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.
64:20559 Aguilera Arilla, M.
José. The aging of the population in Aragon.
[El envejecimiento de la población en Aragón.] Estudios
Geográficos, Vol. 57, No. 225, Oct-Dec 1996. 573-95 pp. Madrid,
Spain. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
The author analyzes aging trends
in Spain, with a focus on geographical differences. "While on a
national scale, the index of ageing was 0.59 in 1986, implying that
12.18% of the Spanish population were more than 65 years old, the
geographical distribution of the old in the autonomous regions, the
provinces and the towns is very uneven. This inequality is even higher
when ageing is studied according to the size of the nuclei of
population."
Correspondence: M. J. Aguilera Arilla,
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Departamento de
Geografía, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Location: Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY.
64:20560 Alvarado, José; Creedy,
John. Population ageing, migration and social
expenditure. ISBN 1-85898-724-5. LC 97-37218. 1998. xii, 191 pp.
Edward Elgar Publishing: Northampton, Massachusetts/Cheltenham,
England. In Eng.
This study examines the combined effects of
demographic aging and immigration on aspects of social expenditure and
public finance in developed countries, with particular reference to
Australia. "The authors begin by providing an introduction to some
of the main issues concerning population ageing and migration. This is
followed by a discussion of the demographic and economic aspects of the
transition towards an older population which is taking place in the
major industrialised countries. Within this framework the impacts of
ageing on government budgets and the labour market are analysed. The
book then turns to a discussion of some of the economic, social and
demographic issues related to immigration [focusing on Australia]....
The authors project population structure and social expenditure
patterns under a variety of assumptions concerning the number and
composition of immigrants."
Correspondence: Edward
Elgar Publishing, 8 Lansdown Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50
2HU, England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20561 Bogg, Lennart. Family
planning in China: out of control? American Journal of Public
Health, Vol. 88, No. 4, Apr 1998. 649-51 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
Sex ratios in six Chinese counties were analyzed retrospectively
using data from a household survey involving 5,756 individuals. "A
normal sex ratio was found for children less than 18 years of age.
Significant differences in sex ratios and family size were observed
between the household survey data and population registers." These
results indicate that there is a large number of unregistered female
births in China.
Correspondence: L. Bogg, Karolinska
Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden. Location: Princeton
University Library (SZ).
64:20562 Breev, Boris D. Problems
of population aging and depopulation. [K voprosu o postarenii
naseleniya i depopulyatsii.] Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya, No. 2,
1998. 61-6 pp. Moscow, Russia. In Rus.
This is an analysis of
population trends in Russia and their consequences over the period
1939-1996. The main focus is on changes in the number and relative size
of the population in the three main age groups: the young, the
population of working age, and the elderly. The consequences of the
increase in the elderly population and their rising expectations
concerning the services to be provided by the state in old age are
discussed. The author also looks at the demographic impact of the
economic and social disruptions associated with perestroika, including
pressures leading to lower fertility.
Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
64:20563 Cho, Nam-Hoon; Hong, Moon-Sik;
Hayashi, Kenji. Effects of induced abortion and son
preference on the imbalance of sex ratio in Korea. Japanese
Journal of Health and Human Ecology, Vol. 62, No. 5, 1996. 298-314 pp.
Tokyo, Japan. In Eng. with sum. in Jpn.
"This study examines
the trend and determinants of pregnancy outcomes in [South] Korea
during the period from the early 1960s to the early 1990s using data
from a retrospective survey of pregnancies. First, pregnancy outcomes
are compared between the subsamples which are divided by the year of
pregnancy and by the number of existing children. Within each
subsample, comparisons are also made according to premarital pregnancy,
sex composition of existing children, women's education level and the
place of residence. The following section focuses on the pregnancy
outcomes by the contraceptive methods used when one became pregnant.
Finally, selective abortions and their implications [for] fertility and
the sex ratio are discussed."
Correspondence: N.-H.
Cho, Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs, San 42-14,
Bulgwang-dong, Eunpyung-ku, Seoul 122-040, Republic of Korea.
Location: Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, IL.
64:20564 Davis, Devra L.; Gottlieb, Michelle
B.; Stampnitzky, Julie R. Reduced ratio of male to female
births in several industrial countries. JAMA: Journal of the
American Medical Association, Vol. 279, No. 13, Apr 1, 1998. 1,018-23
pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
The evidence for recent declines in
the proportion of male children at birth in developed countries is
examined using data from Denmark and the Netherlands for 1950-1994, and
data from Canada and the United States for 1970-1990. "Since 1950,
significant declines in the proportion of males born have been reported
in Denmark and the Netherlands. Similar declines have been reported for
Canada and the United States since 1970 and parallel declines also have
occurred in Sweden, Germany, Norway, and Finland." The authors
conclude that "patterns of reduced sex ratio need to be carefully
assessed to determine whether they are occurring more generally,
whether temporal or spatial variations are evident, and whether they
constitute a sentinel health event."
Correspondence:
D. L. Davis, World Resources Institute, 1709 New York Avenue NW,
Washington, D.C. 20006. E-mail: devra@wri.org. Location:
Princeton University Library (SZ).
64:20565 Di Comite, Luigi.
Population aging and the demographic transition.
[Invecchiamento della popolazione e transizione demografica.] Quaderni
del Dipartimento per lo Studio delle Società Mediterranee, No.
10, LC 97-118749. 1995. 169 pp. Cacucci Editore: Bari, Italy. In Ita;
Fre.
This publication contains three papers on demographic aging in
the countries surrounding the Mediterranean. The first, by Eros
Moretti, looks at the region as a whole and at the differences in
demographic aging between the countries to the north and those to the
south of the Mediterranean. The second, by Marie-Martine G. Aguer,
focuses on the socioeconomic implications and challenges that
demographic aging poses for Europe in general, and France and Italy in
particular. The third, by Gaetano Ferrieri, examines the socioeconomic
implications of aging for the region as a whole.
Correspondence:
Cacucci Editore, Via Nicolai 17, 70122 Bari, Italy. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20566 Dinkel, Reiner H.; Lebok,
Uwe. Demographic aging in the old and new German
states. [Demographische Alterung in den alten und neuen
Ländern Deutschlands.] Geographische Rundschau, Vol. 49, No. 3,
1997. 169-72 pp. Brunswick, Germany. In Ger. with sum. in Eng.
"One of the social phenomena receiving most attention
worldwide is the one of `demographic aging'. The term describes a
relative change in the age structure of a population, which cannot be
explained by natural criteria alone. The thesis that a population is
aging or getting younger is dependent on a measurement concept for
demographic aging. This essay will introduce the Billeter-measure as
such a concept. With its help, an analysis of regional difference
between the old and new German states (Länder) is
undertaken."
