Regional studies are defined as international, national, and subnational, but not global.
Major, book-length, regional analyses and studies centering on the structure of population and on the components and rates of growth in the modern period.
64:10016 Council of Europe (Strasbourg,
France). Recent demographic developments in Europe,
1997. ISBN 92-871-3420-0. 1997. 405 pp. Strasbourg, France. In
Eng.
"The report...is a yearly...publication presenting the
latest available information on population developments in forty-six
European states: size of the population, rate of increase, migration,
marriage and divorce, fertility, mortality and foreign
population....The report is divided into three parts: an introduction,
a synopsis and a country-specific section. The latter consists, for
each country, of a national report with accompanying tables presenting
the latest developments in the main demographic
indicators."
For a previous publication in this series for
1995, see 62:20021.
Correspondence: Council of Europe
Publishing, 67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France. E-mail:
ce.publishing@seddoc.coe.fr. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10017 Dotsenko, A. I. Regional
movements of populations: problems and perspectives. [Regional'ne
rozselennya: problemi ta perspektivi.] ISBN 5-12-004370-4. 1994. 194
pp. Nashchonal'na Akademiya Nauk Ukraïni, Rada po Vivchennyu
Produktivnikh Sil Ukraïni: Kiev, Ukraine; Naukova Dumka: Kiev,
Ukraine. In Ukr.
This is an introduction to the concepts of spatial
population dynamics at the regional level, the focus being on the
population dynamics of the Ukraine. The author first outlines the
relevant concepts and terminology. Next, a history of regional
population dynamics is provided. The factors that affect population
changes are then described, including geographic factors, climate,
economic opportunities, and political changes. The process of division
into rural and urban populations is then analyzed. The contemporary
dynamics of the population of the Ukraine are then analyzed, and the
impact of socioeconomic and political factors on those dynamics is
noted.
Correspondence: Naukova Dumka, vul.
Tereshchenkivs'ka 3, 252601 Kiev 4, Ukraine. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10018 Duchesne, Louis. The
demographic situation in Quebec, 1997 edition. [La situation
démographique au Québec, édition 1997.]
Statistiques Démographiques, ISBN 2-551-17894-0. Nov 1997. 252
pp. Bureau de la Statistique du Québec: Quebec, Canada. In Fre.
This publication is the latest in a series of reports providing
information on recent demographic trends in the Canadian province of
Quebec. In addition to data on births, deaths, marriages, and migration
by region and municipality, the report also provides data on divorces,
abortions, and sterilizations. In many cases retrospective data for the
last 10 years are included. An analysis of the demographic situation
covers subjects such as perinatal mortality, causes of death, female
infertility, births outside marriage, migrant countries of origin,
consensual unions, children in divorces, and civil marriages.
For a
previous report for 1996, see 62:40036.
Correspondence:
Bureau de la Statistique du Québec, 200 Chemin Sainte-Foy,
Quebec, Quebec G1R 5T4, Canada. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10019 Hungary. Központi Statisztikai
Hivatal (Budapest, Hungary); Poland. Glowny Urzad Statystyczny (Warsaw,
Poland). Poland and Hungary according to the 1988 Polish
and the 1990 Hungarian population and housing census. ISBN
963-215-100-3. 1996. 161 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Eng.
This
publication presents a comparative analysis of data from the most
recent censuses undertaken in Hungary and Poland. "The present
volume consists of three parts. The first contains the explanation of
the concepts used in population censuses....Chapter Two of the volume
contains the detailed analysis of the data of the last 40 years,
comparing the demographic, the educational and the occupational
characteristics, household and family compositions and housing
conditions of the Polish and Hungarian populations....Chapter Three
contains tabulated census data. The tables of the same content of the
two countries are presented side by side...."
This is an
English-language edition of the work published in 1994 and cited in
61:20015.
Correspondence: Központi Statisztikai
Hivatal, Keleti Karoly Utca 5-7, 1525 Budapest II, Hungary.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10020 Johnson, James H. The
human geography of Ireland. ISBN 0-471-94832-2. LC 95-5438. 1994.
xi, 221 pp. John Wiley and Sons: New York, New York/Chichester,
England. In Eng.
