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.
64:30030 Bélanger, Alain; Dumas,
Jean. Report on the demographic situation in Canada
1997. Current Demographic Analysis, Pub. Order No. 91-209-XPE. Jun
1998. 185 pp. Statistics Canada, Demography Division: Ottawa, Canada.
In Eng.
"The Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada
takes stock of the changes that have taken place in Canadian society
and compares them to those of other industrialized nations. Changes in
behaviour relating to the life of Canadian couples, to third order
births and to contraception are the subject of in-depth analysis. In
recent years, Statistics Canada has contributed to a major United
Nations study on the economic situation of the elderly population in
industrialized nations. In the second part of the Report, the situation
of the elderly in Canada is analysed, taking account of the
relationship between living arrangements and the economic circumstances
of seniors."
For the previous report for 1996, see 63:20015.
Correspondence: Statistics Canada, Demography Division,
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30031 Eckart, Karl; Grundmann,
Siegfried. Demographic trends and perspectives in
Europe. [Demographischer Wandel in der europäischen Dimension
und Perspektive.] Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für
Deutschlandforschung, No. 52, ISBN 3-428-09087-X. LC 97-194466. 1997.
188 pp. Duncker und Humblot: Berlin, Germany. In Ger.
This is a
collection of articles by various authors on demographic change in
Europe, with a particular focus on the situation in Germany. The first
chapter gives a historical overview of the demographic transition in
Europe and also includes projections for population developments. The
other chapters present a comparison of population trends in Germany and
the Netherlands; an analysis of population trends before and after
German reunification; the status of elderly foreign residents in
Germany; family and economic status of elderly Germans and foreign
residents; life expectancy and labor force participation; the demands
of aging societies on social security and welfare; and the future need
for old-age related services in the European
Union.
Correspondence: Duncker und Humblot,
Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 9, Postfach 410329, 12113 Berlin, Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30032 Faidutti, A. M. Africa
and the islands of the Indian Ocean: problems in controlling population
density. [Afrique et îles de l'océan indien: la
difficile maîtrise des densités.] Bulletin de la
Société Languedocienne de Géographie, Vol. 30, No.
1-2, Jan-Jun 1996. 130 pp. Société Languedocienne de
Géographie: Montpellier, France. In Fre.
This special issue
contains six papers on the demography of several francophone African
countries, ranging from some that are very densely populated to some
that are sparsely inhabited. Certain common features of the demography
of these countries are identified, such as the relative youth of their
populations.
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent
issues of Population Index.
Correspondence:
Société Languedocienne de Géographie,
Université Paul-Valéry, B.P. 5043, 34032 Montpellier
Cedex, France. Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
64:30033 Filadelfiová, Jarmila;
Gurán, Peter. Demographic trends and family in
European post-Communist countries. [Demografické trendy a
rodina v postkomunistických krajinách Európy.]
ISBN 80-967419-3-4. 1997. 45, [106], [32] pp. Bratislava International
Centre for Family Studies [BICFS]: Bratislava, Slovakia. In Eng; Slo.
A selection of data is presented concerning 22 Asian and European
countries that were either part of the Soviet Union or under Communist
governments before the breakup of the USSR. The data are divided into
two main sections: one on demographic trends and one on household
structures. The section on demographic trends has data on population
size and density, fertility, mortality, marriages, divorces, abortions,
and life expectancy. Each section is preceded by introductory notes on
methodology and results. Demographic trends in the post-Communist
countries are compared briefly with trends in the rest of
Europe.
Correspondence: Bratislava International Centre for
Family Studies, Medzinárodné Stredisko pre Stúdium
Rodiny, Drotárska cesta c. 46, 811 04 Bratislava, Slovakia.
E-mail: bicfs@bicfs.sk. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:30034 Guevara, Jean P.; Barreto,
Adán. An analysis of the development of population
trends in the state of Mexico, 1950-1994. [Diagnóstico de
la evolución de la dinámica poblacional en el estado de
México, 1950-1994.] ISBN 968-6341-59-5. 1995. 271 pp. Consejo
Estatal de Población [COESPO]: Toluca, Mexico; El Colegio
Mexiquense: Toluca, Mexico. In Spa.