Correspondence: R. H. Dinkel,
Universität Bamberg, Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche
Fakultät, Kirschäckerstraße 39, 96045 Bamberg, Germany.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
64:20567 Eldemire, Denise. The
Jamaican elderly: a socioeconomic perspective and policy
implications. Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 46, No. 1, Mar
1997. 75-93 pp. Kingston, Jamaica. In Eng.
Data from a combined
retrospective analysis and cross-sectional community-based survey of
1,329 elderly Jamaicans aged 60-97 are used to analyze aspects of aging
in Jamaica. "The findings suggest that elderly persons continue to
live in families to which they contribute in several ways. Sources of
support include the family and informal systems but the quality of the
support was not assessed. There was a gender difference in social and
economic needs and possible solutions. The study identified the need
for a gender specific approach to social and economic policy on ageing.
It also identified the need for a life course approach for future
generations of elderly persons. And finally, research, including
anthropological research, is essential to inform future
policy."
Correspondence: D. Eldemire, University of
the West Indies, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Mona
Campus, Kingston, Jamaica. Location: Princeton University
Library (PF).
64:20568 Golini, Antonio; Bruno, Paola;
Calvani, Plautilla. Aspects and problems of demographic
aging. [Aspetti e problemi dell'invecchiamento della popolazione.]
IRP Monografie, No. 8, 1997. 171 pp. Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Popolazione [IRP]: Rome, Italy. In
Ita.
After a preliminary section reviewing the nature of
demographic aging in general from 1950 to 2040, the authors focus on
the impact of demographic aging on Italian society. In particular,
changes in family structure and health issues are
discussed.
Correspondence: Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Popolazione, Viale Beethoven 56,
00144 Rome, Italy. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:20569 Golini, Antonio.
Demographic trends and ageing in Europe. Prospects, problems and
policies. Genus, Vol. 53, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1997. 33-74 pp. Rome,
Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Ita; Fre.
"For populations and
families the problem of ageing is a dual one: (a) the intensity, which
determines enormous imbalances among the different age groups, as well
as morphological `deformations', which will be felt far into the
future; (b) the speed of demographic change, which would appear to be
the most important aspect in that it implies prompt and complex
parallel socio-economic and psychological cultural adjustments. The
question that needs to be posed is whether present and future
population trends in Europe and in some European countries will
generate desirable and sustainable demographic
paths."
Correspondence: A. Golini, Università
degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento di Scienze Demografiche,
Via Nomentana 41, 00161 Rome, Italy. E-mail:
golini@dsd.sta.uniroma1.it. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:20570 Hogan, Dennis P.; Eggebeen, David
J. Demographic change and the population of children:
race/ethnicity, immigration, and family size. In: Indicators of
children's well-being, edited by Robert M. Hauser, Brett V. Brown, and
William R. Prosser. 1997. 311-27 pp. Russell Sage Foundation: New York,
New York. In Eng.
The authors examine how some recent demographic
changes in the United States have affected the demographic
characteristics of the child population, with particular attention
given to changes in race and ethnicity, immigration, and family size.
"We will deal with each of these features...in turn. After
discussing why knowledge of a feature is important, we plan to describe
how it is currently measured in the U.S. Census of Population, paying
particular attention to the relevance of these measures for
understanding the experience of children. We will briefly...describe
the population of children for the indicator using Public Use Microdata
(PUMS) files of the 1990 Census of Population. Our assessment of each
of these features will conclude with a discussion of how they can best
be defined using currently available procedures and instruments of data
collection."
Correspondence: D. P. Hogan, Brown
University, Population Studies and Training Center, Box 1916,
Providence, RI 02912. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:20571 Hokenstad, Terry; Széman,
Zsuzsa. The forgotten generations of Central and Eastern
Europe. Ageing International, Vol. 21, No. 3, Sep 1994. 66 pp.
International Federation on Ageing [IFA]: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This issue of Ageing International offers articles about the
aging population and the politics and programs for older people in
several countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The focus on a part of
the world in social transition will enable the reader to gain insights
into both regional similarities and cross-national differences. The
articles, written mostly by experts from the countries themselves,
provide a vivid picture of the tremendous challenge being faced by the
ex-communist bloc countries."
Correspondence:
International Federation on Ageing, Publications Division, 601 E
Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20049. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20572 Hong Kong. Census and Statistics
Department (Hong Kong, China). The characteristics of
persons from the mainland having resided in Hong Kong for less than 7
years. Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics, Jan 1998. [16] pp.
Hong Kong. In Eng; Chi.
"This article presents the
characteristics of persons from the Mainland having resided in Hong
Kong for less than 7 years based on information provided by the one-way
permit holders to the Immigration Department when they first entered
Hong Kong and also on the findings of the 1996 Population By-census.
The demographic characteristics of the one-way permit holders coming to
Hong Kong during the period 1990-1996 are analysed in detail. A
comparison of the socio-economic characteristics of persons from the
Mainland having resided in Hong Kong for less than 7 years with the
whole population of Hong Kong using the 1996 Population By-census
results is also made."
Correspondence: Census and
Statistics Department, 19/F Wanchai Tower I, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai,
Hong Kong, China. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:20573 James, William H. Coital
rates, sex-selective infanticide, and sex ratios at birth. Social
Biology, Vol. 43, No. 1-2, Spring-Summer 1996. 132-5 pp. Port Angeles,
Washington. In Eng.
The author comments on a 1994 article by A. A.
Brewis and J. H. Underwood. "They report high sex ratios at birth
and evidence for high coital rates in Micronesia. They suggest that the
one is due to the other. First, quantitative grounds will be offered
for the doubt I expressed on this conclusion (James, 1994). Second, the
effects of past sex-selective infanticide will be raised." A reply
by Underwood and Brewis ( pp. 134-5) is included.
For a related
citation, see 61:30373.
Correspondence: W. H. James,
University College London, Galton Laboratory, Wolfson House, 4
Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20574 Jones, Gavin W.
Population dynamics and their impact on adolescents in the ESCAP
region. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3, Sep 1997.
3-30 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"This study examines the
impact on adolescents of the dramatic demographic, social and economic
changes currently taking place in the ESCAP region. Among the aspects
it considers are the growth of the adolescent population, their age at
marriage and fertility, educational developments, labour force
participation, and the effects of poverty, globalization and
urbanization on this segment of the population. It concludes by drawing
out the implications of the research for policy and programme
purposes."
