Studies concerned with the actual production of basic population data. Includes more than governmental publications.
Studies on the collection of general demographic statistics and related problems such as studies on data processing.
64:20729 Chamratrithirong, Aphichat; Sethaput,
Chanya. Fieldwork experiences related to the longitudinal
study of the demographic responses to a changing environment in Nang
Rong, 1994. IPSR Publication, No. 216, ISBN 974-589-179-7. Aug
1997. 62 pp. Mahidol University, Institute for Population and Social
Research [IPSR]: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. In Eng.
This is a
collection of articles detailing the fieldwork experiences of IPSR
staff from the project Demographic Responses to a Changing Environment
in Nang Rong [Thailand], 1994. Chapters are included on field work
design, data collection on community profiles, data collection on old
and new households, and the migrant follow-up
study.
Correspondence: Mahidol University, Institute for
Population and Social Research, 25/25 Puthamonthon 4 Road, Salaya,
Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand. E-mail: prvtt@mahidol.ac.th.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20730 Kapitány, Gabriella.
Comparison of housing and population figures according to the 1990
census enumeration and the database of the state population
register. [A népszámláláskor
összeírt és az állami
népességnyilvántartó hivatal
adatbázisában szereplo lakás- és
népességszámok
összehasonlítása.] Demográfia, Vol. 40, No.
1, 1997. 66-82 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Hun.
Some comparisons are
made between data from the 1990 census of Hungary and data from the
state population register concerning Hungarian housing and population
statistics.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
Studies of the organization and operation of vital statistics at local and national levels, of international comparability, and of special problems.
64:20731 Jewkes, Rachel; Wood,
Katharine. Competing discourses of vital registration and
personhood: perspectives from rural South Africa. Social Science
and Medicine, Vol. 46, No. 8, Apr 1998. 1,043-56 pp. Oxford, England.
In Eng.
"In South Africa in 1994 only 50% of deaths were
registered and 18% of births in the first year of life. A rapid
qualitative study was undertaken in a rural district of South Africa to
ascertain why registration levels of births, still-births and infant
deaths are so low. Fifty-five semi-structured interviews were conducted
with 22 local Xhosa women and 33 `professional' key informants, ranging
from local civil servants to hospital staff and grave diggers. The
study found that local people had complex notions of personhood, before
birth and in the years following. Personhood was viewed as a process
rather than a stage which is achieved through live birth, as is implied
in discourses of vital registration.... We suggest that the present
system be replaced by one based on `passive' registration in health
care settings if substantially greater levels of completeness are to be
achieved."
Correspondence: R. Jewkes, Medical Research
Council, Centre for Epidemiological Research in Southern Africa,
Private Bag X385, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
64:20732 Leidinger, Barbara; Lee, W. Robert;
Marschalck, Peter. Enforced convergence: political change
and cause-of-death registration in the Hansestadt Bremen,
1860-1914. Continuity and Change, Vol. 12, No. 2, Aug 1997. 221-46
pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Ger.
"The
developments in classifying and registering causes of death in Bremen
[Germany] in the period 1834 to 1914 serve as a useful case study for
analyzing the factors determining the creation of a uniform and
standardized system. It reflects the changing balance between central
and local state power, and the ability of the constituent states within
the German Empire to retain separate spheres of influence in relation
to medical policy."
Correspondence: B. Leidinger,
University of Bremen, Center for Social Policy Research, 2800 Bremen
33, Germany. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20733 Rosenwaike, Ira; Hill, Mark E.;
Preston, Samuel H.; Elo, Irma T. Linking death
certificates to early census records: the African American Matched
Records Sample. Historical Methods, Vol. 31, No. 2, Spring 1998.
65-74 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"In this article, we report
record-linkage methods used to construct the African American Matched
Records Sample (AAMRS).... We also identify those characteristics that
contributed to successful linkage and draw lessons for future linkage
efforts.... Our study was designed to link death certificates from 1980
and 1985 to early-life census records for the same individuals to
assess the accuracy of age reporting on death certificates and improve
mortality estimates for older African
Americans."
Correspondence: I. Rosenwaike, University
of Pennsylvania, Population Studies Center, 3718 Locust Walk,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
Studies of the organization and operation of population censuses and registers at local and national levels, of international comparability, and of special problems.
