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.
64:30810 Bah, Sulaiman M.; Mahibur-Rahman,
Mohammed. Indirect estimation of pre-census baseline in
the aftermath of a war. Population Studies Centre Discussion
Paper, No. 98-4, ISBN 0-7714-2099-4. Nov 1995. 13 pp. University of
Western Ontario, Population Studies Centre: London, Canada. In Eng.
"The paper proposes how pre-censal estimates can be obtained
in the aftermath of a war using indirect estimation techniques. This
involves the estimation of probabilities of mortality and of emigration
obtained from survival models and multiple decrement life
tables."
Correspondence: University of Western
Ontario, Population Studies Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada.
E-mail: sulaimanb@pwv.gov.za. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:30811 Faragó, Tamás.
Official statistics and research in historical demography. [A
hivatalos statisztika és a történeti
demográfiai kutatás.] Statisztikai Szemle, Vol. 74, No.
10, Oct 1996. 855-63 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng.
"The study is an enlarged and annotated version of the lecture
delivered at the 29th Itinerary Session on the History of Statistics,
held in honour of the 125 year anniversary of the official statistical
service (Balatonalmádi, 24 September 1992). The author analyses
the history of the correlations of historical demography and official
statistics from their beginnings up to our days. Then he touches upon
the relationship of statistical, historical etc. education [in]
universities and of historical demography. Practical aspects of the
organization of science are also discussed through analysing the
situation of various related institutions and scientific magazines.
Finally the socio-political environment of historical demography is
analysed." The focus is on Hungary.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30812 Liverman, Diana; Moran, Emilio F.;
Rindfuss, Ronald R.; Stern, Paul C. People and pixels:
linking remote sensing and social science. ISBN 0-309-06408-2.
1998. viii, 244 pp. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This volume is concerned with the use of remote sensing in social
science research. "It offers some guidance for researchers and
research sponsors in the form of reports of promising research,
information on the state of the technology, and reflections on the
challenges of linking social science and remotely sensed data."
Chapters are included on land use and population dynamics, modeling
urban attributes, famine early warning, and health
applications.
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent
issues of Population Index.
Correspondence: National
Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Box 285, Washington, D.C.
20418. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30813 van Ginneken, Jeroen; Bairagi,
Radheshyam; de Francisco, Andres; Sarder, Abdul M.; Vaughan,
Patrick. Health and demographic surveillance in Matlab:
past, present and future. ICDDR, B Special Publication, No. 72,
ISBN 984-551-142-2. Mar 1998. viii, 44 pp. International Centre for
Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh [ICDDR, B]: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
In Eng.
"During the past 30 years ICDDR, B has carried out a
number of its research activities in part of Matlab thana
[Bangladesh].... Two important components of the Matlab Programme are
the Demographic Surveillance System (DSS) and the Record Keeping System
(RKS) and this report renders an account of the use of the information
generated by these two data gathering systems during the past 20
years." Chapters are included on population dynamics and policy
implications; impact and policy implications of health interventions;
examples of current studies; and plans for the
future.
Correspondence: International Centre for Diarrhoeal
Disease Research, Bangladesh, G.P.O. Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
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.
64:30814 Bah, Sulaiman M. The
making, unmaking and remaking of a national but stratified vital
statistics system in the Republic of South Africa. Population
Studies Centre Discussion Paper, No. 98-3, ISBN 0-7714-2098-6. Mar
1998. 9 pp. University of Western Ontario, Population Studies Centre:
London, Canada. In Eng.
"The paper looks at the dynamics of
the making, unmaking and remaking of a national but stratified vital
statistics system in South Africa. The paper also outlines the crucial
roles played by key players in the
process."
Correspondence: University of Western
Ontario, Population Studies Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada.
Author's E-mail: sulaimanb@pwv.gov.za. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30815 Ethiopia. Central Statistical
Authority. Population Analysis and Studies Center (Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia). Report on experimental sample vital
registration system in rural Ethiopia 1986/87. Statistical
Bulletin, No. 139, LC 96-981607. 1995. xvi, 221 pp. Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. In Eng.