Correspondence: G. W. Jones, Australian
National University, Division of Demography and Sociology, G.P.O. Box
4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20575 Lindsey, J. K.; Altham, P. M.
E. Analysis of the human sex ratio by using overdispersion
models. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C:
Applied Statistics, Vol. 47, No. 1, 1998. 149-57 pp. London, England.
In Eng.
Data from nineteenth-century Germany are reanalyzed to
determine how the probability for having a child of each sex changes
with family size. The data, collected by A. Geissler, concern some 1
million birth registrations and 3.7 million births occurring in Saxony
between 1876 and 1885. Three models are fitted to the data. "The
multiplicative and beta-binomial models provide similar fits,
substantially better than that of the double-binomial model. All models
show that both the probability that the child is a boy and the
dispersion are greater in larger families. There is also some
indication that a point probability mass is needed for families
containing children uniquely of one sex."
Correspondence:
J. K. Lindsey, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Department of
Biostatistics, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. E-mail: jlindsey@luc.ac.be.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
64:20576 Meekers, Dominique; Wekwete,
Naomi. The socioeconomic and demographic situation of
adolescents and young adults in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Further
Analysis, Oct 1997. iii, 38 pp. Macro International, Demographic and
Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Eng.
"The
objective of this report is to examine various aspects of the lives of
adolescents in Zimbabwe using data from the 1994 Zimbabwe Demographic
and Health Survey (ZDHS). These aspects include the household
environment, education, marriage and sexual behaviour, employment,
fertility and family planning, and
HIV/AIDS."
Correspondence: Macro International,
Demographic and Health Surveys, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Calverton, MD
20705-3119. E-mail: reports@macroint.com. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20577 Otani, Kenji. Birth
trends, survival improvements, and aging. Review of Social Policy,
No. 6, 1997. 17-43 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Eng.
"Decompositions
of a change in the proportion of aged persons on the basis of the
stable population theory [have] emphasized the contribution of
fertility change. This study confirmed that cohort survival
improvements largely contributed to changes in the proportion of aged
persons and the average age since the late 1970s. Particularly, the
cohort survival effects for those belonging to the age group 65+ at the
time concerned was great." The geographical focus is on
Japan.
Correspondence: K. Otani, Kansai University,
Department of Economics, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita-shi, Osaka 564,
Japan. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20578 Penev, Goran.
Demographic determinants of population aging in FR Yugoslavia. A
model approach. [Demografske deteminante starenja stanovnistva SR
Jugoslavije. Modelski pristup.] Stanovnistvo, Vol. 35, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec
1997. 109-29 pp. Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In Scr. with sum. in Eng.
"The paper presents basic directions and intensity of change
in [the] age structure of the population in FR Yugoslavia broken down
by its republics and provinces during the period after...World War II.
A special emphasis is placed on demographic determinants of population
aging, particularly from 1961 to 1991. A method of demographic
projections was used to assess the impact of changes in fertility,
mortality and external migration on transformation in the age
structure."
Correspondence: G. Penev, Instituta
Drustvenih Nauka, Centar za Demografska Istrazivanja, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20579 Prins, C. J. M. More
than one thousand centenarians. [Meer dan duizend mensen van
honderd jaar of ouder.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 45, No.
12, Dec 1997. 6-8 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"On 1 January 1997 1,006 persons in the Netherlands were 100
or older. The number of centenarians has increased strongly since the
sixties. Until 1950 their number never was above 30. It rose to above
one hundred in 1964 and above five hundred in 1984. The increase has
been mainly due to a drop in mortality, rather than to the growing
number of births during the nineteenth century."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20580 Razzaque, M. A.; Islam, Md.
Shofiqul. Ageing in Bangladesh and public policy.
Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 43, No. 1, Mar 1997. 51-5 pp. Mumbai,
India. In Eng.
"The present paper attempts to study the
inherent structure of the aged in Bangladesh using an index of
differential ageing with a view to provide guidelines for policy makers
and planners to formulate appropriate measures for the welfare of the
elderly, whose life expectancy and numbers are on the rise.... [Data
are from] the analytical report of [the] Bangladesh population census
1991 and the sex and age distribution of the world
population."
Correspondence: M. A. Razzaque, Rajshahi
University, Department of Statistics, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20581 Robertson, Ann. Beyond
apocalyptic demography: towards a moral economy of
interdependence. Ageing and Society, Vol. 17, No. 4, Jul 1997.
425-46 pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"Employing a political
economy analysis of need as it relates to the ageing of the population
in the context of the postmodern welfare state, this paper attempts to
go beyond the narrow confines of the apocalyptic demography argument
that an increasing dependent older population represents social and
fiscal catastrophe.... This paper argues that [the] dichotomy between
dependence and independence results from a depoliticisation of need, in
part the legacy of a radical individualism combined with a postmodern
therapeutic ethic.... This paper argues further that a moral economy of
interdependence, based on the notion of reciprocity, transcends the
dependency/independency dichotomy, repoliticises need, and thereby
creates the possibility of a revitalisation of civil
society."
Correspondence: A. Robertson, University of
Toronto, Department of Behavioral Science, 100 College Street, Toronto,
Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
64:20582 Sánchez Vera, Pedro.
Third and fourth age in Spain from the perspective of
households. [Tercera y cuarta edad en España desde la
perspectiva de los hogares.] Revista Española de Investigaciones
Sociológicas, No. 73, Jan-Mar 1996. 57-79 pp. Madrid, Spain. In
Spa. with sum. in Eng.
The author analyzes households to determine
the size and growth of the population in Spain aged 65-79 and 80 and
over. "There has been...a decrease in the population below 65
years old during the last 15 years, while there was an increase in the
population above 65, particularly above 80 and more." There has
also been an increase in the number of one-person
households.
Correspondence: P. Sánchez Vera,
Universidad de Murcia, Facultad Ciencias Económicas &
Empresariales, 30071 Murcia, Spain. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20583 Santos del Campo,
Immaculada. Demographic aging: gender differences.
[Envejecimiento demográfico: diferencias por género.]
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, No. 73,
Jan-Mar 1996. 177-90 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
"In Spain in 1991, sixty percent of the population aged 65 and
over, and seventy percent of those aged 85 and over were women. Ninety
two percent of these women were living `alone' being eighty percent of
these cases due to widowhood. Most of these women who are approaching
[old age] in Spain have never worked outside the household and,
therefore, they have to endure a very high economic as well as social
dependency with respect to males throughout all their lives. This
situation makes them having to face ageing from--at the very least--a
problematic perspective and in need of special assistance. This paper
is an attempt to show that the demographic ageing of the Spanish
population is a phenomenon mostly pertaining to women and with
different social and economic
implications."
