paper uses PSID data [Panel Study of Income Dynamics] on
the extended family to test whether inter vivos transfers from parents
to children [in the United States] are motivated by altruism.
Specifically, the paper tests whether an increase by one dollar in the
income of parents actively making transfers to a child coupled with a
one-dollar reduction in that child's income results in the parents'
increasing their transfer to the child by one dollar....The findings
strongly reject the altruism hypothesis. Redistributing one dollar from
a recipient child to donor parents leads to less than a 13-cent
increase in the parents' transfer to the child, far less than the
one-dollar increase implied by altruism."
Correspondence:
J. G. Altonji, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
63:40574 Birrell, Bob; Rapson,
Virginia. Poor families, poor children: who cares for the
next generation? People and Place, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1997. 44-53 pp.
Clayton, Australia. In Eng.
"Despite the recovery in the
Australian economy since 1991, the number of poor families in Australia
has continued to increase. By September 1996, 43 per cent of Australian
families could be regarded as poor. Some four out [of] every ten of
these were headed by lone parents. These findings highlight major
questions about the resources available to poor families in a context
where families are increasingly expected to invest heavily in their
children's education."
Correspondence: B. Birrell,
Monash University, Centre for Population and Urban Research, Wellington
Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40575 Duleep, Harriet O.; Regets, Mark
C. Are lower immigrant earnings at entry associated with
faster growth? A review. Program for Research on Immigration
Policy Discussion Paper, No. PRIP-UI-44, May 1997. 31 pp. Urban
Institute, Program for Research on Immigration Policy: Washington, D.C.
In Eng.
"This paper summarizes our research on the
relationship between immigrant entry earnings and earnings growth as
well as the effect on earnings growth of two factors associated with
low entry earnings: kinship admissions and country of origin. Using
1960-1990 [U.S.] decennial census data, we find that for cohorts from
the same country of origin, education group, and age group, there is a
systematic inverse relationship between initial earnings and subsequent
earnings growth....We find that declines in admissions on the basis of
occupational skills and corresponding increases in admissions on the
basis of family are associated with both a decrease in initial earnings
and an increase in earnings growth."
Correspondence:
H. O. Duleep, 4417 Yuma Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20016.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40576 Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Kassis, Mary M.;
Moore, Robert E. Running hard and falling behind: a
welfare analysis of two-earner families. Journal of Population
Economics, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1997. 237-50 pp. Berlin, Germany. In Eng.
"This paper investigates the commonly asserted proposition
that long term economic changes have put the family in a financial
bind. Structural parameters of a family utility model are obtained by
estimating simultaneous labor supply functions for a two-earner
household. We find evidence indicating that the average 1990s
two-earner family would prefer to receive the 1980s real wage package
(were it available) instead of the real wage package it actually faces.
The degree to which the 1990s family is worse off (in terms of the
changes in the real wage package) is roughly equivalent to an hour of
leisure per week." The data are from the 1993 Current Population
Survey and concern the United States.
Correspondence: J. L.
Hotchkiss, Georgia State University, Department of Economics, School of
Policy Studies, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303. E-mail:
jhotchkiss@gsu.edu. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
63:40577 Iceland, John. Urban
labor markets and individual transitions out of poverty.
Demography, Vol. 34, No. 3, Aug 1997. 429-41 pp. Silver Spring,
Maryland. In Eng.
"Using data from the Panel Study of Income
Dynamics and the U.S. census, I examine the effect of four structural
characteristics on individual poverty exits: (1) economic
restructuring, (2) skills mismatches, (3) racial residential
segregation, and (4) welfare benefit levels. Results show that these
factors play a role in explaining African Americans' economic
disadvantages, but they have a weaker and often contrary impact on
whites' poverty exits. Overall, the differing impact of the contextual
characteristics on African Americans and whites exacerbates social
stratification and illustrates racial divisions that continue to
pervade the labor market."
Correspondence: J. Iceland,
University of Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590. E-mail: iceland@umich.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40578 Kolmar, Martin.
Intergenerational redistribution in a small open economy with
endogenous fertility. Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 10,
No. 3, 1997. 335-56 pp. Berlin, Germany. In Eng.
"For
pay-as-you-go financed pension systems, claims may be calculated
according to individual contributions (income) or the number of
children of a family. We analyse the optimal structure of these
parameters in a model with endogenous fertility. It is shown that for
both structural determinants there exists no interior solution of the
problem of intragenerational utility maximization. Thus, pure systems
are always welfare maximizing. Furthermore, children-related pension
claims induce a fiscal externality that tends to be positive. The
determination of the optimal contribution rate shows that the widely
accepted Aaron-condition is in general a misleading indicator for the
comparison of fully funded and pay-as-you-go financed pension
systems."