The authors analyze population
trends in the state of Mexico for the period 1950-1994. There are
chapters on economic activity, population growth and characteristics,
the components of fertility and mortality, migration and spatial
distribution, and population projections up to the year
2000.
Correspondence: El Colegio Mexiquense, Apartado
Postal 48-D, Toluca 50120, Mexico. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30035 Hong Kong. Census and Statistics
Department (Hong Kong, China). Demographic trends in Hong
Kong, 1981-1996. Dec 1997. xv, 177 pp. Hong Kong, China. In Eng;
Chi.
This is an analysis of current population trends in Hong Kong
using data from official sources, including the 1996 by-census. There
are chapters on population size and characteristics, including age and
sex distribution and marital status; fertility, focusing on the causes
of the continuing fertility decline; mortality, including age and sex
differentials, causes of death, and life expectancy; and marriage and
divorce.
Correspondence: Census and Statistics Department,
Demographic Statistics Section, 6/F Fortress Tower, 250 King's Road,
North Point, Hong Kong, China. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:30036 Puyol, Rafael.
Population dynamics in Spain: demographic changes in the last
quarter of the twentieth century. [Dinámica de la
población en España: cambios demográficos en el
último cuarto del siglo XX.] Espacios y Sociedades, No. 7, ISBN
84-7738-398-7. LC 97-214026. 1997. 399 pp. Editorial Síntesis:
Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
This is a collection of studies by various
authors providing an interdisciplinary assessment of population
dynamics in Spain over the last quarter of the twentieth century. There
are eight substantive chapters: Sources for the study of population, by
David S. Reher; The natural increase of the Spanish population and its
determinants, by Fernando Gil Alonso and Anna Cabré; The
structure of Spanish households, by Juan Díez Nicolás;
Internal migration in Spain, by Arlinda García Coll and Rafael
Puyol; The foreign population in Spain, by Antonio Izquierdo Escribano;
Population growth and inequalities in spatial distribution, by Julio
Vinuesa Angulo; Population characteristics, by Ana Olivera Poll and
Antonio Abellán García; and The future of the Spanish
population, by Francisco Zamora López.
Correspondence:
Editorial Síntesis, Vallehermoso 34, 28015 Madrid, Spain.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30037 Tran, Thi Que; Nguyen, Thi Hong Phan;
Tran, Dang Tuan. Population data of sparsely populated
areas in Vietnam. [So lieu thong kê các vùng
thu'a dân o' Viet Nam.] 1996. iv, 276 pp. Statistical Publishing
House: Hanoi, Viet Nam. In Eng; Vie.
"In this document, data
are presented on population, land area, population density, and the
main ethnic groups in Vietnam. Data are presented for 558 districts
comprising the 53 provinces and cities of the country." The main
focus of the study is on the 219 districts in which the density of
population is below 200 persons per square kilometer. The data are
primarily from the 1989 census.
Correspondence: Statistical
Publishing House, Hanoi, Viet Nam. 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.
64:30038 Adepoju, Aderanti.
Population growth prospects in Africa in the context of integrated
rural urban development. Environment and Social Policy Working
Paper Series, No. ESP-25, Aug 1995. i, 33, [12] pp. African Development
Bank: Abidjan, Ivory Coast. In Eng.
This is a general review of
current demographic trends in Africa, with chapters on population
growth, fertility, mortality, urbanization, and migration and rural
decay. The author makes the case that "the urban-centred
development strategy, pressure on farm land and generalised rural decay
have helped to fuel and sustain rural exodus, especially among the
youth. In spite of this, policy measures continue to ignore rural
areas, paying lip service only to rural development, and have failed to
address the fundamental causes of rapid growth of population and labour
force and migration: poverty, illiteracy, high fertility and
unacceptably high infant and child mortality, the lingering
socio-cultural and religious obstacles to fertility regulation,
declining agricultural productivity, inadequate rural non-farm
employment opportunities, lack of access to credit and basic social
amenities and so on."