In this book, the author provides a selective
account of the human geography of Ireland aimed at the general reader.
There are chapters on rural settlement, population in the nineteenth
century, population in the twentieth century, the urban pattern,
Belfast, and Dublin, as well as chapters on the environment and the
economy. The geographical focus includes both Northern Ireland and the
Republic of Ireland.
Correspondence: John Wiley and Sons,
Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1UD, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
64:10021 Jones, Gavin W.; Hull, Terence
H. Indonesia assessment: population and human
resources. ISBN 981-3055-61-8. 1997. xxxii, 373 pp. Australian
National University, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies:
Canberra, Australia; Institute of Southeast Asian Studies [ISEAS]:
Singapore. In Eng.
This book is a collection of studies by various
authors and is a product of an annual series of conferences that
examine current conditions in Indonesia. "The book provides not
only an up-to-date overview of Indonesia's political and economic
situation, but also the most comprehensive treatment of population and
human resources in the world's fourth most populous country. As well as
assessing recent trends in fertility, mortality, migration,
urbanization, education and health, incorporating early results from
the 1995 Intercensal Survey (SUPAS), the final section of the book
looks ahead at prospects for the next few decades and
beyond."
Correspondence: Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies, Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore 119596.
E-mail:publish@iseas.ac.sg. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10022 Rimashevskaya, N. M.; Markov, V.
I. Russia--1994. The socio-demographic situation. An
analytical report. [Rossiya--1994. Sotsial'no-demograficheskaya
situatsiya. Analiticheskii doklad.] LC 95-220271. 1995. 207 pp.
Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Sotsial'no-ekonomicheskikh Problem
Narodonaseleniya: Moscow, Russia. In Rus. with sum. in Eng.
This is
a report on the socio-demographic situation in Russia in the period
1992-1994. It includes information on the demographic impact of the
economic and political changes occurring in the country. The chapter on
demographic processes is divided into two parts. The first part looks
at natural increase, with sections on population size, mortality,
fertility, and marriage and divorce. The second part looks at
migration, with sections on migration among the countries that
previously formed the USSR, emigration, labor migration, internal
migration, and return migration.
Correspondence:
Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Sotsial'no-ekonomicheskikh
Problem Narodonaseleniya, Leninsky Pr. 14, 117901 Moscow, Russia.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
64:10023 van den Brekel, Hans; Deven,
Fred. Population and family in the Low Countries
1996/1997: selected current issues. NIDI CBGS Publications, No.
33, ISBN 90-403-0075-5. 1997. 244 pp. Nederlands Interdisciplinair
Demografisch Instituut [NIDI]: The Hague, Netherlands; Centrum voor
Bevolkings- en Gezinsstudiën [CBGS]: Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
This edition is the twelfth in a series designed to "introduce
demographic research activities in the Low Countries, Flanders and The
Netherlands, that are considered to be of interest for an international
audience....Due attention was given to a major event in 1994, the
intergovernmental International Conference on Population and
Development, convened by the United Nations. Contributions on a wide
range of issues from a sociohistorical perspective were also
selected....Theoretical and methodological work has been included as
well as international comparative
research...."
Correspondence: Netherlands
Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, Postbus 11650, 2502 AR The
Hague, Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10024 Vertot, Nelka; Cajhen,
Janica. Census of population, households, housing, and
agricultural holdings in the Republic of Slovenia, March 31, 1991.
Population by completed year and year of birth: results for
municipalities. [Popis prebivlstva, gospodinjstev, stanovanj in
kmeckih gospodarstev v Republiki Sloveniji, 31. 3. 1991. Prebivalstvo
po letih starosti in letih rojstva: rezultati po obcinah.] Rezultati
Raziskovanj, No. 603, LC 96-120067. 1994. 310 pp. Zavod Republike
Slovenije za Statistiko: Ljubljana, Slovenia. In Slo.
Results from
the 1991 census of Slovenia are presented by municipality on population
by age and sex.