Correspondence: I. Santos del Campo,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Ecología
Humana y Población, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
64:20584 United Nations. Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific [ESCAP] (Bangkok,
Thailand). Added years of life in Asia: current situation
and future challenges. Asian Population Studies Series, No. 141,
Pub. Order No. ST\ESCAP\1688. 1996. v, 209 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In
Eng.
This is a collection of articles by various authors on aspects
of population aging in Asia. Chapters are as follows: The greying of
Asia: demographic dimensions, by Mercedes B. Concepcion; The situation
of ageing: the chip and the old block, by Usha S. Nayar; Productive
ageing, by Tan Poo Chang; Caring for the aged: programmes and services,
by A. B. Bose; Ageing issues and the national agenda, by Nelson Chow;
Women in an ageing society, by Keiko Higuchi; Non-governmental response
to ageing issues, by Paul Cheung; and Over to the next century:
continuities and discontinuities, by Graeme
Hugo.
Correspondence: UN Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Building, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue,
Bangkok 10200, Thailand. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:20585 United Nations. Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific [ESCAP] (Bangkok,
Thailand). Population ageing and development: report of
the Regional Seminar on Population Ageing and Development, 11-14
December 1995, Bangkok. Asian Population Studies Series, No. 140,
Pub. Order No. ST/ESCAP/1680. 1996. iv, 67 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In
Eng.
This is a report on the Regional Seminar on Population Ageing
and Development, which was held in 1995 in Bangkok, Thailand. "The
main purpose of the Regional Seminar is to...develop a set of policy
recommendations for the integration of the elderly in the development
process. The seminar was also intended as a forum to exchange
information about successful policy and programme approaches adopted by
the countries in addressing the issues related to ageing."
Chapters are included on special concerns of aging; aging, continuing
education, and skill development; the role of local-level planners and
organizations; NGO and community experiences in active aging; and
recommendations.
Correspondence: UN Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Building,
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20586 van Solinge, Hanna; van Dalen, Harry;
Dykstra, Pearl; van Imhoff, Evert; Moors, Hein; van Wissen,
Leo. Population, labour and social protection in the
European Union: dilemmas and prospects. NIDI Rapport, No. 52, ISBN
90-70990-70-9. 1998. 82 pp. Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch
Instituut [NIDI]: The Hague, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This report
starts by addressing the developments in composition and size of the
population in the member states of the European Union...as well as the
possible consequences of these developments for the labour market and
the social protection system. Subsequent chapters consider regional
imbalances in social services; balancing work and family
responsibilities; and diversities in living conditions within the
elderly population."
Correspondence: Nederlands
Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut, Postbus 11650, 2502 AR The
Hague, Netherlands. E-mail: Info@Nidi.NL. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20587 Vatter, Robert H.
Boomers enter the golden fifties. Statistical Bulletin, Vol.
79, No. 1, Jan-Mar 1998. 2-9 pp. Baltimore, Maryland. In Eng.
The
author discusses the impact of the aging of the baby boom generation in
the United States. Aspects considered include ethnic diversity, labor
force participation and retirement planning, and earning capacity and
spending patterns.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
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.
64:20588 Sen, Amartya. Quality of
life and economic evaluation. Academia Economic Papers, Vol. 25,
No. 3, Sep 1997. 269-316 pp. Taipei, Taiwan. In Eng.
The author
examines "the place and role of quality of life in economic
evaluation and welfare economics. That exercise certainly involves
norms and judgments, but it is also influenced by our reading of
factual possibilities, and it influences, in its turn, the nature of
prescriptive possibilities we explore and the descriptive statements we
choose to make. In this sense, the topic is not confined to welfare
economics and involves other branches of economics as well." This
essay consists of two lectures, the second of which examines how the
study of longevity, life expectancy, and gender- and race-determined
mortality differences can contribute to our understanding of quality of
life.
Correspondence: A. Sen, Harvard University,
Department of Economics, Cambridge, MA 02138. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20589 Simonton, Dean K.
Achievement domain and life expectancies in Japanese
civilization. International Journal of Aging and Human
Development, Vol. 44, No. 2, 1997. 103-14 pp. Amityville, New York. In
Eng.
"Previous studies have found that the expected life span
of eminent personalities may vary systematically according to the
domain of achievement. The current investigation examines this
phenomenon more closely by (1) introducing methodological controls for
potential gender and cohort artifacts, (2) adding substantive
predictors (e.g., suicide and homicide) that provide clues regarding
the substantive basis for the differences, (3) scrutinizing a greater
variety of achievement domains in both creativity and leadership, and
(4) using a non-Western sample of historical figures (1,632 Japanese
born between 450 and 1883 A.D.). Multiple regression analyses revealed
domain contrasts in life expectancy.... The analyses helped decipher
the extent to which these domain differences were due to violent death
or to the stress of occupying high positions of
power."
Correspondence: D. K. Simonton, University of
California, Department of Psychology, Davis, CA 95616-8686.
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.
64:20590 Axelsson, Roger; Westerlund,
Olle. A panel study of migration, self-selection and
household real income. Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 11,
No. 1, Feb 1998. 113-26 pp. Berlin, Germany. In Eng.
"The
impact of migration on income for Swedish multi-adult households is
examined using panel data pertaining to a sample of stable household
constellations during the period 1980-1990. In contrast to previous
studies, data on household disposable income is employed in estimating
the income function. The empirical results indicate no significant
effect on real disposable income from migration. In addition, the
hypothesis of no self-selection, or zero correlation between the errors
in the decision function and the income function, cannot be
rejected."
Correspondence: O. Westerlund, Umeå
University, Department of Economics, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden. E-mail:
olle.westerlund@natek.umu.se. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:20591 Boyd, Monica; Grieco,
Elizabeth. Triumphant transitions: socioeconomic
achievements of the second generation in Canada. Center for the
Study of Population Working Paper, No. 97-135, [1997]. 26, [6] pp.
Florida State University, College of Social Sciences, Center for the
Study of Population: Tallahassee, Florida. In Eng.
"Articulated in the last five years, the revisionary
perspective on second-generation integration argues that the model of
equal or above average success of the second generation in North
America is historically specific.... One implication is that the past
patterns of second generation success may not hold now and in the
future for immigrant offspring. Using data from the 1994 Canadian
General Social Survey for women and men, age 25-64, this paper assesses
the proposition of triumphant transitions in which the second
generation experiences high levels of educational and labor market
achievements."