Correspondence: M. Kolmar, University of
Konstanz, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, P.O. Box 5560-136, 78434
Konstanz, Germany. E-mail: martin.kolmar@uni-konstanz.de. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40579 Krieg, Randall G.
Occupational change, employer change, internal migration, and
earnings. Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 27, No. 1,
Feb 1997. 1-15 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
"In this
paper I use microdata from the [U.S.] Panel Study of Income Dynamics to
measure the financial returns to intercounty and interstate migration
for individuals in a temporal framework accounting for gains that
accrue over time....To account for the indirect effects of migration on
earnings, explanatory variables are created by interacting migration
status with: (1) occupational change, (2) employer change and (3)
changes in both occupation and employer. These interaction terms are
then included in the earnings functions. Earnings are estimated for
three years subsequent to the migration decision to account for the
financial returns to migration accruing over time. Results indicate
that, when estimating earnings, the use of a simple migration dummy
variable will mask the indirect effects of migration on
earnings."
Correspondence: R. G. Krieg, University of
Northern Iowa, Department of Economics, Cedar Falls, IA 50614.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
63:40580 Robles, Marcos; Reyes,
Jorge. Estimation of household income and percentage poor
at the province and district level in Peru. [Determinación
del ingreso y la proporción de hogares pobres a nivel provincial
y distrital en el Perú.] Notas de Población, Vol. 24, No.
64, Dec 1996. 63-104 pp. Santiago, Chile. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
"Data from the National Population and Housing Censuses of
1993 and from the National Household Survey (ENAHO) of 1995 are used to
generate household income and poverty indicators for provinces and
districts by means of a statistical method that integrates both data
sources, with the aim of providing information that can help to make a
more efficient allocation of resources of social policies and
programmes....First, a statistical relationship between income and a
set of individual, household and locational characteristics is
established with survey data also available in the censuses. Second,
the census data are used in conjunction with the estimated model to
estimate the percentage of households poor at the department and
district level."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
63:40581 Schoeni, Robert F. New
evidence on the economic progress of foreign-born men in the 1970s and
1980s. Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 32, No. 4, Fall 1997.
683-740 pp. Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
"This study examines
the economic progress of foreign-born men in the United States.
Europeans entered the United States with relatively high wages and
earned wages comparable to natives over their life course. Japanese,
Korean, and Chinese men entered with lower wages but quickly caught up
with U.S.-born workers. Mexicans and Central Americans entered with low
wages, and the wage gap between themselves and U.S.-born workers has
not shrunk. Disparities in completed years of education and whether
education was received in the United States can explain a large share
of the differences in the level of wages. For immigrants from some
countries, it is found that more highly educated men assimilate more
quickly. The rate of economic progress has not improved for more recent
arrivals from any country, but this is most problematic among Mexicans
and Central Americans because of their relatively low rates of wage
growth."
Correspondence: R. F. Schoeni, RAND
Corporation, 1700 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA
90407-2138. Location: Princeton University Library (SPIA).
63:40582 Stecklov, Guy.
Intergenerational resource flows in Côte d'Ivoire: empirical
analysis of aggregate flows. Population and Development Review,
Vol. 23, No. 3, Sep 1997. 525-53, 688, 690 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"The theoretical importance of
intergenerational resource flows has been recognized since Caldwell's
1976 article on the direction of wealth flows and fertility decline.
Nevertheless, to date, there has been no formal measurement of the
direction and magnitude of intergenerational wealth flows for any
high-fertility country. The analytical framework in this article allows
separate measurement and analysis of resource flows through various
channels including the family, market, and public sector. High-quality
data from Côte d'Ivoire are used to show that in contradiction to
Caldwell's claim, wealth flows are downward from older to younger
generations in this high-fertility setting. Families in Côte
d'Ivoire on average make net transfers to their children, just as they
do in developed societies. However, resource transfers through the
public sector in Côte d'Ivoire also appear to flow from older to
younger generations rather than from younger to older as is found in
most developed societies."
