Primarily references to descriptive studies. Official tabular material will be found under S. Official Statistical Publications. Items that are primarily analytical, but that also contain information on characteristics, will be found under K. Demographic and Economic Interrelations and Natural Resources or L. Demographic and Noneconomic Interrelations, as appropriate.
Descriptive studies of populations according to various demographic characteristics, including age, sex, sex ratios, and marital status. Studies on demographic aging are also included.
64:40559 Australia. Western Australia. Mid
West Development Commission (Geraldton, Australia); Australia. Western
Australia. Department of Commerce and Trade (Perth,
Australia). Mid West people and population: a portrait of
the population of Western Australia's Mid West Region. 1996. [6],
67 pp. Geraldton, Australia. In Eng.
This document describes the
characteristics of the population of the Mid West Region of Western
Australia. There are chapters on population and demographics; education
and training; and labor force, employment, and income. The chapter on
population has sections on total population, projections, spatial
distribution, sex and age distribution, ethnic groups, language,
citizenship, marital status and living arrangements, family types,
migration, and housing.
Correspondence: Mid West
Development Commission, SGIO Building, 45 Cathedral Avenue, P.O. Box
238, Geraldton, WA 6531, Australia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40560 Australia. Western Australia. South
West Development Commission (Bunbury, Australia); Australia. Western
Australia. Department of Commerce and Trade (Perth,
Australia). South West people and population: a portrait
of the population of Western Australia's South West Region. Aug
1996. 64 pp. Bunbury, Australia. In Eng.
This document describes
the characteristics of the population of the South West Region, the
most populated region of Western Australia. There are chapters on
population and demographics; education and training; and labor force,
employment, and income. The chapter on population has sections on total
population, projections, spatial distribution, sex and age
distribution, ethnic groups, language, citizenship, marital status and
living arrangements, family types, migration, and
housing.
Correspondence: South West Development Commission,
9th Floor, Bunbury Tower, 61 Victoria Street, Bunbury, WA 6230,
Australia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40561 de Klerk, M. M. Y.; Ras, M.
Estimating the future number of disabled elderly people by using a
model population. [Schatting van het toekomstige aantal
hulpbehoevende ouderen met behulp van een micromodelbevolking.]
Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 46, No. 8, Aug 1998. 16-20 pp.
Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"By using a
model population, the composition of the future elderly population [in
the Netherlands] has been simulated. Demographic forecasts and
forecasts on the level of educational attainment of elderly people were
used to construct this model population. As the percentage of elderly
people with disabilities is expected to fall due to an increasing level
of educational attainment, the number of dependent elderly people will,
over the next two decades, increase much slower than the total number
of elderly people."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:40562 Dlugosz, Zbigniew. The
problem of defining changes in demographic old age in Poland in a
spatial context. [Próba okreslenia zmain starosci
demograficznej Polski w ujeciu przestrzennym.] Wiadomosci Statystyczne,
Vol. 43, No. 3, Mar 1998. 15-27 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol.
The
author analyzes the demographic characteristics of the elderly
population in Poland. The focus is on the spatial distribution of the
elderly around the country.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:40563 Dumont,
Frédéric. The young people. [Les
jeunes.] Espace, Populations, Sociétés, No. 2, 1998.
139-310 pp. Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille,
U.F.R. de Géographie: Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. In Fre. with
sum. in Eng.
This special issue contains papers on the situation of
young people throughout the world. Papers are included on the
measurement and study of the young population; transition to adulthood
in Italy (in English); home-leaving of young adults in France; and
living arrangements of youth in Belgium.
Selected items will be
cited in this or subsequent issues of Population
Index.
Correspondence: Université des Sciences et
Technologies de Lille, U.F.R. de Géographie, 59655 Villeneuve
d'Ascq Cedex, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:40564 Finland. Tilastokeskus (Helsinki,
Finland). Population structure 1997.
[Väestörakenne 1997/Befolkningens sammansättning 1997.]
Väestö/Befolkning/Population, No. 5, ISBN 951-727-480-7.
1998. 164 pp. Helsinki, Finland. In Eng; Fin; Swe.
"This
publication contains data on the structure of the population in Finland
in 1997. At the beginning of the publication there is a summary of the
recent population development." Tabular data are provided on
population by age, sex, marital status, language, and region; country
of birth; citizenship; live-born children; and religious
affiliation.
Correspondence: Tilastokeskus, P.O. Box 3B,
00022 Helsinki, Finland. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:40565 Grasland, Claude. The
analysis of territorial discontinuities: the example of the age
structure of European regions around the year 1980. [L'analyse des
discontinuités territoriales: l'exemple de la structure par
âge des régions européennes vers 1980.] Espace
Géographique, Vol. 26, No. 4, 1997. 309-26 pp. Paris, France. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"Territorial discontinuity, in other
words gaps which appear along the border of a territorial grid
representing different criteria of dissimilarity, could be a sign of
the existence of social or spatial discontinuity. The multivariate
analysis of these territorial discontinuities allows for the extraction
of standard and directional components which simplify their
interpretation. The application of the age structure case concerning
701 European regions, around the year 1980, shows the significance and
deficiencies of this approach."