Correspondence: African
Development Bank, B.P. 1387, Abidjan 01, Ivory Coast. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30039 Avdeev, Alexandre. The
future of demography in Russia. [Avenir de la démographie
en Russie.] In: Les contours de la démographie: au seuil du XXIe
siècle, edited by Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel.
1997. 369-96 pp. Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques
[INED]: Paris, France; Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France.
In Fre.
The author first makes the case that, although the
discipline of demography is international and demographers can usefully
study the demography of countries other than their own, a major
population like Russia's requires a healthy national demographic
research capacity of its own. The institutional problems affecting
demography in today's Russia are then described. The author attempts to
spell out the implications for demographers of recent development
trends in the country, and he presents some opinions on the future
prospects for Russian demography. Attention is given to the need for
better demographic data to enable the development of meaningful
studies.
Correspondence: A. Avdeev, Moscow University,
Department of Economics, Center for Demographic Studies, Leninskie
Gory, Moscow 119899, Russia. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:30040 Baranov, Aleksandr. A
real threat to the nation's future. Russian Social Science Review,
Vol. 39, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1998. 4-13 pp. Armonk, New York. In Eng.
The seriousness of the current demographic situation in Russia is
reviewed, with the focus on the deteriorating health of the nation's
children. The author notes that "a drastically diminished level of
reproduction of the population has taken shape in Russia, one in which
every generation of children born is smaller in number than the
generation of its parents and cannot make up for the loss in
population. Such reproduction is characteristic only of Russia, and it
is extremely persistent. In 1994, the true coefficient of reproduction
of the population fell to figures that are catastrophic in terms of
demographic consequences--0.651. Moreover, among the urban population
the figure is even lower--0.570. Such an unprecedented low level of
reproduction has never before been recorded either in our country or in
other countries of the world, even during wartime."
This is a
translation of the Russia article originally published in Narodnoe
Obrazovanie, No. 6, 1996.
Correspondence: A. Baranov,
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Leninsky Pr. 14, 117901 Moscow,
Russia. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
64:30041 Blum, Alain. One
possible future for demography (among others). [Un futur
imaginaire de la démographie (parmie d'autres).] In: Les
contours de la démographie: au seuil du XXIe siècle,
edited by Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel. 1997. 251-80 pp.
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France;
Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
The author
presents some personal reflections on future developments affecting the
study of demography, with the geographical focus on France. These
reflections are organized around four main axes: the relationship
between demography and the needs of the state, the study of individuals
and the events that affect them, the changing relationship between the
individual and the state, and the general relationship of politics and
demography. The author suggests that a healthy future for the
discipline depends on taking a broad interdisciplinary approach rather
than focusing on a narrow core of demographic methodology. He concludes
that demography is likely to continue to be pulled in different
directions by two separate forces: the need to better understand the
human condition, and the need to influence human behavior for reasons
of policy.
Correspondence: A. Blum, Institut National
d'Etudes Démographiques, 133 boulevard Davout, 75980 Paris Cedex
20, France. E-mail: ined@ined.fr. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30042 Caselli, Graziella. Some
reflections on the future of demography in Italy.
[Réflexions sur l'avenir de la démographie en Italie.]
In: Les contours de la démographie: au seuil du XXIe
siècle, edited by Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel.
1997. 295-327 pp. Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques
[INED]: Paris, France; Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France.
In Fre.
Some reflections on possible future trends in Italian
demography are presented. These trends are based on an analysis of what
is already underway and on the identification of new elements, both
those relevant to demography as a whole and those of particular
relevance to the situation in Italy. The existing system for training
demographers in the country is first described. Current and future
research trends are then outlined, and some suggestions are made for
research projects in the areas of fertility and the family, mortality
and health, migration, the economy and society, biology, and historical
demography.