This paper was originally presented
at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: G. Stecklov, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Department of Demography, Mount Scopus, 91905 Jerusalem,
Israel. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40583 Trejo, Stephen J. Why do
Mexican Americans earn low wages? Journal of Political Economy,
Vol. 105, No. 6, Dec 1997. 1,235-68 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"Using Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and
1989, I find that Mexican Americans earn low wages primarily because
they possess less human capital than other workers, not because they
receive smaller labor market rewards for their skills. Among third- and
higher-generation men in 1989, Mexicans averaged 21 percent lower wages
than non-Hispanic whites, which is roughly similar to the wage deficit
for blacks. For Mexicans, more than three-quarters of the wage gap is
attributable to their relative youth, English language deficiencies,
and especially their lower educational attainment. By contrast, these
variables explain less than a third of the black-white wage
gap."
Correspondence: S. J. Trejo, University of
California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. Location: Princeton
University Library (PF).
Descriptive studies of populations according to literacy and educational attainment, cultural background, religious affiliation, residential characteristics and segregation, and the like. Studies on social mobility are also coded under this heading.
63:40584 Bouma, Gary D.
Increasing diversity in religious identification in Australia:
comparing 1947, 1991 and 1996 census reports. People and Place,
Vol. 5, No. 3, 1997. 12-8 pp. Clayton, Australia. In Eng.
"A
comparison of [Australia's] 1996 census data on religion with that of
1991 reveals a number of trends: the proportion of Australians
reporting that they have `no religion' continues to grow; mainstream
Christianity, apart from the Catholics, continues to decline as a
proportion of the population; and many small religious groups are
flourishing. As well as 4.8 million Catholics, 500,000 Orthodox and
201,000 Muslims, Australia has 12,000 Sikhs, 3,000 Taoists, 8,000
Spiritualists and 2,000 Satanists."
Correspondence: G.
D. Bouma, Monash University, Department of Anthropology and Sociology,
Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40585 Bovay, Claude; Rais,
François. 1990 federal population census. Trends in
religious and confessional affiliation in Switzerland.
[Recensement fédéral de la population 1990.
L'évolution de l'appartenance religieuse et confessionnelle en
Suisse.] Statistique de la Suisse, ISBN 3-303-16042-2. 1997. 105 pp.
Bundesamt für Statistik: Bern, Switzerland. In Fre. with sum. in
Ger.
This is an analysis of the data on religion from the 1990
census of Switzerland. The analysis covers the period from 1850 to the
present, and examines the social characteristics, geographical
distribution, and household characteristics of religious groups. Two
trends are noted: first, the increasing diversification of religious
communities, and second, the increasing individualization of religion
and the growth of couples in which the partners profess different
faiths.
Correspondence: Bundesamt für Statistik,
Hallwylstrasse 15, 3003 Bern, Switzerland. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40586 Broaded, C. Montgomery; Liu,
Chongshun. Family background, gender and educational
attainment in urban China. China Quarterly, No. 145, Mar 1996.
53-86 pp. London, England. In Eng.
The determinants of educational
attainment at the senior high school level in China are analyzed, the
objective being to examine the process of gender differentiation and
stratification in urban areas. "This article reports the results
of research on the transition of one student cohort from junior high
school into senior high school or the labour force in the city of
Wuhan. The primary concern is to identify the factors that have the
greatest influence on the distribution of junior high graduates across
the stratified range of alternatives available to them at the senior
high school level. We focus on factors at three levels--individual,
familial and organizational-institutional."
Correspondence:
C. M. Broaded, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chinese
Studies, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
63:40587 Dell'mour, René; Landler,
Frank. Projections for postsecondary education to the year
2010. [Prognosen für den postsekundären Bildungssektor
bis zum Jahr 2020.] Demographische Informationen, 1995-1996. 136-43,
164 pp. Vienna, Austria. In Ger. with sum. in Eng.
"Between
1985 and 1995, the number of university entrants [in Austria] reached
21,000 to 22,200 annually. The academic year of 1996/97 will mark a
peak so far, ushering in a stage of slow but steady growth. For the
year 2010, the number of entrants is estimated at 30,000. The number of
students...depends on not only the number of entrants but also [on] the
average length of time students remain enrolled...; a record high of
over ten years was reached in 1990....On the supposition that students
remain enrolled for an average 9 to 9.5 years, their number will have
risen to 245,000 (half of them women) by 2010. The trend of constantly
rising dropout rates, lasting for two decades, seems to be over. Since
1988, the year of an unprecedented dropout rate of 57%, the success
spiral has been going up again. [By] 2004, the number of graduates is
expected to be 10,000 to 11,000 per annum."
Correspondence:
R. Dell'mour, Österreichische Nationalbank, Vienna, Austria.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40588 Goujon, Anne; Wils,
Annababette. The importance of education in future
population. Global trends and case studies on Cape Verde, Sudan, and
Tunisia. IIASA Working Paper, No. 96-138, Nov 1996. vii, 33 pp.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [IIASA]:
Laxenburg, Austria. In Eng.