This volume provides information on the
objectives, methods of data collection, coverage, and results of the
1986-1987 experimental sample vital registration system in rural
Ethiopia. Chapters are included on the vital registration system; the
age and sex composition of the population; levels, patterns, and
regional differentials in fertility; number of deaths, causes of death,
and seasonality; marriages, divorces, and regional and sex
differentials in nuptiality; and volume, rate, and age-sex distribution
of internal migration.
Correspondence: Central Statistical
Authority, P.O. Box 1143, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Location:
U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
64:30816 Garenne, Michel; Cantrelle,
Pierre. Three decades of research on population and
health: the ORSTOM experience in rural Senegal, 1962-1991. In:
Prospective community studies in developing countries, edited by Monica
Das Gupta et al. 1997. 233-52 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England;
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]:
Liège, Belgium. In Eng.
The authors describe the development
of prospective community studies in rural Senegal in the 1960s in the
context of research on vital registration, population dynamics, and
measles prevention. Three main phases of the studies are identified:
the first, undertaken in Sine-Saloum from 1963 to 1966, focused on
demographic data collection; the second, carried out in
Ndemene-Ngayokheme from 1967 to 1982, involved long-term population
dynamics; the third, which is ongoing and was begun in Niakhar in 1983,
focuses on infant mortality, particularly on measles prevention. Some
methodological issues concerning these studies are
reviewed.
Correspondence: M. Garenne, Harvard University,
Center of Population and Development Studies, 9 Bow Street, Cambridge,
MA 02138. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30817 Hussey, Jon M.; Elo, Irma T.
Cause-specific mortality among older African-Americans: correlates
and consequences of age misreporting. Social Biology, Vol. 44, No.
3-4, Fall-Winter 1997. 227-46 pp. Port Angeles, Washington. In Eng.
"This paper examines the quality of age reporting on death
certificates of elderly African-Americans by major causes of death. We
utilize a sample of death certificates linked to early census records
and to Social Security Administration records to establish a `true' age
at death. We then examine the patterns, predictors, and consequences of
age misreporting for major causes of death. We find a pattern of
greater age misreporting among females, identify educational background
as a key predictor of accurate age reporting, and show that mortality
crossovers are eliminated for most causes of death when more accurate
age data are used."
Correspondence: J. M. Hussey,
University of Pennsylvania, Population Studies Center, 3718 Locust
Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30818 Katus, Kalev; Puur, Allan;
Põldma, Asta; Sakkeus, Luule. Reviewed population
vital and census statistics. Jõgevamaa, 1965-1990.
[Rahvastiku ühtlusarvutatud sündmus- ja loendusstatistika.
Jõgevamaa 1965-1990.] Eesti Rahvastikustatistika/Population
Statistics of Estonia, RU Seeria C, No. 11, 1998. lxxxiii, 228 pp.
Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre: Tallinn, Estonia.
In Est. with sum. in Eng.
This is one in a series of publications
that provide revised census and vital statistics data for the provinces
of Estonia to replace the flawed data that were a product of the Soviet
era. "The volume presents vital and census statistics for
Jõgeva county 1965-1990. Vital statistics include those
indicators which could be subjected to recalculation resulting in
consistent time series covering the whole period. All data are
consistent with the previously recalculated Estonian county population
age structures. Regarding census statistics, the 1989 microdata is
newly processed to produce a set of regional standard tabulations,
covering all municipalities in an equal amount. The data for earlier
censuses follows the same standard set, providing all the comparable
data and discarding non-comparable tabulations.... In addition to
tables, the volume discusses the relevant statistical concepts and
definitions, administrative transfers as well as presents a short
review on Jõgevamaa population development. The volume is
accompanied with the diskette including a series of computerised graphs
to illustrate the main features of the county
population."