Correspondence: G. Caselli, Via Ruggero Bonghi
13/b, 00184 Rome, Italy. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:30043 Chesnais, Jean-Claude.
North/South: the demographic discussion. [Nord/Sud: le
face-à-face démographique.] Politique Internationale,
Autumn 1995. 423-36, 476, 490 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in
Eng; Spa.
"The term `world population' masks the imbalances
between different parts of the world and, above all, totally ignores
the situation facing the West, where the threat of depopulation looms
larger with each passing year, especially in Europe. In contrast to
countries with a shrinking population, others are seeing their numbers
rise relatively rapidly--though not necessarily in pace with their
local resources. To lay solid foundations for the future, European
countries must introduce family policies in phase with the realities of
the end of the 20th century, while encouraging the economic development
of the third world, in order to contain migratory
flows."
Correspondence: J.-C. Chesnais, Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques, 133 boulevard Davout, 75980
Paris Cedex 20, France. E-mail: ined@ined.fr. Location:
Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY.
64:30044 de Beer, J.; Prins, C. J. M.
Demographic developments in 1997: increase in population
growth. [Bevolkingsontwikkeling in 1997: stijging
bevolkingsgroei.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 46, No. 3, Mar
1998. 8-13 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
Population trends in the Netherlands in 1997 are briefly reviewed.
"Due to an increase in the numbers of births and immigrants and a
decrease in the numbers of deaths, emigrants and (negative)
administrative corrections, population growth in 1997 (83 thousand) was
higher than in 1996 (73 thousand). The increased number of births is
assumed to be related to the economic situation in the Netherlands....
The number of deaths in 1997 was lower than in 1996. This decline is
assumed to be a temporary fluctuation around an increasing trend....
The number of immigrants with Dutch nationality grew faster than the
number of non-Dutch immigrants."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30045 Demmke, Andreas; Haberkorn, Gerald;
Rakaseta, Vilimaina; Lepers, Christelle; Khalidi, Noor.
Tonga population profile: a guide for planners and
policy-makers. ISBN 982-203-507-1. LC 97-162085. 1996. ix, 54 pp.
South Pacific Commission: Nouméa, New Caledonia. In Eng.
This is an analysis of population trends in Tonga, based on data
from the 1986 census, which attempts to provide a brief demographic
profile of the country that would be of use to a non-technical audience
and to development planners and policymakers. There are chapters on
population structure, including size and distribution, age and sex
distribution, households, educational characteristics, and economic
activity; population dynamics, including population growth, fertility,
mortality, and internal and international migration; and likely future
population developments.
Correspondence: South Pacific
Commission, Nouméa, New Caledonia. E-mail: spc@spc.org.nc.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30046 Desrosières, Alain.
Demography, science, and society: the French case.
[Démographie, science et société: le cas
français.] In: Les contours de la démographie: au seuil
du XXIe siècle, edited by Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis
Roussel. 1997. 57-93 pp. Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses Universitaires de
France: Paris, France. In Fre.
The author examines the development
of demography in France in the period since the end of World War II.
The creation of the two seminal French institutions concerned with
demographic matters, the Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques (INED) and the Institut National de la
Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), is first described, and
their joint scientific and political roles are noted. Attention is
given to the key roles in French demography played by Alfred Sauvy and
Louis Henry. The author also contrasts the postwar development of
demography in France, which was primarily concerned with demographic
trends in France itself (particularly the problem of low fertility
levels), with that of the Anglo-Saxon countries, where the focus was on
global population growth and efforts to reduce fertility in developing
countries. The primary emphasis of the paper is on the demographic
research undertaken at INED in the period from 1945 to
1995.
Correspondence: A. Desrosières, Institut
National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, CREST,
Département de Recherche Bâtiment Malakoff 2, Timbre J
310, 15 boulevard Gabriel Péri, 92245 Malakoff Cedex, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30047 Djeki, J. The population
of Gabon: some elements of an analysis. [La population du Gabon:
quelques elements d'analyse.] Bulletin de la Société
Languedocienne de Géographie, Vol. 30, No. 1-2, Jan-Jun 1996.