"This paper...examines the role of
education and reviews school enrollment patterns in the world during
the last 30 years. We deduce from this review some general patterns of
enrollment increase and gender differential. [We then present]
multi-state population projections by educational level and the
resulting adult educational attainment, fertility levels and population
growth. This is done through three case studies on the countries of
Cape Verde, Sudan and Tunisia."
Correspondence:
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2361
Laxenburg, Austria. E-mail: info@iiasa.ac.at. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40589 Korteweg, G. A.
Forecasts of numbers of pupils and students. [Prognose van
leerlingen- en studentenaantallen.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking,
Vol. 45, No. 8, Aug 1997. 11-6 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with
sum. in Eng.
The author discusses current and future trends in
numbers of students in the Netherlands. "The changes in the
numbers of students in post-compulsory education (e.g. higher
education) are not only determined by demographic factors, but also
(and even for the major part) by participation effects. These effects
can be summarized as a general tendency towards higher educational
levels, but this tendency has been weakened by a number of policy
measures."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
63:40590 Stephens, Torrance T.; Oriuwa,
Chibuzo L. Child survival and baseline surveys: a
description of literacy rates of women of child bearing age in Abia and
Imo States, Nigeria. International Quarterly of Community Health
Education, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1996-1997. 79-90 pp. Amityville, New York.
In Eng.
"The results of a literacy need assessment conducted
in eight autonomous communities, four from both Abia and Imo States
[Nigeria are] presented and discussed. Data were obtained via survey
interview [involving] 209 and 235 subjects respectively for Abia and
Imo States....Results suggest both similar and varied trends regarding
literacy abilities of participants and their attitudes regarding adult
literacy instruction in the samples from both communities....It is
anticipated that data obtained regarding baseline assessments and
interviews may be used to examine the long-term effectiveness and
impact of literacy for health care activities under the auspices of
child survival projects."
Correspondence: T. T.
Stephens, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, 1518
Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322. Location: U.S. National
Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
63:40591 Sudha, S. Family size,
sex composition and children's education: ethnic differentials over
development in Peninsular Malaysia. Population Studies, Vol. 51,
No. 2, Jul 1997. 139-51 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"This
study examines the effect of family size and sex composition on
educational attainment among children of three ethnic groups across two
generations in Peninsular Malaysia, to demonstrate that extra-familial
factors such as economic development and education policy will affect
relationships hitherto conceptualized mainly at the family level.
Specifically, it is argued that a negative family size-schooling
relationship will emerge only at a development stage when education is
an important qualification and costs of schooling are relatively high;
and may not emerge at all among those subgroups whose schooling is
subsidized by the state. Results of multivariate statistical analyses
using 1976 and 1988 survey data show no relationship between family
size and education among the older generation. The younger generation
shows a negative relationship, but only among Chinese and Indians, for
whom schooling was not state-subsidized."
Correspondence:
S. Sudha, Centre for Development Studies, Prasantanagar Road,
Ulloor, Trivandrum 695 011, Kerala State, India. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40592 Thom, Linda H.
Immigration's impact on teen pregnancy and juvenile crime.
Population and Environment, Vol. 18, No. 5, May 1997. 473-81 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
The author analyzes the effect of
international migration on adolescent pregnancy and juvenile crime in
the United States. "While increased numbers of young people will
always generate increased crime and pregnancy among teens, immigrant
children's pregnancy and crime rates are disproportionally high because
of increased incidence in their families of the social factors which
result in poverty and its associated problems." Data are from
California.
Correspondence: L. H. Thom, 1236 Camino
Palomera, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
Descriptive studies of populations on the basis of race, ethnic group, language, and national origin.
63:40593 Assayag, Jackie.
Politics of number: the state, statistics, and minorities in India
(Karnataka). [La politique du nombre: état, statistiques et
minorités en Inde (Karnataka).] Espace, Populations,
Sociétés, No. 2-3, 1997. 279-88 pp. Villeneuve d'Ascq,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The author discusses the
objectives of India's "State Minority Commissions especially that
of Karnataka which has dispatched a report on the minorities in 1995.
The statistical modus operandi of this report is discussed in this
article. What is of interest but also the weakness of this report is
that it is based on religious categories inherited from colonial
British classification, which is itself inspired by orientalism. Today,
these conventions, i.e., the norms and measures derived from them, are
the institutionalized result of transactions among all the social
partners of the regional State and the
Center."