Correspondence: Florida State
University, Center for the Study of Population, Population Center
Library, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2240. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20592 Crystal, Stephen; Waehrer,
Keith. Later-life economic inequality in longitudinal
perspective. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Vol. 51,
No. 6, Nov 1996. 307-18 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Data
from the National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men were used to
estimate economic inequality [in the United States] within three 5-year
cohorts as they moved from midlife to later life. The Gini index of
inequality increased steadily after age 59, supporting the hypothesis
that within-cohort inequality increases in late life. However, a
transition analysis found considerable mobility in relative status for
individuals over a 15-year period. These results suggest the need to
develop a longitudinal perspective on later-life economic status which
distinguishes between individual-level and population-level outcomes
and identifies the life events and characteristics of individuals that
predict changes in economic status."
Correspondence:
S. Crystal, Rutgers University, Institute for Health, Health Care
Policy, and Aging Research, 30 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
E-mail: scrystal@rci.rutgers.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (SW).
64:20593 Hashim, S. R. Economic
growth and income distribution: the Indian experience of
development. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 33, No. 12, Mar
21-27, 1998. 661-6 pp. Mumbai, India. In Eng.
"Income
distribution, as reflected in the distribution of household consumption
expenditure, has shown remarkable stability over four-and-a-half
decades in India. India, and south Asia as a whole, have a more
egalitarian distribution of income relative to other countries. Nor
does income distribution appear to be related to levels of income or
the pace of growth." The author concludes that "the factors
that seem to have helped in maintaining a relatively more egalitarian
income distribution in India are: emphasis on agricultural development
and food security, support to small and marginal farmers and a large
informal sector participating in productive activities and even in
exports."
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
64:20594 Kobayashi, Yayoi.
Endogenous fertility and the consumption tax. Japanese
Economic Review, Vol. 47, No. 3, Sep 1996. 313-20 pp. Oxford, England.
In Eng.
"The differential incidence between the consumption
tax and the labour income tax is examined in a model where altruistic
parents decide the number of children endogenously. In contrast with
past results, the consumption tax is not neutral and exerts
distortional effects. As a result, welfare gets worse off through the
tax reform of switching from a labour income tax to a consumption tax.
This provides the argument about the treatment of bequests under a
consumption tax."
Correspondence: Y. Kobayashi, Aichi
University, 1-1 Machihata-cho, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi-ken 441, Japan.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
64:20595 Massey, Douglas S.; Hirst, Deborah
S. From escalator to hourglass: changes in the U.S.
occupational wage structure 1949-1989. Social Science Research,
Vol. 27, No. 1, Mar 1998. 51-71 pp. Orlando, Florida. In Eng.
"In this article we test whether the United States has evolved
an `hourglass economy' characterized by a proliferation of jobs at the
top and the bottom of the wage distribution for those with high and low
educations, but few jobs in the middle for those with modest
educational attainments. Rather than considering the distribution of
actual wages, we examine the distribution of occupational wages: the
average wages attached to detailed occupational categories. Using data
from the 1950, 1970, and 1990 PUMS files, we compare distributions of
occupational wages for men and women in 1949, 1969, and 1989. We find
that the experience of men generally conforms to the hourglass
metaphor: after 1969, the structure of male occupational wages
polarized and began to assume the shape of an hourglass, with one's
position in the hierarchy depending largely on education. For women,
however, the hourglass metaphor fails. The distribution of occupational
wages in 1989 remains pyramidal in shape, and position is not as
strongly connected to schooling as among
men."
Correspondence: D. S. Massey, University of
Pennsylvania, Population Studies Center, 3718 Locust Walk,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
64:20596 Rodriguez, Edgard R.
International migration and income distribution in the
Philippines. Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 46,
No. 2, Jan 1998. 329-50 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
The author
uses data on remittances from migrants to determine the effects of
migration on household income and its distribution in the Philippines.
"I briefly describe the evolution of household income distribution
using FIES [the Family Income and Expenditure Survey] and the
characteristics of households that receive income from migrants and
those that do not.... I discuss the analytical framework that is used
[and outline] the changes in incomes and inequality that emigration
causes...."
Correspondence: E. R. Rodriguez, World
Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPIA).
64:20597 Walters, William H.; Wilder, Esther
I. American Jewish household income, 1969 and 1989.
Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1997.
197-212 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
"We estimate the
real and relative income of American Jewish households using data from
the National Jewish Population Surveys of 1970-1971 and 1990. While the
median real income of American Jewish households did not change
significantly from 1969 to 1989, lower-income Jewish households (those
with no workers and those with predominantly older persons) experienced
dramatic real income growth. At the same time, the average Jewish
income advantage declined due to the rising income of other urban,
non-Hispanic white households."
This paper was originally
presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: W. H. Walters, Cornell University,
Albert R. Mann Library, Ithaca, NY 14853. E-mail: whw2@cornell.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
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.
64:20598 Anh, Truong Si; Knodel, John; Lam,
David; Friedman, Jed. Family size and children's education
in Viet Nam. Demography, Vol. 35, No. 1, Feb 1998. 57-70 pp.
Silver Spring, Maryland. In Eng.
"Data from the nationally
representative 1994 Inter-Censal Demographic Survey are used to examine
the association between family size and children's schooling in
Vietnam.... Although a clear inverse bivariate association between
family size and children's school attendance and educational attainment
is evident, multivariate analysis controlling for urban/rural
residence, region, parents' education, household wealth, and child's
age, reveals that much of this association, especially that predicting
educational attainment, is attributable to these other influences.
Moreover, much of the effect that remains after statistical adjustment
for the other influences is seen mainly at the largest family sizes. We
consider the implications of these findings for current population
policy in Vietnam and the possible features of the Vietnamese context
that might account for the modest association."
This paper was
originally presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America.
Correspondence: J. Knodel,
University of Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590. E-mail: jknodel@umich.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20599 Blank, Susan. Hearth and
home: the living arrangements of Mexican immigrants and U.S.-born
Mexican Americans. Sociological Forum, Vol. 13, No. 1, Mar 1998.
35-57 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"Utilizing data from the
nationally representative, 1990 Panel Study on Income Dynamics--Latino
Sample, this paper examines the living arrangements of Mexican heritage
persons in the U.S., comparing immigrants to U.S. natives. Mexican
immigrants are most likely to live with extended kin and unrelated
persons upon recent arrival to the U.S. As time in the U.S. increases,
such arrangements become less common. Three competing explanations for
this pattern are addressed. While economic resources and life course
stages are clearly linked to household formation for immigrants and
U.S. natives, the findings indicate limited support of an acculturation
hypothesis."