64:20734 Austria. Statistisches Zentralamt
(Vienna, Austria). 1991 population census. Analysis. The
demographic, social, and economic structure of the Austrian
population. [Volkszählung 1991. Textband. Die demographische,
soziale und wirtschaftliche Struktur der österreichischen
Bevölkerung.] Beiträge zur Österreichischen Statistik,
No. 1.030/27, ISBN 3-7046-1205-7. 1997. 181 pp. Vienna, Austria. In
Ger.
This volume presents the results of the 1991 census of Austria
in text form with accompanying tables. Chapters are included on
population trends for Austria as a whole and its regions, including
internal migration; age and sex structure; sociocultural
characteristics, including foreign population, language, and religion;
education; employment; occupations; commuting; households; families;
and births. Where possible, information from past censuses is included
in the analysis.
Correspondence: Österreichisches
Statistisches Zentralamt, Hintere Zollamtsstraße 2b, Postfach
9000, 1033 Vienna, Austria. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:20735 Canada. Statistics Canada (Ottawa,
Canada). 1996 census handbook: reference. Pub. Order
No. 92-352-XPE. ISBN 0-660-16664-X. Jun 1997. [213] pp. Ottawa, Canada.
In Eng.
"This publication is a reference tool designed to
provide both new and experienced users with the information they need
to properly understand and interpret data from the 1996 Census of
Population [of Canada]. It contains a brief history of census-taking in
Canada, and it describes the many activities involved in conducting a
census, from content determination to dissemination of products and
services provided by the database. It also covers subjects such as data
quality, confidentiality and the variety of ways in which census data
are used. In addition, there is also a section on the Census of
Agriculture: its activities, cycle, and products and services." A
French version is available separately.
Correspondence:
Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada. Location:
University of California Library, Berkeley, CA.
64:20736 Choldin, Harvey M. How
sampling will help defeat the undercount. Society, Vol. 34, No. 3,
Mar-Apr 1997. 27-30 pp. New Brunswick, New Jersey. In Eng.
"Recently, for various reasons, members of [the U.S.] Congress
have argued against the use of sampling in the census. They have
portrayed it as a radical innovation. I contend that by now neither of
the planned uses of sampling is particularly new. Furthermore, both of
these uses of sampling will improve the census, especially toward the
goal of eliminating the differential
undercount."
Correspondence: H. M. Choldin, University
of Illinois, Department of Sociology, 702 South Wright Street, Urbana,
IL 61801. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
64:20737 France. Institut National de la
Statistique et des Etudes Economiques [INSEE] (Paris, France).
The 1990 population census: methodological innovations. [La
recensement de la population 1990: innovations méthodologiques.]
INSEE Méthodes, No. 52-53, ISBN 2-11-066344-8. Nov 1995. 360 pp.
Paris, France. In Fre.
This publication describes the
methodological changes and improvements that were adopted for the 1990
census undertaken in France. These innovations included changes
affecting the collection of data, quality controls, the automation of
the data coding, the imputation of values for missing data, and the
selection of data for the 1-in-20 sample.
Correspondence:
Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, 18
boulevard Adolphe Pinard, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20738 Higgs, Edward. A clearer
sense of the census: the Victorian censuses and historical
research. Public Record Office Handbooks, No. 28, ISBN
0-11-440257-4. 1996. viii, 226 pp. Her Majesty's Stationery Office:
London, England. In Eng.
This is a handbook intended to help those
who use the nineteenth-century censuses of England and Wales
administered by the General Register Office in London in their
historical research. It has sections on the history and structure of
the records, how to interpret the data that were collected, and some
methodologies that might be useful in integrating these data into
historical research. A previous version of this book, Making sense of
the census, was published in 1989.
Correspondence: HMSO
Publications Centre, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, England.
Location: University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia,
PA.
64:20739 Keyfitz, Nathan. The
case for census tradition. Society, Vol. 34, No. 3, Mar-Apr 1997.
45-8 pp. New Brunswick, New Jersey. In Eng.