Correspondence: Zavod Republike Slovenije
za Statistiko, Vozarski pot 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
Regional studies that are fewer than 100 pages in length and that focus on the structure of population and on the components and rates of growth in the modern period.
64:10025 Arokiasamy, P.
Determinants of demographic changes in India: an analysis using new
transformation of variables. Demography India, Vol. 26, No. 1,
Jan-Jun 1997. 45-62 pp. Delhi, India. In Eng.
"The present
analysis attempts to gain a better insight of the factors affecting the
demographic changes in India....First, a cross-sectional and time-trend
data set is used; second, newer variables such as sector-wise real
income growth and more appropriate transformation of variables have
been used; and third, improvised statistical procedures and explanatory
models have been tried taking into account the dimension of time-lag
effects as well."
Correspondence: P. Arokiasamy,
International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road,
Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, India. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10026 Dumont,
Gérard-François. The population of France in
1996. [La population de la France en 1996.] Mar 1997. 8 pp.
Association pour la Recherche et l'Information Démographiques
[APRD]: Paris, France. In Fre.
Current population trends in France
in 1996 are reviewed. The author notes that the slight increase in
fertility that occurred was not sufficient to affect a general trend
toward the aging of the population. Trends in employment are also
discussed.
Correspondence: G.-F. Dumont, Université
de Paris-Sorbonne, Institut de Démographie Politique, 191 rue
Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10027 Einrí, Piaras M.
Some recent demographic developments in Ireland. Etudes
Irlandaises, No. 22-1, Spring 1997. 145-64 pp.
Sainghin-en-Mélantois, France. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"High emigration and a familial, rural culture, isolationist
and Roman Catholic in inspiration and practice, were central features
of the Irish social landscape between the Famine and the Fifties. Since
the 1960s, however, a social revolution has occurred. Irish marriage
and fertility patterns have changed rapidly. The hegemonic rural
discourse has all but disappeared and the influence of fundamentalist
Catholic thinking on Irish society has weakened greatly. Irish
emigration continues, but the options chosen are more varied, and many
return....Irish demography is no longer as exceptional in European or
world terms as it once was. It is the timing and rapidity of the Irish
demographic transition, rather than its content, which is
remarkable."
Correspondence: P. M. Einrí,
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
64:10028 Gerloff, Jens U.
Administrative divisions, population, and the social situation in
the Russian Federation: selected problems in the development of
Russia. [Verwaltungsgliederung--Bevölkerung--soziale
Situation in der Russischen Föderation: zu ausgewählten
Problemen der Entwicklung Rußlands.] Zeitschrift für den
Erdkundeunterricht, Vol. 48, No. 4, Apr 1996. 163-6 pp. Berlin,
Germany. In Ger.
The author discusses various problems that arose
or were exacerbated after the breakup of the Soviet Union. These
include changes in the status of various geographical entities, the
population decline caused by decreasing fertility and sharply elevated
mortality, internal migration, and runaway inflation.
Location:
New York Public Library, New York, NY.
64:10029 Goliber, Thomas J.
Population and reproductive health in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Population Bulletin, Vol. 52, No. 4, Dec 1997. 44 pp. Population
Reference Bureau: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author
"examines the demographic situation in Africa with an emphasis on
the region's transition to lower fertility and the devastating effects
of the HIV/AIDS epidemic....In general, Africa has not witnessed the
reproductive revolution that occurred in much of Asia and Latin
America....Even with the HIV/AIDS epidemic and high prevalence of other
diseases, the region's high birth rates will ensure rapid population
growth well into the next century."
Correspondence:
Population Reference Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite
520, Washington, D.C. 20009-5728. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10030 Guillaume, Jean-Charles.
The relative effects of natural increase and migration on the
dynamics of the French departments from 1975 to 1990. [Composantes
naturelle et migratoire dans les dynamiques départementales
françaises de 1975 à 1990.] Géographie et
Recherche, No. 98, 1996. 3-37 pp. Dijon, France. In Fre.
This is an
analysis of demographic trends in France over the period 1975-1990 at
the departmental level. The author notes that 20 of the 90 departments
experienced a decline in population over this period, and that the
departments with the lowest population densities tended to be those
that lost population or grew more slowly than the country as a whole.