Correspondence: S. Blank, University of
California, School of Social Sciences, Social Science Tower, 6th Floor,
Irvine, CA 92715. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
64:20600 Borja, Judith; Adair, Linda S.;
Bisgrove, Eilene. Effects of childbearing on quality of
women's lives. In: International Population
Conference/Congrès International de la Population: Beijing,
1997, Volume 2. 1997. 681-98 pp. International Union for the Scientific
Study of Population [IUSSP]: Liège, Belgium. In Eng.
The
authors use data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey
to examine the relationship between fertility and the quality of
women's lives in the Philippines. The data concern some 2,400 women
originally surveyed in 1983-1984 and followed up in 1991. The survey
includes information on reproductive histories, household
characteristics, maternal nutritional status, child well-being, and
women's labor force participation and earnings. "We found strong
and consistent effects of childbearing on a number of different aspects
of the quality of women's lives. There is a direct negative association
of each additional surviving child born during an 8-year interval, on
changes in measures of material goods, labour saving conveniences,
maternal nutritional status, and child well being over that same
interval. The improvements occur concomitant to increased earnings
among working women, suggesting that women's own earnings make
substantial contributions to the quality of life.... This research
provides a strong rationale for family planning as a means to improve
women's health and well being."
Correspondence: J.
Borja, University of San Carlos, Office of Population Studies, Cebu
City, Philippines. E-mail: judith.cpc@mhs.unc.edu. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20601 Bouma, Gary; Hughes, Philip.
Religion and age in Australia. People and Place, Vol. 6, No.
1, 1998. 18-25 pp. Clayton, Australia. In Eng.
"The age
profiles of religious groups in Australia are changing at different
rates. Most mainstream Christian denominations have a higher proportion
of adherents aged 60 or more than does the population as a whole. In
most cases the age profile of people who actually attend services is
older again. This is especially true of people who attend the Uniting,
Anglican and Presbyterian churches. The proportion of Jews who are 60
or more is also high. In contrast, it is very low for Muslims, Hindus
and Buddhists."
Correspondence: G. Bouma, Monash
University, Department of Sociology, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20602 Eschbach, Karl; Supple, Khalil;
Snipp, C. Matthew. Changes in racial identification and
the educational attainment of American Indians, 1970-1990.
Demography, Vol. 35, No. 1, Feb 1998. 35-43 pp. Silver Spring,
Maryland. In Eng.
"We use data from the 1970, 1980, and 1990
[U.S.] census public-use files to assess the impact of newly identified
Indians on the educational attainment of American Indians who were at
least 25 years old in 1970. We test the hypotheses that this impact was
limited to metropolitan areas and to states with small Indian
populations. We find that educational attainment for American Indians
rose sharply between 1970 and 1990 and that changes in racial
identification were an important component of this increase in 1980 but
not in 1990. Increases in educational attainment were concentrated in
metropolitan areas and occurred in states with large and small Indian
populations."
Correspondence: K. Eschbach, University
of Houston, Department of Sociology, Houston, TX 77204-3474. E-mail:
eschbach@uh.edu. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20603 Espenshade, Thomas J.;
Rodríguez, Germán. Completing the Ph.D.:
comparative performances of U.S. and foreign students. Social
Science Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 2, Jun 1997. 593-605 pp. Austin, Texas.
In Eng.
"This article examines the comparative success of U.S.
and foreign students in completing the Ph.D. at a select set of eleven
institutions of higher education in the United States.... The analysis
examines differences between temporary and permanent U.S. residents,
controlling for demographic, merit, and financial-support factors....
Foreign students outperform their U.S. counterparts. Slightly higher
fractions complete the Ph.D. (54 versus 50 percent), and the average
completion time is about one year less (6.1 versus 7.2
years)."
Correspondence: T. J. Espenshade, Princeton
University, Office of Population Research, 21 Prospect Avenue,
Princeton, NJ 08544-2091. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:20604 Kalmijn, Matthijs.
Effects of education level, duration of schooling and type of
schooling on the timing of the first birth. [Effecten van
opleidingsniveau, duur en richting op het tijdstip waarop paren hun
eerste kind krijgen.] Bevolking en Gezin, No. 1, 1996. 41-71 pp.
Brussels, Belgium. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"In this article,
the relationship between education and fertility is analyzed using new
data on households in the Netherlands: the survey Households in the
Netherlands 1994. Four questions are answered: (a) Can the effect of
education be decomposed into independent effects of school enrollment,
educational level, and type of schooling? (b) Do educational effects
differ between men and women? (c) Does the impact of education change
across the individual life course of men and women? (d) Has the effect
of education changed across generations?"
Correspondence:
M. Kalmijn, Universiteit Utrecht, Vakgroep Sociologie,
Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20605 Kenya. Central Bureau of Statistics
(Nairobi, Kenya). Kenya population census 1989: Analytical
report. Volume VIII: education. [1997?]. [73] pp. Nairobi, Kenya.
In Eng.
Data from the 1989 census of Kenya on education are
analyzed in this report. There are chapters on literacy, school
attendance, school enrollment, educational attainment, projections of
school-age population, and conclusions and
recommendations.
Correspondence: Central Bureau of
Statistics, Ministry of Planning and National Development, P.O. Box
30266, Nairobi, Kenya. Location: Northwestern University
Library, Evanston, IL.
64:20606 Kuo, Hsiang-Hui D.; Hauser, Robert
M. Gender, family configuration, and the effect of family
background on educational attainment. Social Biology, Vol. 43, No.
1-2, Spring-Summer 1996. 98-131 pp. Port Angeles, Washington. In Eng.
"A comprehensive model of family influences on educational
resemblance of siblings [in the United States] expands the traditional
sibling pair model to a full sibship model in order to investigate how
gender, gender composition of sibships, and a measure of ordinal
position moderate the effect of social origins on educational
attainments of siblings. One common family factor is sufficient to
explain the variation of educational attainment among brothers and
sisters. Although effects of social origin variables on brothers are
larger than on sisters, the relative effects of measured social origins
are virtually the same among sisters and brothers. The disparity
between educational attainments of brothers and sisters persists across
sex composition and family size."
Correspondence: R.
M. Hauser, University of Wisconsin, Department of Sociology, 1180
Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: HAUSER@SSC.WISC.EDU.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20607 Owen, Margaret. A world
of widows. ISBN 1-85649-419-5. LC 96-16270. 1996. x, 214 pp. Zed
Books: Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey/London, England. In Eng.