Correspondence: J. Assayag, Institut
Français de Pondichéry, Department of Social Sciences, 11
Saint Louis Street, B.P. 33, 605 001 Pondicherry, India. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40594 Balakrishnan, T. R.; Rao,
Jianhua. Language maintenance among selected immigrant
groups in Canada 1971-1991. Population Studies Centre Discussion
Paper, No. 97-5, ISBN 0-7714-1996-1. Jun 1997. 17 pp. University of
Western Ontario, Population Studies Centre: London, Canada. In Eng.
"Language Maintenance and Language Shift among some recent
immigrant groups are examined using data from the Public Use sample
tapes of [the] 1971, 1981 and 1991 Canadian censuses. [Similarity
between] home language [and] mother tongue is found to be related to
age, age at immigration, education, labour force participation and
occupation. Language maintenance also seems to be related to ethnic
origins. Implications for assimilation and policy are also
examined."
Correspondence: University of Western
Ontario, Department of Sociology, Population Studies Centre, London,
Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
63:40595 Blum, Alain; Gousseff,
Catherine. Nationality, ethnic groups, and peoples: how
nationalities are represented in Russia. [Nationalité,
groupes ethniques, peuples: la représentation des
nationalités en Russie.] In: Old and new minorities/Anciennes et
nouvelles minorités, edited by Jean-Louis Rallu, Youssef
Courbage, and Victor Piché. 1997. 49-71 pp. John Libbey
Eurotext: Montrouge, France; Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
This chapter
examines the various concepts used to define races, ethnic groups, and
nationalities in Russia and its previous incarnations, the Russian
Empire and the Soviet Union. The study explores the difficulties in
obtaining compatible data over time, the fragility of the definitions
used, and the dependence of the data on the notions of the regime under
which they were collected.
Correspondence: A. Blum,
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur,
75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. E-mail: blum@ined.fr. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40596 Clyne, Michael; Kipp,
Sandra. Linguistic diversity in Australia. People and
Place, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1997. 6-11 pp. Clayton, Australia. In Eng.
"This paper explores the changing patterns of language
diversity in Australia, Sydney and Melbourne between 1991 and 1996. It
shows that there has been a great increasing linguistic diversity,
accompanied by an overall decline in the use of `older' community
languages in favour of `newer' languages from Asia and the Middle
East."
Correspondence: M. Clyne, Monash University,
Department of Linguistics, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168,
Australia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40597 DellaPergola, Sergio.
Sociodemographic aspects of the integration of minorities in
Israel: convergence or divergence? [Aspects
socio-démographiques de l'intégration des
minorités en Israël: convergences ou divergences?] In: Old
and new minorities/Anciennes et nouvelles minorités, edited by
Jean-Louis Rallu, Youssef Courbage, and Victor Piché. 1997.
229-50 pp. John Libbey Eurotext: Montrouge, France; Institut National
d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
The
integration of minorities into Israel's population is examined from the
creation of the country in 1947 to the present. The author notes a
clear difference between minorities of Jewish origin, which have been
assimilated, and non-Jewish minorities such as Arab groups, which have
remained distinct. The author suggests that the demographic
distinctiveness of the Arab population will persist as long as that
population is excluded from political and socioeconomic participation
in the state of Israel. Two alternative solutions are discussed: full
integration, or complete separation of the Jewish and Arab
populations.
Correspondence: S. DellaPergola, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Division of
Jewish Demography and Statistics, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905,
Israel. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40598 Díaz, Erwin R.
The indigenous population of Guatemala according to the 1981 and
1994 censuses (preliminary figures). In: Demographic diversity and
change in the Central American Isthmus, edited by Anne R. Pebley and
Luis Rosero-Bixby. 1997. 133-44 pp. RAND: Santa Monica, California. In
Eng.
Data from the Guatemalan censuses of 1981 and 1994 are used to
describe the characteristics of the indigenous population, and to
compare the demographic trends of this population to those of the
population as a whole.
Correspondence: E. R. Díaz,
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Edificio América, 8a.
calle 9-55, Zona 1, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40599 Goldmann, Gustave.
Measuring ethnicity in Canada: history and current issues. [La
mesure de l'ethnicité au Canada: évolution et
débats actuels.] In: Old and new minorities/Anciennes et
nouvelles minorités, edited by Jean-Louis Rallu, Youssef
Courbage, and Victor Piché. 1997. 31-48 pp. John Libbey
Eurotext: Montrouge, France; Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
This study has
two objectives. The first is to illustrate the difficulties inherent in
defining ethnic groups in Canada for statistical purposes. The second
is to summarize the current discussion in Canada on this topic and to
show how the debate has affected the data in question. The focus is on
the ethnic questions included in the census.