7-31 pp. Montpellier, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
Data from
the 1993 census are used to analyze current demographic trends in
Gabon. The author suggests that Gabon is just one of the countries in
this region of Africa suffering from the effects of underpopulation.
The causes of the slow rate of population growth are analyzed, and the
problems caused by urbanization and the unequal spatial distribution of
the population are described.
Correspondence: J. Djeki,
Université de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon. Location:
U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
64:30048 Ekanem, Ita I.
Population and development planning: an integrated approach.
Environment and Social Policy Working Paper Series, No. ESP-23, Nov
1995. iii, 49, [8] pp. African Development Bank: Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
In Eng.
The integrated approach to population and development
planning (IPDP) is introduced and examples are given of its application
in various African countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal,
Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The problems that have arisen in using
this approach are spelled out. The author attempts to describe how this
approach could be improved and "to (i) underline more explicitly,
the mechanics of endogenizing population factors in African development
plans; and, (ii) highlight the `missing links' in fostering the IPDP
process in these countries."
Correspondence: African
Development Bank, B.P. 1387, Abidjan 01, Ivory Coast. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30049 Fontaine, Guy. Reunion:
an island department facing a demographic challenge. [La
Réunion: l'île-département face au défi
démographique.] Bulletin de la Société
Languedocienne de Géographie, Vol. 30, No. 1-2, Jan-Jun 1996.
67-97 pp. Montpellier, France. In Fre.
Some recent demographic
trends in Réunion are analyzed using data from official
published sources. The contribution of demographic factors to the
recent economic problems of the island is
discussed.
Correspondence: G. Fontaine, Université
de la Réunion, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines,
15 avenue René Cassin, 97715 Saint-Denis, Messag Cedex 9,
France. Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
64:30050 Frinking, Gérard.
Fifty years of demography in the Netherlands. [Cinquante ans
de démographie aux Pays-Bas.] In: Les contours de la
démographie: au seuil du XXIe siècle, edited by
Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel. 1997. 119-33 pp. Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses
Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
The author reviews
the study of demography in the Netherlands in the period following the
end of World War II, the emphasis being on theoretical rather than
applied demography. Developments in the period from 1945 to 1970 and
those from 1970 to the present are analyzed separately. Information is
given on changes in the topics being studied in the country's main
research centers.
Correspondence: G. Frinking, Tilburg
University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30051 Grünheid, Evelyn; Mammey,
Ulrich. 1997 report on the demographic situation in
Germany. [Bericht 1997 über die demographische Lage in
Deutschland.] Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, Vol.
22, No. 4, 1997. 377-480 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger. with sum. in
Eng; Fre.
"[This] report on the demographic situation in
Germany shows that even seven years after German reunification there
are still substantial differences in the demographic situations of
western and eastern Germany. Basic demographic processes in the new
federal states are slowly becoming more stable under present social
conditions, [but] they have not yet reached the level of the old
federal territory...." Information is provided on population size
and growth, marriage patterns, divorces, births, deaths and life
expectancy, internal migration between East and West, households and
family characteristics, international migration, foreigners living in
Germany, nationality, and comparisons between immigrants and the
native-born.
Correspondence: E. Grünheid,
Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung, 65180 Wiesbaden,
Germany. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30052 Gurán, Peter;
Filadelfiová, Jarmila. Main demographic trends:
Slovakia 1996. [Hlavné demografické trendy:
Slovensko 1996.] Mozaika Rodiny, Vol. 4, No. 2, Jul 1997. 10, [20], 10
pp. Medzinárodné Stredisko pre Stúdium Rodiny
Bratislava [MSSR]/Bratislava International Centre for Family Studies
[BICFS]: Bratislava, Slovakia. In Eng; Slo.