The author presents a
case for continuing to conduct the U.S. census by means of enumeration,
rather than using sampling to improve the procedure. "The biggest
drawback of most ways of modifying the census is the biases they
contain, but since others discuss those, I will stress the random
errors of sampling."
Correspondence: N. Keyfitz,
Harvard University, Department of Sociology, 9 Bow Street, Cambridge,
MA 02138. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
64:20740 Mindek, Dubravka.
Participatory observation in the 1995 count of population and
housing. An anthropological experience. [La observación
participante en el Conteo de Población y Vivienda 1995. Una
experiencia antropológica.] Estudios Demográficos y
Urbanos, Vol. 11, No. 3, Sep-Dec 1996. 609-33, 661 pp. Mexico City,
Mexico. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
"The experience of an
anthropologist who participated as enumerator in [Mexico's] Conteo de
Población y Vivienda 1995 is analyzed in this paper. The author
describes briefly the methodology...for each stage of the enumeration;
she systematically points [out] the circumstances and reasons that
determine why the different groups involved in the process do not
follow the rules. She [examines] the questions that the informers
usually avoid answering, or the ones they answer hardly and
imprecisely."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:20741 Riley, Thomas; Murray,
David. Making sense of the census: why sampling might not
be so simple. Population and Environment, Vol. 19, No. 3, Jan
1998. 279-83 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The authors assess the
possibility of using sampling to better account for the uncounted
people in the 2000 U.S. census. Problems involved in sampling are
briefly reviewed.
Correspondence: T. Riley, STATS, 2100 L
Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20037-1525. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20742 Rózsa, Gábor.
Evaluation study of population and housing census data. [A
népszámlási adatok
megbízhatóságának ellenorzése.]
Demográfia, Vol. 40, No. 1, 1997. 82-108 pp. Budapest, Hungary.
In Hun.
The quality of the data from the 1990 census of Hungary is
evaluated, and some comparisons are made with censuses in other
developed countries.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:20743 White, Andrew A.; Rust, Keith
F. Preparing for the 2000 census. Interim report II.
1997. v, 98 pp. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This is the second report from the Panel to Evaluate Alternative
Census Methodologies set up by the National Academy of Science's
Committee on National Statistics concerning the U.S. Bureau of the
Census's plans for the 2000 census. "The panel's first interim
report...discussed conceptual issues of accuracy of census counts
achieved through the use of sampling procedures. The panel concluded in
that report that a census of acceptable accuracy and cost is not
possible without the use of sampling procedures. We reiterate that
conclusion in this report. The panel further concludes that the Census
Bureau's research and planning are going in the right direction to
ensure an efficient and accurate census. The panel does recommend
refinements in several areas that need more attention or in which
research in different directions is needed: plans and research in the
use of sampling for nonresponse follow-up and plans to introduce
integrated coverage measurement that uses sampling; the Bureau's
geographic work in compiling the Master Address File and in developing
cooperation with local governments; plans and testing of new survey
methods (e.g., multiple response modes, respondent friendly
questionnaires); and plans for administrative
records."
Correspondence: National Academy Press, 2101
Constitution Avenue NW, Box 285, Washington, D.C. 20055. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
Studies of periodic or special surveys relevant to population studies, excluding KAP (knowledge, attitudes, and practice of family planning) studies, which are coded under F.4.4. Attitudes toward Fertility and Fertility Control.
64:20744 Jackson, Jean; Eggleston, Elizabeth;
Lee, Amy; Hardee, Karen. Reproductive knowledge, attitudes
and behaviour among young adolescents in Jamaica. Social and
Economic Studies, Vol. 46, No. 1, Mar 1997. 95-109 pp. Kingston,
Jamaica. In Eng.
"This paper reports on questionnaire data
collected in September 1995 and describes...young adolescents'
reproductive behaviour and their knowledge and attitudes regarding such
subjects as sexuality, family planning, and pregnancy [in Jamaica].
Reported sexual activity was vastly different between girls and boys.
Six percent of girls, compared to 63 percent of boys, said that they
had experienced sexual intercourse. Reported use of contraception at
first intercourse was higher among girls (48 percent) than boys (38
percent). There were considerable differences in attitudes and
knowledge between boys and girls. Girls reported holding significantly
more traditional or conservative views about sexual activity and
pregnancy. Overall, reproductive knowledge was very low among all study
participants. However, boys did demonstrate higher levels of knowledge
than girls." Data are from the Jamaica Adolescent Study, a
longitudinal study of 945 adolescents that started in
1995.