Correspondence: C.
Grasland, Université de Paris I, CNRS, URA 1243, Equipe
P.A.R.I.S., 13 rue du Four, 75006 Paris, France. Location: New
York Public Library, New York, NY.
64:40566 Hemam, Natabar S.; Reddy, B.
Mohan. Demographic implications of socioeconomic
transition among the tribal populations of Manipur, India. Human
Biology, Vol. 70, No. 3, Jun 1998. 597-619 pp. Detroit, Michigan. In
Eng.
"The demographic implications of socioeconomic transition
are studied among the three subsistence categories of the Gangte, a
little known tribe from northeast India. Reproductive histories of 444
ever-married women and other data on the 343 households from which
these women were drawn were collected from 11 villages representing the
3 transitional groups. A trend of increasing household income and
literacy of couples was observed from shifting cultivators to settled
agriculturists to the town-dwelling Gangte. The effect of socioeconomic
transition is also seen in the constriction at the base of the age-sex
pyramid of the town dwellers compared with the other subsistence
categories, suggesting a relatively lower proportion of children in the
0-5-year-old age group."
Correspondence: N. S. Hemam,
Indian Statistical Institute, Anthropology and Human Genetics Unit, 203
Barrackpore Trunk Road, Calcutta 700 035, India. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
64:40567 Hong Kong. Census and Statistics
Department (Hong Kong, China). A profile of the females in
Hong Kong, 1996. Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics, Jul 1998.
[1-15] pp. Hong Kong, China. In Eng; Chi.
Data from the 1996
by-census of Hong Kong are used to develop a profile of the female
population. The profile includes housing and household, educational
status, and economic characteristics.
Correspondence:
Census and Statistics Department, 19/F Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour
Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China. E-mail: genenq@censtad.gcn.gov.hk.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40568 Hugo, Graeme.
Intergenerational wealth flows and the elderly in Indonesia.
In: The continuing demographic transition, edited by G. W. Jones et al.
1997. 111-33 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng.
"This paper seeks to demonstrate the relevance of the
Caldwells' ideas [on demographic transition theory] to the development
of understanding of the ageing transition being experienced to a
greater or lesser extent in all countries of the world, but especially
in less developed countries (LDCs).... The focus here is upon a single
LDC, Indonesia...." Changing patterns of intergenerational
transfers and their implications for the well-being of the aged are
discussed.
Correspondence: G. Hugo, University of Adelaide,
Department of Geography, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40569 Hullen, Gert. Life
histories in West and East Germany: longitudinal analyses of the German
Family and Fertility Survey. [Lebensverläufe in West- und
Ostdeutschland: Längsschnittanalysen des deutschen Family and
Fertility Surveys.] Schriftenreihe des Bundesinstituts für
Bevölkerungsforschung, No. 26, ISBN 3-8100-2085-0. 1998. 185 pp.
Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung: Wiesbaden, Germany;
Leske und Budrich: Opladen, Germany. In Ger.
This research report
examines the life histories of the generation of working age in Germany
over the past few decades, with an emphasis on the differences between
the past and the present, and between the former East and West Germany.
Data are from the German Family and Fertility Survey (FFS) undertaken
in 1992.
Correspondence: Leske und Budrich,
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße 27, 51379 Leverkusen, Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40570 Johnson, Paul. Grey
horizons: who pays for old age in the 21st century? Australian
Economic Review, No. 3, 1996. 261-71 pp. Parkville, Australia. In Eng.
"This article challenges pessimistic interpretations of the
economic impact of population ageing that have been advanced by the
World Bank and others. Common perceptions of an `old age crisis' are
shown to result from a narrow reading of demographic data. Future
changes in the age structure of the population will be no greater than
those already experienced and accommodated in the last fifty years, and
estimates of demographic dependency ratios provide an unreliable basis
for future economic projections. Although population ageing will
require a larger proportion of income to be transferred from years of
work to years of retirement, this cost cannot be significantly reduced
by shifting from public to private pension systems." The
geographical focus is on Australia.
Correspondence: P.
Johnson, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department
of Economic History, Houghton Street, Aldwych, London WC2A 2AE,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
64:40571 Kumar, Vinod. Ageing in
India--an overview. Indian Journal of Medical Research, Vol. 106,
Oct 1997. 257-64 pp. New Delhi, India. In Eng.
The author discusses
aging trends in India, with a focus on ways of dealing with the
resulting dependency burden. Sections are included on various
dimensions of aging, the health status of the elderly, mortality and
morbidity, and psychosocial status and support for the
aged.