Correspondence: Estonian Interuniversity
Population Research Centre, P.O. Box 3012, 0090 Tallinn, Estonia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30819 Mostafa, Golam; Shaikh, M. A. Kashem;
van Ginneken, Jeroen K.; Sarder, A. M. Demographic
Surveillance System--Matlab. Volume twenty eight: registration of
demographic events 1996. ICDDR, B Scientific Report, No. 82, ISBN
984-551-138-4. Jan 1998. viii, 92 pp. International Centre for
Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh [ICDDR, B]: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
In Eng.
"This report presents the vital registration data for
events taking place in 1996 in Matlab, Bangladesh. These data were
collected by the Demographic Surveillance System of the International
Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh." Chapters are
included on population changes, mortality, fertility, marriage and
divorce, and migration. A special supplement includes data on changes
in nuptiality patterns during the period
1975-1996.
Correspondence: International Centre for
Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, G.P.O. Box 128, Dhaka 1000,
Bangladesh. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30820 Pison, Gilles; Desgrées du
Loû, Annabel; Langaney, André. Bandafassi: a
25-year prospective community study in rural Senegal, 1970-1995.
In: Prospective community studies in developing countries, edited by
Monica Das Gupta et al. 1997. 253-75 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford,
England; International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
[IUSSP]: Liège, Belgium. In Eng.
The authors describe the
Bandafassi Study, an ongoing demographic surveillance project that
began in the Kedougou department in eastern Senegal in 1970 as a
research project on population genetics. The study now covers a
population of about 7,000. The project involved an initial baseline
survey of the population of the Bandafassi area and annual surveys of
each village and hamlet. Information is included on the definition of
the study population, the organization of data, and data utilization
and resulting publications. The authors conclude that "the methods
of data collection used in the Bandafassi Study were influenced by the
objectives at the beginning of the project, which were mostly genetic.
The data have, however, provided accurate demographic information on a
population with very high mortality levels over a long period. Based on
this study, it was possible to generate important insights on factors
of child mortality in rural Africa, especially relating to the effects
of measles infection and immunization."
Correspondence:
G. Pison, Musée de l'Homme, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie,
Place du Trocodéro, Paris, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30821 Waltisperger, Dominique; Cantrelle,
Pierre; Ralijaona, Osée. Mortality of Antananarivo
from 1984 to 1995. [La mortalité à Antananarivo de
1984 à 1995.] Les Documents et Manuels du CEPED, No. 7, ISBN
2-87762-110-3. May 1998. 117 pp. Centre Français sur la
Population et le Développement [CEPED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
with sum. in Eng.
"The aim of the study is to test the
reliability of time series data of death registration from the capital
city of Madagascar. The vital registration system is described, and the
accuracy of death registrations is verified. The internal consistency
of the data is checked via several methods, most notably by comparison
with model life tables. The data are found to be of excellent quality.
They allow us to carry out analyses of the age structure of mortality,
of the changes in overall and cause-specific mortality during the
twelve years of the series (1984-1995), of the seasonal variation of
mortality, and of the impact of the main causes of the overall level of
mortality."
Correspondence: Centre Français sur
la Population et le Développement, 15 rue de l'Ecole de
Médecine, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France. E-mail:
cep@ceped.ined.fr. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:30822 Wong, Laura; Giraldelli,
Bernadetti. Delayed birth registration (DBR) in São
Paulo State: an attempt at correcting underregistration. Brazilian
Journal of Population Studies, Vol. 1, 1997-1998. 85-104 pp. São
Paulo, Brazil. In Eng.
"The aim of this paper is to analyze
the pattern of delayed birth registration [in Brazil] and to establish
a relationship with the total and registered births in order to
estimate a mathematical function that quantifies birth
underregistration."
Correspondence: L. Wong, Federal
University of Minas Gerais, CEDEPLAR, Rua Curitiba 832, Belo Horizonte,
Minas Gerais, Brazil. 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.
64:30823 Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Ordena Trudovogo
Krasnogo Znameni. Institut Istorii SSSR (Moscow, Russia).
The 1937 census of the Soviet Union. Summary results.