Correspondence:
G. Goldmann, Statistics Canada, Division de Projets Analytiques du
Recensement, Edifice Principal, Salle 1710, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OE6,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40600 Heleniak, Tim. The
changing nationality composition of the Central Asian and
Transcaucasian states. Post-Soviet Geography and Economics, Vol.
38, No. 6, Jun 1997. 357-78 pp. Palm Beach, Florida. In Eng.
Patterns and levels of migration in eight states located in the
southern region of the former Soviet Union are analyzed for the period
from 1989 to the beginning of 1996. "The focus of the paper is on
the composition of migration streams by nationality and the impact that
migration has had on the changing population of the newly independent
states formed after the dissolution of the former Soviet Union. Recent
data are tabulated and estimates discussed in detail disclosing the
exodus of Russians and movement of other nationalities in each of the
Transcaucasian (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) and Central Asian
(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan)
countries."
Correspondence: T. Heleniak, World Bank,
Development Economics, Development Data Group, 1818 H Street NW,
Washington, D.C. 20433. Location: Princeton University Library
(PR).
63:40601 Jones, Gavin W.
Demographic trends, ethnic policies and the economic integration of
ethnic groups in Malaysia. In: Old and new minorities/Anciennes et
nouvelles minorités, edited by Jean-Louis Rallu, Youssef
Courbage, and Victor Piché. 1997. 363-78 pp. John Libbey
Eurotext: Montrouge, France; Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Eng.
The author
analyzes how political stability and rapid economic growth have been
achieved in Malaysia, a country where three distinct ethnic groups have
learned to coexist rather than intermingle. Malaysia's demographic
background is described, and the demographic characteristics of the
three main ethnic groups are delineated. The economic and social
policies that favor Malays are also outlined. The author notes the
persistent fertility differentials between the majority Malay
population and the other main ethnic groups, and suggests that current
trends and future projections predict a continuing increase in the
percentage of Malays in the total population.
Correspondence:
G. W. Jones, Australian National University, Demography Program,
RSSS, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia. E-mail:
Milisa.Haberschusz@anu.edu.au. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
63:40602 Katus, Kalev; Puur, Allan; Sakkeus,
Luule. Development of national minorities: Estonian
Republic up to 1944. Rahvastiku-Uuringud/Population Studies Series
B, No. 34, ISBN 9985-820-34-7. 1997. 34 pp. Estonian Interuniversity
Population Research Centre: Tallinn, Estonia. In Eng.
This paper
"focuses [on] the formation and fate of five national
minorities...in the Republic of Estonia until 1944. National minorities
are compared from the viewpoint of their demographic development,
concerning mainly their fertility, mortality and nuptiality patterns.
The trends of the demographic processes are followed until 1944, [when]
four out of five minorities present in the Estonian Republic
practically disappeared." The minorities' population structure,
spatial distribution, and economic situation are also discussed. The
minorities in question are Russians, Germans, Swedes, Latvians, and
Jews. Today, only the Russian population constitutes a significant
minority, though it has been reduced to one-fourth its former
size.
Correspondence: Estonian Interuniversity Population
Research Centre, P.O. Box 3012, 0090 Tallinn, Estonia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40603 Kazmina, Olga E.; Puchkov, Pavel
I. Ethnodemographic processes in the Russian
Federation. Anthropology and Archeology of Eurasia, Vol. 34, No.
1, Summer 1995. 13-41 pp. Armonk, New York. In Eng.
The authors
analyze ethnodemographic trends in Russia in recent years. They discuss
demographic, migration, and ethnic processes, and assess the relative
roles of these trends in the ethnic composition of the
population.
Correspondence: O. E. Kazmina, Russian Academy
of Sciences, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Leninsky prospect
32-A, 117334 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: ANTHPUB@IEA.MSK.SU. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40604 Labbé, Morgane.
Counting minorities: the political stakes and definition games in
Greek censuses. [Dénombrer les minorités: enjeux
politiques et jeux des catégories dans les recensements grecs.]
In: Old and new minorities/Anciennes et nouvelles minorités,
edited by Jean-Louis Rallu, Youssef Courbage, and Victor Piché.
1997. 73-86 pp. John Libbey Eurotext: Montrouge, France; Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
This study examines how ethnic groups are defined in the Balkan
countries, and explores the political significance of these
definitions; the linguistic classifications used in Greek censuses are
used to illustrate the issue. The focus is on the categories used to
collect data on language and religion, and on how these have changed
over time.