This
book presents a global overview of the status of widowhood. The author
"explores the process of becoming a widow; poverty and social
security in the context of widowhood; differing laws and customs
regarding widows' inheritance; the situation of widows who remarry and
issues of sexuality and health. She also looks at the needs of specific
groups of widows--refugees, older widows, child widows--and widowhood
in the context of AIDS. Throughout, she shows the prevalence of
discrimination against widows in inheritance rights, land ownership,
custody of children, security of home and shelter, nutrition and
health. The book concludes with a summary of widowhood as a human
rights issue and an overview of widows themselves organizing for
change."
Correspondence: Zed Books, 7 Cynthia Street,
London N1 9JF, England. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:20608 Polak, B. Demographic
behavior and level of education. [Demografisch gedrag en
opleidingsniveau.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 46, No. 2,
Feb 1998. 8-9 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"Persons [in the Netherlands] with a higher education show a
different pattern of establishing relationships and starting families
than those with a lower education. This is in particular the case among
women.... For both men and women the generation to which they belong
has a relatively strong influence as well."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20609 Wong, David W. S.
Measuring multiethnic spatial segregation. Urban Geography,
Vol. 19, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1998. 77-87 pp. Palm Beach, Florida. In Eng.
"In this paper, I attempt to model multiethnic segregation on
the basis of the notions that segregation refers to the spatial
separation among ethnic groups and that interaction among population
groups can reduce segregation. The level of segregation is reduced when
interaction among ethnic groups increases. The spatial index introduced
here is based on an existing segregation measure for a multigroup
setting. I demonstrate that the proposed index is efficient in
distinguishing different spatial patterns of multiethnic population and
is able to reflect the potential for spatial interaction among groups.
A simulation and an empirical study are used to illustrate the utility
of the proposed index." The case study presented uses 1990 U.S.
census data for Connecticut.
Correspondence: D. W. S. Wong,
George Mason University, Geography and Earth Systems Science, 4400
University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030. E-mail: dwong2@gmu.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
Descriptive studies of populations on the basis of race, ethnic group, language, and national origin.
64:20610 Bashi, Vilna; McDaniel,
Antonio. A theory of immigration and racial
stratification. Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 27, No. 5, May
1997. 668-82 pp. Thousand Oaks, California. In Eng.
"Racial
systems must have mechanisms for determining who is in which race, for
that determines where people, families, and other groups fit into the
racial hierarchy. In the United States, immigration has played an
important role in shaping that hierarchy. Immigrants enter the United
States and are assimilated into the dominant social organization, and
this process includes assimilation into the system of racial
stratification.... We will focus on this latter aspect of the immigrant
experience. First, we briefly outline the origins of the U.S. racial
system. Second, we suggest ways to broaden the literature that studies
race, and, finally, we present a model for studying the relationship
between immigration and racial
stratification."
Correspondence: V. Bashi,
Northwestern University, Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Avenue,
Evanston, IL 60208. E-mail: v-bashi@nwu.edu. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20611 Boyd, Monica.
Offspring-parent shifts in ancestry: ethnic bedrock or ethnic
quicksand? Center for the Study of Population Working Paper, No.
97-138, [1997]. 31, [6] pp. Florida State University, College of Social
Sciences, Center for the Study of Population: Tallahassee, Florida. In
Eng.
"One aspect of ethnic change is ethnic flux, defined as
inconsistent shifts in ethnic origin assignments made by survey
respondents.... Using...three ethnic assignments--self, mother's and
father's--this paper addresses the following questions: (1) what is the
magnitude of ethnic flux; (2) what form does ethnic flux take--loss of
one or more ethnicities; acquisition of one or more new ethnicities or
both loss and acquisition; (3) what factors are associated with ethnic
flux; and (4) does the magnitude of ethnic flux vary by ethnic
origin?" Data are from the 1986 General Social Survey of
Canada.
Correspondence: Florida State University, Center
for the Study of Population, Population Center Library, Tallahassee, FL
32306-2240. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20612 Coleman, David; Salt, John.
Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Volume one. Demographic
characteristics of the ethnic minority populations. ISBN
0-11-691655-9. 1996. vi, 290 pp. Office for National Statistics:
London, England. In Eng.
"This book is the first of a
four-volume series which records the results of a significant
innovation in the British census--the introduction of a direct question
on ethnic origin. Edited by leading specialists in the field, and with
contributions from a wide range of researchers and academics, the
series provides comprehensive analyses on a variety of aspects of the
different ethnic minority populations. The theme of this first volume
is the demographic characteristics of the ethnic minority populations:
their size and growth, immigration patterns, age structure and ageing,
marriage patterns, and household and family structure. There is a
separate chapter on the indigenous and older minorities. Other chapters
review the development of the ethnic group question and its
effectiveness in identifying the main ethnic minority groups, and the
effect of non-response to the 1991 Census on ethnic group
enumeration."
Correspondence: HMSO Publications
Centre, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20613 Haverluk, Terrence. The
changing geography of U.S. Hispanics, 1850-1990. Journal of
Geography, Vol. 96, No. 3, May-Jun 1997. 134-45 pp. Indiana,
Pennsylvania. In Eng.
"In 1930, the majority of Hispanics were
of Mexican descent and lived in the five Southwestern states of
Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. After World War
II the Latino migrant stream began to diversify and include large
numbers of Caribbeans, and Central and South Americans who generally
settled in the Eastern states and California.... The U.S. Hispanic
population has increased from approximately one million in 1930, to
approximately 32 million in 1997. County maps chronicle the changing
distribution and numbers of Hispanics from 1850 to
1990."
Correspondence: T. Haverluk, U.S. Air Force
Academy, Department of Economics and Geography, USAFA, CO 80840.
Location: Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY.
64:20614 Karn, Valerie. Ethnicity
in the 1991 census: Volume four. Employment, education and housing
among the ethnic minority populations of Britain. ISBN
0-11-691658-3. 1997. xxix, 296 pp. Office for National Statistics:
London, England. In Eng.
"This book is the fourth of a
four-volume series which records the results of a significant
innovation in the British census--the introduction of a direct question
on ethnic origin. Edited by leading specialists in the field, and with
contributions from a wide range of researchers and academics, the
series provides comprehensive analyses on a variety of aspects of the
different ethnic minority populations. This volume explores the
relative situations of the different minority ethnic groups in respect
of their patterns of education, employment and housing--three
inter-related factors which contribute considerably to the material
quality of life. The book will be of particular interest to social
scientists and policy makers."