Correspondence: J. Jackson, University of the West
Indies, Fertility Management Unit, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
64:20745 Mitra, S. N; Al-Sabir, Ahmed; Cross,
Anne R.; Jamil, Kanta. Bangladesh Demographic and Health
Survey, 1996-1997. Dec 1997. xxii, 252 pp. National Institute of
Population Research and Training [NIPORT]: Dhaka, Bangladesh; Mitra and
Associates: Dhaka, Bangladesh; Macro International, Demographic and
Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Eng.
The results of
the 1996-1997 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, the second DHS
survey to be carried out in the country, are presented. This survey
involved a nationally representative sample of 9,127 ever-married women
aged 10-49 and 3,312 currently married men aged 15-59. Following an
introduction, there are chapters on characteristics of households and
respondents, fertility, fertility regulation, other proximate
determinants of fertility, fertility preferences, infant and child
mortality, maternal and child health, infant feeding and childhood and
maternal nutrition, knowledge of AIDS, and availability of health and
family planning services. The results generally confirm those from the
1993-1994 DHS survey, showing increasing contraceptive use and
declining childhood mortality.
Correspondence: Macro
International, Demographic and Health Surveys, 11785 Beltsville Drive,
Calverton, Suite 300, MD 20705-3119. E-mail: reports@macroint.com.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20746 Mosher, William D.
Design and operation of the 1995 National Survey of Family
Growth. Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 30, No. 1, Jan-Feb
1998. 43-6 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The author briefly
describes the design and operation of the 1995 U.S. National Survey of
Family Growth. Aspects considered include the topics covered, sample
design, quality control, and sampling weights and errors. "Data
from the 1995 NSFG are publicly available on CD-ROM from the Government
Printing Office, from NCHS (301-436-8500), on mainframe computer tape
from the National Technical Information Service (accession No. PB
97-50154) for $395 and from Socioeciometrics Corp. (800-846-DISK). The
data are also available to member institutions of the Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research
(<www.icpsr.umich.edu>, study 6960)."
Correspondence:
W. D. Mosher, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics,
Reproductive Statistics Branch, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD
20782. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20747 Ndiaye, Salif; Ayad, Mohamed; Gaye,
Aliou. Senegal Demographic and Health Survey (EDS-III),
1997. [Enquête Démographique et de Santé a
Sénégal (EDS-III), 1997.] Dec 1997. xxii, 238 pp.
Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et du Plan, Direction de
la Prévision et de la Statistique, Division des Statistiques
Démographiques: Dakar, Senegal; Macro International, Demographic
and Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Fre.
This report
presents results from the third survey carried out in Senegal in 1997
as part of the DHS program. This survey included a national sample of
8,593 women aged 15-49 and 4,306 men aged over 20. Following
introductory chapters on the country and survey methodology, there are
chapters on fertility, family planning, nuptiality and exposure to the
risk of pregnancy, fertility preferences, maternal and child health,
breast-feeding and child nutritional status, mortality in children
under five, the male survey, and sexually transmitted diseases and
AIDS.
Correspondence: Direction de la Prévision et
de la Statistique, Point E, B.P. 116, Dakar, Senegal. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20748 O'Hare, William; Pollard, Kelvin
M. Assessing the devolution revolution: how accurate are
state-level estimates from the Current Population Survey?
Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, Feb 1998. 21-36
pp. Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
"During the past ten years
the CPS [U.S. Current Population Survey] has been used to produce
state-level estimates on a variety of measures. However, there has been
little systematic evaluation of these data. This paper provides
measures of accuracy for several state-level estimates derived from the
CPS.... The paper also examines the relative accuracy of CPS estimates
based on states' size. The information in this study will help analysts
better understand the tradeoffs between timeliness and accuracy to be
considered when using state-level estimates derived from the
CPS."