Correspondence: M. Labbé, Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675
Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
63:40605 Lora-Tamayo d'Ocon, Gloria.
Foreigners in Spain in 1991. [Estranjeros en España en
1991.] Estudios Geográficos, Vol. 57, No. 222, Jan-Mar 1996.
67-92 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
An analysis
of the characteristics of the foreign population living in Spain in
1991 is presented using data from two sources, the 1991 census and the
system for regularization of the status of foreign workers, which was
brought up to date the same year. The characteristics analyzed include
country of origin, current province of residence, and occupation. The
differences between the data obtained from the two sources are
discussed.
Location: Cornell University Library, Ithaca,
NY.
63:40606 Paillé, Michel.
The English-speaking community in Quebec and the French-speaking
minorities in English-speaking Canada: a demographic comparison.
[La communauté anglophone du Québec et les
minorités francophones du Canada anglais: une comparaison
démographique.] Bulletin d'Histoire Politique, Vol. 5, No. 2,
Winter 1997. 66-79 pp. Montreal, Canada. In Fre.
Data from the 1991
Canadian census are used to compare the English-speaking community in
the province of Quebec with French-speaking communities living in the
various English-speaking provinces. The characteristics of the two
linguistic groups are first analyzed by ethnic origin, maternal
language, language spoken at home, and knowledge of French and English.
The effects of internal migration and changes in language usage on
these linguistic groups are then assessed. The author concludes that
both minority language-groups are declining in size, but whereas the
English-speaking population in Quebec is moving to English-speaking
provinces elsewhere in the country, the French-speaking population
outside of Quebec is being assimilated into the English-speaking
majority.
Correspondence: M. Paillé, Gouvernement du
Québec, Conseil de la Langue Française, 800 place
d'Youville, Quebec, Quebec G1R 3P4, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40607 Paillé, Michel.
The future of the French-speaking population in Quebec and in the
other provinces of Canada. [L'avenir de la population francophone
au Québec et dans les autres provinces canadiennes.]
Grenzgänge, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1995. 42-59 pp. Leipzig, Germany. In
Fre.
This article examines ethnic and linguistic trends in Canada,
focusing on the differences between the language and education policies
of the Canadian government and those of the province of Quebec. In
particular, the author examines the issue of education in the city of
Montreal and shows that, despite the measures that have been taken to
promote the French language, the future of this language in the city is
not assured.
Correspondence: M. Paillé, Gouvernement
du Québec, Conseil de la Langue Française, 800 place
d'Youville, Quebec, Quebec G1R 3P4, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40608 Paillé, Michel.
The language laws in their demographic context. [Les lois
linguistiques dans leur contexte démographique.] In: Panorama de
la littérature québécoise contemporaine, edited by
Réginald Hamel. ISBN 2-7601-4606-5. 1997. 629-47 pp.
Guérin: Montreal, Canada. In Fre.
The demographic trends in
the 1960s and 1970s in Canada, and particularly in Quebec, that led to
the adoption of laws designed to protect and promote the use of the
French language are described. The demographic impact of these laws on
the size and characteristics of linguistic groups in the province of
Quebec is also assessed. Particular attention is given to the
demography of language in Montreal.
Correspondence: M.
Paillé, Gouvernement du Québec, Conseil de la Langue
Française, 800 place d'Youville, Quebec, Quebec G1R 3P4, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40609 Pollard, Kelvin M.; De Vita, Carol
J. A portrait of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the
United States. Statistical Bulletin, Vol. 78, No. 3, Jul-Sep 1997.
2-9 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The authors present a
statistical outline of the Asian and Pacific Islander population in the
United States. Aspects considered include population growth, age
distribution, geographic distribution, households and families,
education, labor force and occupation, and income and
poverty.
Correspondence: K. M. Pollard, Population
Reference Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 520, Washington,
D.C. 20009-5728. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40610 Rallu, Jean-Louis; Courbage, Youssef;
Piché, Victor. Old and new minorities.
[Anciennes et nouvelles minorités.] Congresses et Colloquia, No.
17, ISBN 2-7420-0172-7. 1997. viii, 397 pp. John Libbey Eurotext:
Montrouge, France; Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques
[INED]: Paris, France. In Eng; Fre.
This work contains papers
presented at a conference on minority populations held in Lyons,
France, December 6-8, 1995. The 18 papers, which are in English or
French, are organized under the following topics: quantifying
minorities, economic and social integration, multicultural coexistence
in urban contexts, and the dynamics of intercommunity relations. The
geographical focus is worldwide.