Correspondence: HMSO
Publications Centre, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20615 Klohn, Werner. The
changing population of the United States: in the United States, the
composition of the population is undergoing a radical
transformation. [Die Bevölkerung der USA im Wandel: in den
USA vollzieht sich eine drastische Veränderung in der
Zusammensetzung der Bevölkerung.] Zeitschrift für den
Erdkundeunterricht, Vol. 49, No. 4, 1997. 159-66 pp. Berlin, Germany.
In Ger.
The author describes the impact of the recent trends in
immigration from Asia and Latin America to the United States on the
ethnic composition of the U.S. population. He also discusses the
spatial distribution of various ethnic groups, as well as the social
and economic inequalities among them. Finally, he raises the question
of whether the United States can retain the cohesion necessary to
function as a nation if the "melting pot" gives way to a
mosaic of individual ethnic identities.
Location: New York
Public Library, New York, NY.
64:20616 Le Bras, Hervé.
Foreign descent: a flawed concept. [L'impossible descendance
étrangère.] Population, Vol. 52, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1997.
1,173-85 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
This is a response to a
critique by Michèle Tribalat of the author's study on
projections of the foreign population residing in France.
For the
original article by Le Bras and the critique by Tribalat, see 63:20369
and 63:20376.
Correspondence: H. Le Bras, Ecole de Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 44 rue de la Tour, 75116 Paris, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20617 Lilley, William; DeFranco, Laurence
J.; Diefenderfer, William M. The state atlas of political
and cultural diversity. ISBN 1-56802-177-1. LC 96-47766. 1997.
xiii, 298 pp. Congressional Quarterly: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This work presents "a unique analysis of U.S. Census data,
using sophisticated computer technology, to show precisely how fifteen
of the nation's largest and most important racial, ethnic, and
ancestral groups, as designated by the U.S. government, are distributed
among 6,744 state legislative districts." Information is provided
on the population of these ethnic groups by state house and senate
districts. Data are also included on household income, percentage with
college education, and percentage receiving social security in the
districts.
Correspondence: Congressional Quarterly, 1414
22nd Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20618 Peach, Ceri. Ethnicity
in the 1991 census: Volume two. The ethnic minority populations of
Great Britain. ISBN 0-11-691656-7. 1996. vi, 246 pp. Office for
National Statistics: London, England. In Eng.
"This book is
the second of a four-volume series which records the results of a
significant innovation in the British census--the introduction of a
direct question on ethnic origin. Edited by leading specialists in the
field, and with contributions from a wide range of researchers and
academics, the series provides comprehensive analyses on a variety of
aspects of the different ethnic minority populations. This second
volume presents a collection of ten profiles of the main ethnic
minority groups, and the Irish-born, identified by the 1991 Census of
Great Britain. The profiles describe the demographic and geographic
structure of each group, and their social and economic
characteristics."
Correspondence: HMSO Publications
Centre, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20619 Preston, Samuel H.; Elo, Irma T.;
Foster, Andrew; Fu, Haishan. Reconstructing the size of
the African American population by age and sex, 1930-1990.
Demography, Vol. 35, No. 1, Feb 1998. 1-21 pp. Silver Spring, Maryland.
In Eng.
"We estimate the size of the African American
population in five-year age groups at census dates from 1930 to 1990
using a three-part strategy. For cohorts born after 1935, we follow the
U.S. Census Bureau in using classical demographic analysis. To estimate
the size of cohorts born before 1895, we use extinct-generation
estimates. For remaining cohorts, we implement an age/period/cohort
model of census counts. All approaches are applied to a data set in
which the age distribution of deaths has been corrected for age
misreporting. Results provide strong confirmation of the basic validity
of Census Bureau estimates of census undercounts for African Americans
while extending estimates to new cohorts and periods. Our estimates are
less consistent with an historical series prepared by Coale and Rives
(1973)."
Correspondence: S. H. Preston, University of
Pennsylvania, Population Studies Center, 3718 Locust Walk,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298. E-mail: preston@pop.upenn.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20620 Russell, Cheryl. The
official guide to racial and ethnic diversity: Asians, blacks,
Hispanics, Native Americans, and whites. 1996. xxv, 634 pp. New
Strategist Publications: Ithaca, New York. In Eng.
This book
presents a selection of statistical tables on ethnic groups in the
United States. For each major ethnic group, there are tables providing
data on education, health, households and living arrangements, housing,
income, labor force, population, and wealth and spending. Data are
taken from various official sources. There is also a chapter containing
data on attitudes.
Correspondence: New Strategist
Publications, P.O. Box 242, Ithaca, NY 14851. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20621 Salazar Anaya, Delia.
The foreign population of Mexico (1895-1990). An inventory based on
the general population censuses. [La población extranjera
en México (1895-1990). Un recuento con base en los censos
generales de población.] ISBN 968-29-9056-4. 1996. 489 pp.
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia: Mexico City,
Mexico. In Spa.
This publication presents data on the foreign
population of Mexico over the period 1895-1990, taken primarily from
the censuses carried out during this period. The data concern total
foreign population and sex distribution, state of residence, and place
of birth and nationality. An introductory chapter examines how data on
foreigners have been collected in the various censuses, and the changes
that have been implemented over time.
Correspondence:
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia,
Córdoba 45, Col. Roma, C.P. 06700, Mexico City, DF, Mexico.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20622 Schmidley, Dianne; Alvarado, Herman
A. The foreign-born population in the United States: March
1997 (update). Current Population Reports, Series P-20: Population
Characteristics, No. 507, Mar 1998. 1 pp. U.S. Bureau of the Census:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This is a one-page summary of information
on the foreign-born population of the United States based on the March
1997 Current Population Survey. A paper version of the tables is
available for $31 as PPL-92 on request. The detailed tabulations are
also available online at http://www.census.gov.
Correspondence:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Ethnic and Hispanic Studies Branch,
Washington, D.C. 20233. E-mail: Audrey.D.Schmidley@ccmail.census.gov.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20623 Wanner, Philippe. The
acquisition of Swiss nationality. Historical data and current
trends. [L'acquisition de la nationalité suisse.
Données historiques et tendances actuelles.] Démos, No.
2/97, May 1997. 19 pp. Bundesamt für Statistik: Bern, Switzerland.
In Fre.
Trends in the acquisition of Swiss nationality between 1981
and 1996 are described. The emphasis is on the factors affecting the
assimilation of foreigners into the general population. The impact of
country of origin and place of birth on the prospects of assimilation
is stressed.
Correspondence: Bundesamt für Statistik,
Section de l'Evolution de la Population, Schwarztorstrasse 96, 3003
Bern, Switzerland. E-mail: Philippe.Wanner@bfs.admin.ch. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