The author attempts to distinguish the relative impact of natural
increase or decline from that of migration on the dynamics of the
population at the departmental level. The potential of migration to
renew the population of rural areas experiencing demographic aging is
assessed.
Location: University of Chicago, John Crerar
Library, Chicago, IL.
64:10031 Kucharová, Vera;
Petrová, Iva. Social continuity of changes in the
demographic behavior of young adults. [K sociálním
souvislostem zmen v demografickém chování
mladé generace.] Demografie, Vol. 39, No. 3, 1997. 179-90 pp.
Prague, Czech Republic. In Cze. with sum. in Eng.
The authors
review population trends among young adults in the Czech Republic using
1996 survey data, with a focus on the influence of social connections
on family formation and reproductive behavior. Aspects considered
include social and economic conditions, variety of lifestyles, marriage
postponement, and fertility decline.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10032 Lisitsyn, Yu.; Kharchenko, V.;
Ioffina, O.; Akopyan, A. The demographic situation in
Russia: current state and prospects. [Demograficheskaya situatsiya
v Rossii: sostoyanie i perspektivy.] Voprosy Statistiki, No. 3, 1997.
59-67 pp. Moscow, Russia. In Rus.
The demographic situation in the
Russian Federation is analyzed over the period 1985-1996. Topics
covered include changes in the sizes of rural and urban populations,
population dynamics, adult mortality, infant mortality and its causes,
and induced abortions. The differences in demographic trends among the
various regions of the federation are also discussed.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10033 Mitrokhin, N.; Ponomarev, V.
The demographic situation in Kazakhstan. [Demograficheskaya
situatsiya v Kazakhstane.] Tsentral'no-Aziatskie Stranitsy, No. 3, Jan
1995. 32 pp. Informatsionno-Ekspertnaya Gruppa Panorama: Moscow,
Russia. In Rus.
Detailed information is provided on demographic
trends in Kazakhstan in the period 1991-1994. Particular attention is
given to trends in migration and the dynamics of the changing ethnic
characteristics of the population. Both the national picture and the
situation at the regional level are examined. The analysis of migration
trends looks at both internal and international migration, with a
particular focus on migration from and to the "near abroad".
The study concludes with a forecast concerning the ethnic composition
of the country in the year 2000.
Correspondence:
Informatsionno-Ekspertnaya Gruppa Panorama, Moscow, Russia.
E-mail: panorama@glas.apc.org. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10034 Pavlík, Zdenek; Kucera, Milan;
Bartonová, Dagmar; Kalibová, Kveta; Kocourková,
Jirina; Masková, Miroslava; Stloukal, Libor.
Population development in the Czech Republic, 1996. ISBN
80-902154-5-9. 1997. 71 pp. Charles University, Faculty of Science,
Department of Demography and Geodemography: Prague, Czech Republic. In
Eng.
This analysis of population trends in the Czech Republic in
1996 is the third in a series of annual reports produced by the staff
of the Department of Demography and Geodemography at Charles
University. It includes chapters on age structure, nuptiality, divorce,
natality, abortion, mortality, migration, and international
comparisons. The implications of recent political, economic, and social
changes on demographic indicators are discussed in these
chapters.
Correspondence: Charles University, Faculty of
Science, Department of Demography and Geodemography, Albertov 6, 128 43
Prague 2, Czech Republic. Location: U.S. Bureau of the Census,
ISPC Library, Washington, D.C.
64:10035 Prins, C. J. M.
Population trends 1996. [Demografie van Nederland 1996.]
Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 45, No. 11, Nov 1997. 6-22 pp.
Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
The author reviews
population trends in the Netherlands in 1996. Data are provided on
population size and growth, the size of the foreign population,
nationality, households, fertility, mortality, marriage and divorce,
and international migration.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10036 Rallu, Jean-Louis.