Selected items will be cited in
this or subsequent issues of Population Index.
Correspondence:
John Libbey Eurotext, 127 avenue de la République, 92120
Montrouge, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
63:40611 Rapawy, Stephen. Ethnic
reidentification in Ukraine. IPC Staff Paper, No. 90, Aug 1997.
viii, 27 pp. U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Programs Center:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Recently published figures [for
Ukraine] suggest that since independence...the share of Ukrainians is
slowly increasing and Russians are proportionally decreasing. Two sets
of data indicate this trend--published figures on births by nationality
of the mother and surveys conducted by several western organizations.
These figures will be presented and analyzed. The analysis will be
supplemented by a discussion of migration and demographic
characteristics of the two populations. Finally, the political
implications of change will be examined."
Correspondence:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Division, International
Programs Center, Washington, D.C. 20233-8860. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40612 Sans, Mónica; Alvarez,
Inés; Florines, Andrés; Kolski, Renée; Portas,
Mónica; Rodríguez, Graciela; Rovitto, Yamila; Solla,
Horacio; Sonnini, Gianna; Taks, Javier. Bases for the
study of the Uruguayan population. [Bases para el estudio de la
población uruguaya.] 1994. 122 pp. Universidad de la
República, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la
Educación, Departamento de Publicaciones: Montevideo, Uruguay.
In Spa.
This book presents an analysis of the racial composition of
the population of Uruguay. Following a general introduction and
chapters on population genetics and biology, there are chapters on the
indigenous American Indian population, the population descended from
slaves coming originally from Africa, and the white
population.
Correspondence: Universidad de la
República, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la
Educación, Departamento de Publicaciones, Avenida 18 de Julio
1968, 11200 Montevideo, Uruguay. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40613 Simon, Patrick. The
statistical representation of immigration. Is it possible to measure
ethnicity? [La représentation statistique de l'immigration.
Peut-on comptabiliser l'ethnicité?] In: Old and new
minorities/Anciennes et nouvelles minorités, edited by
Jean-Louis Rallu, Youssef Courbage, and Victor Piché. 1997.
11-30 pp. John Libbey Eurotext: Montrouge, France; Institut National
d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
The
author examines how ethnic distinctions are defined and measured in
France in the context of estimating the country's immigrant population.
Comparisons are made with definitions of ethnic groups in censuses and
official statistics of the United States and the United Kingdom. The
author notes that in the past, assimilation and the acquisition of
French nationality led to France's immigrant population becoming
indistinguishable from the native population over the course of a few
generations. The current situation, with certain groups wishing to
maintain a level of ethnic differentiation, brings this tradition into
question and creates a need for official statistics on such ethnic
minorities.
Correspondence: P. Simon, Institut National
d'Etudes Démographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex
14, France. E-mail: simon@ined.fr. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40614 Tolts, Mark. The Jewish
population of Russia, 1989-1995. Jews in Eastern Europe, Vol. 31,
No. 3, 1996. 5-19 pp. Jerusalem, Israel. In Eng.
"A mass
emigration of the Jews from the former Soviet Union (FSU) [since
1989]--which has been named the `great exodus'--seriously exacerbated
the already existing unfavorable population dynamics. However, the
recent levels of assimilation and demographic erosion are not a simple
consequence of this great exodus; they have deep roots in the Jewish
population of contemporary Russia. Recent Russian demographic
statistics contain the richest data available on the Jewish population
in the FSU, and based on this source we can develop a rather detailed
picture of Jewish emigration, assimilation and demographic
erosion."
Correspondence: M. Tolts, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Division of Jewish
Demography and Statistics, Mount Scopus Campus, Jerusalem 91905,
Israel. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40615 Veenman, Justus. The
socio-economic position of ethnic minorities in the Netherlands.
In: Old and new minorities/Anciennes et nouvelles minorités,
edited by Jean-Louis Rallu, Youssef Courbage, and Victor Piché.
1997. 211-28 pp. John Libbey Eurotext: Montrouge, France; Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Eng.
The current socioeconomic status of ethnic minorities in the
Netherlands is analyzed, focusing on their education, labor force
participation, income, and housing. In light of the national policy
objective to reduce social inequalities in the country, the author
investigates whether the socioeconomic position of minorities has in
fact improved compared with that of the native-born Dutch. He concludes
that the socioeconomic position of ethnic minorities has improved in
absolute but not in comparative terms.
Correspondence: J.
Veenman, Erasmus University, Institute of Social and Economic Research,
Kamer H 14-31 (Secr.), Burg, Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam,
Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