[Vsesoyuznaya perepis' naseleniya 1937 g. Kratkie itogi.] ISBN
5-201-00557-8. 1991. 239 pp. Moscow, Russia. In Rus.
This book is
about the 1937 Soviet census, the results of which had been hidden in
the archives and were only recently rediscovered. It introduces the
history of this census, considers the trustworthiness of the data now
available, and describes the fate of those who organized and carried
out the census, as well as that of the material produced. The first
part presents some results from the census, including total population
size in rural and urban areas, age and sex distribution, marital
status, nationality, religion, and socioeconomic status. Data are also
given for individual republics and regions and for the armed forces and
the NKVD. The second part has information on the organization and
methods used in this census.
Location: U.S. Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C.
64:30824 Canada. Statistics Canada (Ottawa,
Canada). 1996 census dictionary. Pub. Order No.
92-351-XPE. ISBN 0-660-16686-0. Feb 1997. xvii, 457 pp. Ottawa, Canada.
In Eng.
"The Dictionary provides concise definitions of all
the concepts, terms, variables and geographic elements of the 1996
Census [of Canada]. It also includes easy-to-understand graphical
information." It is also available in
French.
Correspondence: Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30825 Charlton, J. Use of the
census samples of anonymised records (SARs) and survey data in
combination to obtain estimates at local authority level.
Environment and Planning A, Vol. 30, No. 5, May 1998. 775-84 pp.
London, England. In Eng.
"The Samples of Anonymised Records
(SARs) provide large representative samples of 278 small areas of
Britain and are thus of great value to planners. This paper describes
an approach which takes advantage of the fact that the SARs comprise
individual records. Estimates of the proportions of local authority
populations suffering serious illness were produced by use of data from
the 4th National General Practitioner Morbidity survey and the 2%
anonymised sample of individual 1991 Census records. These estimates
were compared with external validation criterion, all-cause mortality.
The correlation was high, providing some evidence of the validity of
the approach."
Correspondence: J. Charlton, Office for
National Statistics, St. Catherine's House, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B
6JP, England. E-mail: John_Charlton@ons.gov.uk. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30826 Fuchs, Lawrence H. What
we should count and why. Society, Vol. 34, No. 6, Sep-Oct 1997.
24-7 pp. New Brunswick, New Jersey. In Eng.
The data on race and
ethnic group collected in the U.S. census are examined. The author
describes the changes that have been implemented over time in the
information collected, the problems involved in collecting this kind of
information, the reasons for collecting it, and the utility of the data
collected.
Correspondence: L. H. Fuchs, Brandeis
University, Waltham, MA 02254-9110. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30827 Jupp, James; York, Barry.
Birthplaces of the Australian people: colonial and commonwealth
censuses, 1828-1991. Studies in Australian Ethnic History, No. 8,
ISBN 0-7315-2110-2. 1995. 82 pp. Australian National University,
Research School of Social Sciences, Centre for Immigration and
Multicultural Studies: Canberra, Australia. In Eng.
Data are
provided on the places of birth of the Australian population for the
period 1828-1991. The data are taken from the censuses carried out over
this period.
Correspondence: Australian National
University, Research School of Social Sciences, Centre for Immigration
and Multicultural Studies, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30828 Nguyen, Phung. Census
undercount and the undercount of the Black population. Western
Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer 1996. 96-103 pp.
Pullman, Washington. In Eng.
"Despite the [U.S.] Census
Bureau's great efforts in various accuracy-improvement and outreach
programs, census undercount still persists.... This paper focuses on
the undercount of the Black population and its impacts in the form of
such biased statistics on Blacks as inflated proportions of Black
female-headed households, deflated victimization rates of Black males,
or crude death rates of Blacks. The paper concludes with suggestions on
how to deal with the undercount problems."
Correspondence:
P. Nguyen, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
University, Department of Political Science, Greensboro, NC 27411.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30829 Sutton, Gordon F. Is the
undercount a demographic problem? Society, Vol. 34, No. 3, Mar-Apr
1997. 31-5 pp. New Brunswick, New Jersey. In Eng.