This is an attempt to
provide some basic demographic data to illustrate demographic trends in
Slovakia over the course of the 1990s. The authors also present a brief
analysis of the data, the most recent of which are for 1996. There are
sections in the text on marriages, divorces, fertility, abortion,
mortality, and population characteristics. The data concern vital
statistics, 1921-1996; marriages and divorces by region; marriage age;
remarriage; fertility rate, 1950-1996; births and induced abortions,
1921-1996; births by region; age-specific fertility rates; births
outside marriage, 1950-1996; deaths and fetal deaths, 1921-1996; broad
age distributions; and life expectancy by sex,
1960-1996.
Correspondence: Bratislava International Centre
for Family Studies, Drotárska cesta c. 46, 811 04 Bratislava,
Slovakia. E-mail: bicfs@bicfs.sk. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30053 Hablicsek,
László. Future prospects for population
research in Hungary. In: Les contours de la démographie: au
seuil du XXIe siècle, edited by Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis
Roussel. 1997. 281-93 pp. Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses Universitaires de
France: Paris, France. In Eng.
The changing situation of
demographic research in Hungary in the period 1990-1995 is described.
The focus is on the work of the Demographic Research Institute, located
in the Central Statistical Office. Some general subject areas are
defined in which future research would be beneficial, including changes
in demographic behavior associated with the ongoing changes in the
economy and social welfare system, population forecasts and
projections, and the development of the demographic research
information system and demographic methods. A selection of titles on
Hungarian demography from 1945 to 1994 is
included.
Correspondence: L. Hablicsek, Central Statistical
Office, Demographic Research Institute, Fenyes Elek u 14/18, 1024
Budapest, Hungary. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:30054 Katus, Kalev; Puur, Allan;
Põldma, Asta; Sakkeus, Luule. Demographic
development in Estonia. Bevolking en Gezin, No. 2, 1997. 193-213
pp. Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
"Estonia experienced a
relatively early demographic transition. Currently the country is in
the midst of the state to market transition which imbalances not only
the economic development but also demographic trends.... The article
gives a short overview of recent shifts in the Estonian fertility,
mortality, nuptiality and migration
trends."
Correspondence: K. Katus, Estonian
Interuniversity Population Research Centre, P.O. Box 3012, 0090
Tallinn, Estonia. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:30055 Klinger, András.
Half a century of population research past achievements: the
experience of demographic research in Hungary. In: Les contours de
la démographie: au seuil du XXIe siècle, edited by
Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel. 1997. 95-118 pp. Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses
Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Eng.
This is a review
of demographic research in Hungary since the end of World War II. The
author first discusses the institutional framework of demography. He
then reviews research activities carried out in the areas of fertility,
mortality, nuptiality and the family, migration, population
characteristics, historical demography, and population projections. He
concludes with a review of demographic
publications.
Correspondence: A. Klinger, Central
Statistical Office, Kelety Karoly u 5/7, P.O. Box 51, 1525 Budapest II,
Hungary. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30056 Langford, Christopher M.
Demographic research in Britain 1945-1995. In: Les contours de
la démographie: au seuil du XXIe siècle, edited by
Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel. 1997. 135-56 pp. Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses
Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Eng.
This is a review
of trends in demographic research in the United Kingdom over the period
1945-1995. The author notes that much of the research carried out in
this period was influenced by the establishment in 1944 of a Royal
Commission on Population; at the time, concern with low levels of
fertility and their consequences was the driving force behind most
demographic research. Topics covered in this paper include research on
fertility and mortality, the development of indirect methods,
historical demography, and other topics of research in the
1980s.
Correspondence: C. M. Langford, London School of
Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, Aldwych, London WC2A
2AE, England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30057 Lee, Ronald D. History
of demography in the U.S. since 1945. In: Les contours de la
démographie: au seuil du XXIe siècle, edited by
Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel. 1997. 31-55 pp. Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses
Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Eng.