Correspondence: W. O'Hare, Annie E. Casey
Foundation, 701 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. E-mail:
billo@aecf.org. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20749 Population Council (Islamabad,
Pakistan); Ministry of Population Welfare (Karachi, Pakistan); United
Nations Population Fund [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Pakistan Contraceptive Prevalence Survey 1994-95: final
report. Mar 1998. x, 166, [86] pp. Islamabad, Pakistan. In Eng.
This report presents final results from the Contraceptive
Prevalence Survey carried out in Pakistan in 1994-1995. The survey
included a nationally representative sample of 7,922 married women aged
15-49. The report has chapters on survey methodology, data quality,
household and respondent characteristics, marriage patterns, knowledge
of family planning methods, use of family planning, fertility levels
and trends, fertility preferences, unmet needs for family planning, and
quality of family planning services.
Correspondence:
Population Council, 55 Street No. 1, Sector F-6/3, Islamabad,
Pakistan. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20750 Population Council (New York, New
York). Benin 1996: results from the Demographic and Health
Survey. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 29, No. 1, Mar 1998. 83-7
pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are summary results from the
1996 Benin Demographic and Health Survey, which covered 4,499
households and 5,491 women aged 15-49; a men's survey collected data
from 1,535 men aged 20-64. Tabular data are provided on population
characteristics, fertility, current contraceptive use, marital and
contraceptive status, postpartum variables, infant mortality, disease
prevention and treatment, and nutrition.
Correspondence:
Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY
10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20751 Population Council (New York, New
York). Brazil 1996: results from the Demographic and
Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 29, No. 1, Mar
1998. 88-92 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are summary
results from the 1996 Brazil Demographic and Health Survey, which
covered 13,283 households, 12,612 women aged 15-49, and a subsample of
2,949 men aged 15-59. Tabular data are provided on population
characteristics, fertility, current contraceptive use, marital and
contraceptive status, postpartum variables, infant mortality, disease
prevention and treatment, and nutrition.
Correspondence:
Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY
10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20752 Potter, Frank J.; Iannacchione,
Vincent G.; Mosher, William D.; Mason, Robert E.; Kavee, Jill
D. Sample design, sampling weights, imputation, and
variance estimation in the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth.
Vital and Health Statistics, Series 2: Data Evaluation and Methods
Research, No. 124, Pub. Order No. DHHS (PHS) 98-1398. ISBN
0-8406-0537-4. LC 97-43925. Feb 1998. vii, 63 pp. U.S. National Center
for Health Statistics [NCHS]: Hyattsville, Maryland. In Eng.
"Cycle 5 of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) was
conducted by the [U.S.] National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in
1995. The NSFG collects data on pregnancy, childbearing, and women's
health from a national sample of women 15-44 years of age. This report
describes how the sample was designed, shows response rates for various
subgroups of women, describes how the sampling weights were computed to
make national estimates possible, shows how missing data were imputed
for a limited set of key variables, and describes the proper ways to
estimate sampling errors from the NSFG. The report includes both
nontechnical summaries for readers who need only general information
and more technical detail for readers who need an in-depth
understanding of these topics."
Correspondence: U.S.
National Center for Health Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville,
MD 20782-2003. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20753 Serbanescu, Florina; Morris,
Leo. Young Adult Reproductive Health Survey, Romania,
1996: final report. Feb 1998. iii, 252 pp. International
Foundation for Children and Families: Bucharest, Romania; National
Institute for Mother and Child Health Care: Bucharest, Romania;
National Commission for Statistics: Bucharest, Romania; U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], Division of Reproductive
Health: Atlanta, Georgia; U.S. Agency for International Development
[USAID]: Washington, D.C.; Centre for Development and Population
Activities: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This report provides the
results of the Romanian Young Adult Reproductive Health Survey (YARHS).
The survey was carried out between July and October 1996, with
principal support from the Agency for International Development
(USAID). The survey is based on interviews with 2,025 women and 2,047
men 15-24 years of age. Information is provided on sex education;
knowledge of contraception and fertility; sexual behavior; pregnancy
experience; contraceptive use; attitudes and opinions about
contraception; reproductive health attitudes; health behaviors; and
knowledge of AIDS transmission and prevention.
For a preliminary
report from this survey, see 63:20479.
Correspondence:
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral
Epidemiology and Demographic Research Branch, Division of Reproductive
Health, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