The author
discusses the undercount problem and considers whether and how the U.S.
census can compensate for data shortcomings. Various questions about
data collection, data quality, political considerations, and public
opinion are considered.
Correspondence: G. F. Sutton,
University of Massachusetts, Institute of Social and Economic Research,
616 Thomson Hall, Amherst, MA 01003-7515. E-mail: sutton@soc.umass.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30830 Tranmer, M.; Steel, D. G.
Using census data to investigate the causes of the ecological
fallacy. Environment and Planning A, Vol. 30, No. 5, May 1998.
817-31 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"The authors show how data
from the 2% Sample of Anonymised Records (SAR) can be combined with
data from the Small Area Statistics (SAS) database to investigate the
causes of the ecological fallacy in an Enumeration District (ED) level
analysis. A range of census variables are examined in three `SAR
districts'...in England. Results of comparable analyses from the 1986
Australian census are also given. The ecological fallacy arises when
results from an analysis based on area-level aggregate statistics are
incorrectly assumed to apply at the individual level.... A methodology
is introduced which allows aggregate-level statistics to be adjusted by
using individual-level information on those variables that explain much
of the within-area homogeneity."
Correspondence: M.
Tranmer, University of Southampton, Department of Social Statistics,
Southampton SO17 1BJ, England. E-mail: mdt@alcd.soton.ac.uk.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30831 Wilk, Richard; Miller,
Stephen. Some methodological issues in counting
communities and households. Human Organization, Vol. 56, No. 1,
Spring 1997. 64-70 pp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In Eng.
"In
this article we discuss some of the limitations of conventional census
techniques that assign all individuals to a single household in a
single community. In areas with high rates of mobility and where people
may belong to several households, traditional census methods can lead
to very deceptive results that are poor guides for policy making and
the delivery of services. The article suggests some ways census methods
could be improved, so they can yield more informative and useful
results." Belize is used as an example.
Correspondence:
R. Wilk, Indiana University, Department of Anthropology, SB 130,
Bloomington, IN 47405. 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.
64:30832 All-Russian Centre for Public Opinion
and Market Research (Moscow, Russia); United States. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (Atlanta, Georgia); United States.
Agency for International Development [USAID] (Washington,
D.C.). 1996 Russia women's reproductive health survey: a
study of three sites. Final report. May 1998. xv, 189, 43 pp.
Moscow, Russia. In Eng.
This report presents results from the 1996
Russia Women's Reproductive Health Survey, involving some 2,000 women
of childbearing age. There are chapters on survey methodology;
demographic, social, and economic characteristics of respondents;
childbearing and induced abortion; maternal and child health;
contraception; contraceptive counseling; information, education, and
communication; sexual experience; and sexually transmitted
diseases.
Correspondence: All-Russian Centre for Public
Opinion and Market Research, Moscow, Russia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30833 Azelmat, Mustapha; Housni, El Arbi;
Ayad, Mohamed. Population and maternal and child health in
Morocco. Preliminary results from the national survey on population and
health, PANEL 1995. [Population et santé de la mère
et de l'enfant au Maroc. Résultats préliminaires de
l'enquête nationale sur la population et la santé, PANEL
1995.] Jun 1995. iii, 8 pp. Ministère de la Santé
Publique, Direction de la Planification et des Ressources
Financières, Service des Etudes et de l'Information Sanitaire:
Rabat, Morocco; Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys
[DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Fre.
Preliminary results are
presented from a survey carried out in Morocco in 1995. The survey is
based on reinterviews with 4,750 women aged 15-49 who had participated
in a 1992 DHS survey. The focus is on changes in fertility, family
planning, and maternal and child health.
Correspondence:
Ministère de la Santé Publique, Direction de la
Planification et des Ressources Financières, Service des Etudes
et de l'Information Sanitaire, Rabat, Morocco. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30834 Honduras. Ministerio de Salud
(Tegucigalpa, Honduras). National Survey of Epidemiology
and Family Health, ENESF-96. Final results. [Encuesta Nacional de
Epidemiología y Salud Familiar, ENESF-96. Informe final.] Nov
1997. xlix, 561 pp. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In Spa.