This is a review
of U.S. demography in the period since 1945. "This paper consists
of three parts. In the first part, I attempt to analyze the structural
features and forces which have given U.S. demography its distinctive
flavor. In the second, I describe how substantive research and theories
have evolved in a number of areas of research. In the third, I describe
how formal demography and demographic methods have
evolved."
Correspondence: R. D. Lee, University of
California, Department of Demography, 2232 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley,
CA 94720. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30058 Livi-Bacci, Massimo. The
population in the Mediterranean in historical perspective. In:
Mediterranean Conference on Population, Migration and Development.
Proceedings: Palma de Mallorca, 15-17 October 1996. 1997. 21-40 pp.
Council of Europe: Strasbourg, France. In Eng.
The author provides
a historical overview of population change in the Mediterranean region,
with a focus on the North-South divide. Aspects considered include
fertility, mortality, nuptiality, migration and the labor force,
population forecasts, and the relation between population and the
environment.
Correspondence: M. Livi-Bacci,
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Statistico, Via
Curtatone 1, 50123 Florence, Italy. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30059 Nakagawa, Satoshi. Trend
of population research in Eastern Germany. Vol. 53, No. 2, 1997.
27-33 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn. with sum. in Eng.
This is a review
of the literature on demographic trends in East Germany. It covers the
period 1970-1996.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:30060 Ní Bhrolcháin,
Máire. Future prospects for population research in
the United Kingdom. In: Les contours de la démographie: au
seuil du XXIe siècle, edited by Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis
Roussel. 1997. 337-68 pp. Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses Universitaires de
France: Paris, France. In Eng.
Prospects for future demographic
research in the United Kingdom are outlined. "First, I will
attempt to be realistic and to outline some constraints under which
demographers, along with other social scientists and academics in
Britain, will be working. The next section considers some professional
issues that will confront the demographic community in the next couple
of decades. This is followed by a discussion of probable future data
sources. Another section makes an outline attempt to specify some
future trends and activities in demographic research in the U.K. that
appear at the moment likely to occur and can more or less be foreseen.
The last section of the paper is more speculative and consists
primarily of my hopes for disciplinary development, both in the U.K.
and further afield."
Correspondence: M. Ní
Bhrolcháin, University of Southampton, Department of Social
Statistics, Highfield, Southampton SO9 5NH, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30061 Osinski, Stanislaw.
Population and urbanization in the border areas of Spain and
Portugal. [Zaludnienie i umiastowienie obszarów
przygranicznych Hiszpanii i Portugalii.] Prace i Studia Geograficzne,
Vol. 18, 1996. 65-90 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol. with sum. in Eng.
An analysis of population changes, including urbanization, that
occurred in the border area between Spain and Portugal from the middle
of the nineteenth century to 1991 is presented. The author notes that
this border has remained virtually unchanged since the thirteenth
century. "The study proved that the border areas on the Iberian
Peninsula are characterized by lower population density than in the
remaining administrative units of the respective countries, by lower
population growth indices, and also by the depopulation processes,
especially intensive in the recent decades. It was also concluded that
the administrative units (provinces, districts), which belong to the
border zone, but are located at the sea coast, are in a more
advantageous situation than those located inland, and the negative
population processes either have smaller scale there or do not appear
at all."
Location: Columbia University Library, New
York, NY.
64:30062 Preston, Samuel H. Where
is U.S. demography headed? In: Les contours de la
démographie: au seuil du XXIe siècle, edited by
Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel. 1997. 233-50 pp. Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses
Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Eng.
The author defines
U.S. demography as having one core and four main satellites. The core
consists of specific demographic techniques, including "the
accounting identities involving stocks and flows of people moving into
and out of a population, the measures developed to shed light on
specific features of population movements, and the models that
demonstrate the implications of assumptions about vital processes for
population structure and change." The four satellite areas are
"the collection and evaluation of demographic data; research of
any disciplinary stripe on the causes and consequences of population
change (often grouped under the term population studies); primarily
descriptive studies of a diverse set of variables such as poverty,
living arrangements, marital status, and occupation (often called
social demography); and economic demography, which seeks to elucidate
household and family behaviors using a utility maximization
paradigm." Other characteristics of U.S. demography identified
include a relatively unstable academic base, rapid change in the topics
of major concern, a steady flow of funding due to the association of
demography with a series of perceived problems (such as rapid
population growth in developing countries), and a secure foothold at
the National Institutes of Health.