Population, migration, and employment in the overseas
departments. [Population, migration et emploi dans les
départements d'outre-mer.] Population et Sociétés,
No. 329, Nov 1997. [4] pp. Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
Data from a
variety of official sources are used to describe the demographic
situation in the French overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Martinique,
French Guiana, and Réunion). The author notes that both
fertility and mortality have declined considerably, in some cases to
levels similar to metropolitan France. Emigration declined and
immigration increased during the 1980s.
Correspondence:
J.-L. Rallu, Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 27
rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10037 Sommer, Bettina; Voit,
Hermann. 1996 population trends.
[Bevölkerungsentwicklung 1996.] Wirtschaft und Statistik, No. 12,
Dec 1997. 819-25 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger.
Population trends
for Germany in 1996 are summarized. Total population growth was 0.2%,
slightly lower than the previous year. Mortality continues to outweigh
fertility, and fewer people migrated to Germany than in 1995. The focus
of the article is on migration as the largest component of population
growth in Germany. The total population of Germany at the end of 1996
was 82,012,000.
Correspondence: B. Sommer, Statistisches
Bundesamt, Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11, 6200 Wiesbaden 1, Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
64:10038 Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (Mexico City,
Mexico). A demographic picture of Mexico. [Carta
demográfica sobre México.] DemoS, No. 10, 1997. 43 pp.
Mexico City, Mexico. In Spa.
This is the tenth annual publication
in this series, and this issue presents a number of short analytical
studies on current demographic trends in Mexico. There are pieces on
population size and growth, rural and urban population growth, age
distribution, mortality, infant mortality, fertility, internal
migration, international migration, households, urban developments, the
economically active population, the situation of women, the indigenous
population, the environment, family planning, information, and
population policies around the world.
Correspondence:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto
de Investigaciones Sociales, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City,
DF, Mexico. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10039 Vukovich, György.
The demographic situation in Hungary in international
perspective. Hungarian Statistical Review, Vol. 75, 1997. 65-75
pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Eng.
The author briefly reviews the
current demographic situation in Hungary. Information is provided on
population size and growth, age distribution, marital status, birth
rates, causes of death, life expectancy, death rates, and
morbidity.
Correspondence: G. Vukovich, Bimbo-ut. 9, 1022
Budapest II, Hungary. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10040 Wanner, Philippe; Fei, Peng.
Demographic indicators for the cantons, 1981-1996: recent
demographic trends in the cantons. [Kantonale demografische
Indikatoren 1981-1996: Neuere demografische Entwicklung in den
Kantonen/Indicateurs démographiques cantonaux 1981-1996:
l'évolution démographique récente dans les
cantons.] Statistik der Schweiz, ISBN 3-303-01083-8. 1997. 97 pp.
Bundesamt für Statistik: Bern, Switzerland. In Ger; Fre.
Information is provided on various demographic indicators for the
cantons of Switzerland. Those for fertility and nuptiality are provided
for the period 1981-1996, those for divorce for 1984-1996, and those
for mortality for 1988-1993. The data illustrate the demographic
differences among the cantons. Of particular interest are a growing
decline in fertility differentials and an increase in differences in
levels of divorce among the cantons.
Correspondence:
Bundesamt für Statistik, Hallwylstrasse 15, 3003 Bern,
Switzerland. E-mail: Info.bev@bfs.admin.ch. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10041 Wargon, Sylvia T.
Demography in Canada, 1945-1995. [La démographie au
Canada, 1945-1995.] INED Dossiers et Recherches, No. 62, Sep 1995. 24,
[13] pp. Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]:
Paris, France. In Fre.
The author describes the development of
demography in Canada from 1945 to 1995. Attention is given to the fact
that both the French- and English-speaking schools of demography have
flourished in Canada and influenced the development of the
discipline.
Correspondence: Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10042 Zubchenko, L.
Demographic problems in the countries undergoing economic
transition. [Demograficheskie problemy stran s perekhodnoi
ekonomikoi.] Voprosy Statistiki, No. 3, 1997. 90-3 pp. Moscow, Russia.
In Rus.
The author examines recent demographic trends in the
countries of Eastern and Central Europe that are undergoing the
transition from centrally planned to free-market
economies.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