Final results
are presented from a survey on health and family planning carried out
in Honduras in 1996, involving a scientifically selected sample of
7,505 women aged 15-49. Chapters are included on survey methodology,
fertility, family planning, nonusers of contraception, surgical
contraception, young adults, women's health care, infant and child
mortality, child health, maternal lactation, and sexually transmitted
diseases and AIDS.
Correspondence: Ministerio de Salud,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:30835 MaCurdy, Thomas; Mroz, Thomas; Gritz,
R. Mark. An evaluation of the National Longitudinal Survey
on Youth. Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 33, No. 2, Spring 1998.
345-436 pp. Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
"To investigate the
nature and potential consequences of attrition in the NLSY [U.S.
National Longitudinal Survey on Youth], this paper studies the
reliability of these data by focusing on three issues." These are
attrition patterns, characteristics of attriters and returnees, and
comparability. "We begin in Section II by describing the structure
of the NLSY sample. We then summarize the patterns of attrition and
returning found in the NLSY.... In Section III, we explore how
attrition might corrupt the picture of labor market experiences
portrayed in the NLSY by developing a characterization of [attriters
and returnees].... In Section IV we carry out an extensive comparison
of the NLSY with the CPS.... Finally, Section V summarizes and
interprets our findings."
Correspondence: T. MaCurdy,
Stanford University, Department of Economics, Stanford, CA 94305.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPIA).
64:30836 Ouagadjio, Bandoumal; Nodjimadji,
Kostelngar; Ngoniri, Joël N.; Ngakoutou, Ningam;
Ignégongba, Keumaye; Tokindang, Joël S.; Kouo,
Oumdagué; Barrère, Bernard; Barrère,
Monique. Demographic and Health Survey, Chad,
1996-1997. [Enquête Démographique et de Santé,
Tchad, 1996-1997.] May 1998. xxviii, 366 pp. Bureau Central du
Recensement, Direction de la Statistique, des Etudes Economiques et
Démographiques: N'Djamena, Chad; Macro International,
Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Fre.
This report gives results from the Chad DHS survey, which involved
a national sample of 6,840 households, including 7,454 women aged 15-49
and 2,320 men aged 15-59. Chapters are included on the characteristics
of the country, survey methodology, characteristics of the households
surveyed, fertility, family planning, nuptiality and exposure to the
risk of pregnancy, fertility preferences, maternal and child health,
lactation and the nutritional status of women and children, infant
mortality, causes of infant and child mortality, maternal mortality,
and sexually transmitted diseases and 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).
64:30837 Serbanescu, Florina; Morris,
Leo. Reproductive Health Survey, Moldova, 1997:
preliminary report. May 1998. ii, 81 pp. Moldovan Ministry of
Health, Institute for Scientific Research of Mother and Child Care
[ISRMC]: Chisinau, Moldova; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention [CDC], Division of Reproductive Health, Behavioral
Epidemiology and Demographic Research Branch: Atlanta, Georgia; United
Nations Population Fund [UNFPA]: New York, New York; United States
Agency for International Development [USAID]: Washington, D.C.; United
Nations Children's Fund [UNICEF]: New York, New York. In Eng.
The
authors report some preliminary findings of the 1997 Moldovan
Reproductive Health Survey, which involved 5,412 women of childbearing
age. Sections are included on methodology; sample characteristics;
fertility and pregnancy experience, including fertility levels and
differentials, induced abortion, nuptiality, recent sexual activity,
planning status of last pregnancy, and future fertility preferences;
knowledge and use of contraception, including contraceptive sources,
method preference, prevalence, reasons for nonuse, potential demand and
unmet need; and sexual and contraceptive behavior among young
adults.
Correspondence: Moldovan Ministry of Health,
Institute for Scientific Research of Mother and Child Care, Chisinau,
Moldova. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