Correspondence: S. H.
Preston, University of Pennsylvania, Population Studies Center, 3718
Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30063 Schultz, Joseph. Some
notes on the population of Djibouti. [Notes sur la population de
Djibouti.] Bulletin de la Société Languedocienne de
Géographie, Vol. 30, No. 1-2, Jan-Jun 1996. 113-22 pp.
Montpellier, France. In Fre.
An attempt is made to describe recent
demographic trends in Djibouti. The author emphasizes the lack of
available data, including the inadequacy of the most recent census
carried out in 1983, and the lack of data available from the 1991
inter-census demographic survey.
Location: U.S. Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C.
64:30064 Shcherbakova, Ekaterina; Blum,
Alain. Demographic trends in the post-Soviet region.
[Les processus démographiques dans l'espace
post-soviétique.] Problèmes Economiques, No. 2490, Oct
16, 1996. 8-10 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The first part of this
article, by Shcherbakova, summarizes recent demographic trends in the
various countries that came into being in the area that previously
belonged to the USSR. There are sections on population trends, natural
growth, and migration. The second part, by Blum, examines recent trends
in mortality in Russia.
Location: Yale University, Sterling
Library, New Haven, CT.
64:30065 Vichnevski, Anatoli.
Soviet demography after World War II. [La démographie
soviétique après la Seconde Guerre mondiale.] In: Les
contours de la démographie: au seuil du XXIe siècle,
edited by Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel. 1997. 157-87 pp.
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France;
Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
The
development, or lack of development, of demographic studies in the USSR
following the end of World War II is discussed. The author first
describes the destruction of demography under Stalin in the prewar
period and the harnessing of demographic data, such as the census, to
political objectives. He then describes the modest revival in
demography from 1959 onward, showing how ideological considerations
continued to handicap any real progress. Topics examined include the
lack of adequate data, the intellectual isolation of Soviet
demographers, and ideological critiques of the demographic research
that did see the light of day. The main subjects of Soviet demographic
research are described, including objectives, analytical methods,
fertility, mortality, the family, regional demography, national
population trends, and historical demography.
Correspondence:
A. Vichnevski, Soumiskoï Proezd 8-2-63, 113208 Moscow,
Russia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30066 Wang, Ching-li. Recent
population change in Michigan's metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas. In: Changing rural social systems: adaptation and survival,
edited by Nan E. Johnson and Ching-li Wang. 1997. 137-53 pp. Michigan
State University Press: East Lansing, Michigan. In Eng.
The author
analyzes structures of rural and urban social systems in the state of
Michigan. "I...first show that before the 1980s, its nonmetro and
metro patterns of population growth mirrored those of the United
States: slower nonmetro than metro growth before the 1970s and faster
nonmetro than metro growth during the 1970s. I shall then show that in
the 1980s, Michigan did not follow the nation's reversion to the
pre-1970s pattern. I shall explain Michigan's departure from the
national trends as structured by the state's rural and urban
economies."
Correspondence: C.-l. Wang, Michigan
Department of Management and Budget, P.O. Box 30026, Lansing, MI 48909.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30067 Willekens, Frans. Future
prospects for population research in the Netherlands. In: Les
contours de la démographie: au seuil du XXIe siècle,
edited by Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel. 1997. 329-36 pp.
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France;
Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Eng.
The
institutional context of population research in the Netherlands is
first described. The author then outlines the research opportunities
that present themselves in light of current policy concerns. Some
institutional and data constraints that might influence future
demographic research are summarized.
Correspondence: F.
Willekens, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Postbus 800, 9700 AX Groningen,
Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