Correspondence: V. Kumar, 147 Charak Sadan, Vikas
Puri, New Delhi 110 018, India. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:40572 Lerchl, A. Seasonality
of sex ratio in Germany. Human Reproduction, Vol. 13, No. 5, May
1998. 1,401-2 pp. Oxford, England. In Eng.
"It was
investigated whether there is a seasonal variation in sex ratio at
birth in Germany. The analysis was based on records from the German
Bureau for Statistics, covering the period from 1946 to 1995. A highly
significant...albeit low-amplitude rhythm was found with two peaks in
May and December, and two nadirs in March and October. No correlations
were found between sex ratios and seasonal birth rates during this
period."
Correspondence: A. Lerchl,, Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität, Institute of Reproductive Medicine,
Domagkstraße 11, 48129 Münster, Germany. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40573 Myers, George C.
Emerging demographic changes in an ageing world: an overview.
Australian Journal on Ageing, Vol. 17, No. 1, Suppl., 1998. 66-8 pp.
Melbourne, Australia. In Eng.
"This overview reviews the
presentations on demographic trends that were given at tie IAG
[International Association of Gerontology] Congress in Adelaide and the
pre-Congress satellite in Singapore. It provides a framework for the
field of the demography of ageing, and suggests some promising future
research directions. The presentations provided the main features of
trends in the demography of population ageing occurring in the main
regions of the world."
Correspondence: G. C. Myers,
Duke University, Center for Demographic Studies, 2117 Campus Drive, Box
90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408. E-mail: gcm@cds.duke.edu. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40574 Navarro López,
Manuel. Demographic aging in the developed countries.
[El envejecimiento de la población en los países
desarrollados.] In: La explosión demográfica y la
regulación de la natalidad, edited by José Botella
Llusiá and Salustiano del Campo Urbano. 1997. 115-9 pp.
Editorial Síntesis: Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
This is a general
review of the process of demographic aging, which is currently
affecting much of the developed world. Separate attention is given to
the health and economic problems associated with this
trend.
Correspondence: M. Navarro López, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40575 Sagaza, Haruo. A
retrospective of Japanese demography for the most recent two decades.
Part 1: developments in research on population structure and
aging. Jinkogaku Kenkyu/Journal of Population Studies, No. 20, May
1997. 73-81 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn.
This is a review of research
by Japanese demographers over the past two decades on population
structure, particularly trends in age distribution, and demographic
aging.
Location: Princeton University Library (Gest).
64:40576 Schwarz, Karl. Factors
determining the aging of a population--the example of Germany.
[Bestimmungsgründe der Alterung einer Bevölkerung--Das
deutsche Beispiel.] Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft,
Vol. 22, No. 2-3, 1997. 347-59 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger. with
sum. in Eng; Fre.
"One hundred years ago not even 8% of the
population was over 60 years of age in Germany. This group comprises
more than 20% of the population today, and gradually the share of this
age group is rising to 35% and more. Instrumental factors in past and
future development are the levels of mortality and fertility, the size
and structures of migration movement and also development of the
population to date. The effects of these four factors of influence will
be examined with the help of population
models."
Correspondence: K. Schwarz,
Klopstockstraße 14, 65187 Wiesbaden, Germany. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40577 Thumerelle, Pierre-Jean.
More than a billion young people. [Plus d'un milliard de
jeunes.] Espace, Populations, Sociétés, No. 2, 1998.
147-64 pp. Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The
author discusses the demographics of the world's population of young
people, with a focus on the difficulties involved in characterizing
this population. "Concepts are vague and difficult to transpose
from [one] part of the world to another, and the limits of the subject
are indistinct.... We can observe a great diversity of situations that
will strengthen in the future. To this diversity add differences inside
the nations and differences in schooling, labour, marriage, sexuality,
relationships, culture, all depending on gender and place...that cannot
be cut off from the social, demographic and political
environment."
Correspondence: P.-J. Thumerelle,
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Laboratoire de
Géographie Humaine, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40578 Valente Rosa, Maria J.
Demographic aging: a proposal to consider the course of
events. [Envelhecimento demográfico: proposta de
reflexão sobre o curso dos factos.] Análise Social, Vol.
31, No. 139, 1996. 1,183-98, 1,302-7 pp. Lisbon, Portugal. In Por. with
sum. in Eng; Fre.
The author discusses methods of developing ideas
about how aging societies should react to demographic aging. "Some
ideas are introduced that the author believes to be fundamental to a
consideration of the subject. One of these is the concept of
demographic ageing as a natural development that does not necessarily
mean that societies where it happens are
condemned."
Correspondence: M. J. Valente Rosa,
Universidade Nova de Lisbon, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e
Humanas, Departamento de Sociologia, Praça do Príncipe
Real 26, 1250 Lisbon, Portugal. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
Descriptive studies of menarche and menopause, longevity, and increasing the life span, as well as other biological characteristics such as sex selection. Studies that are concerned with menarche and menopause as they specifically affect fertility are coded under F.5. Factors Other Than Contraception Affecting Fertility.
64:40579 Bonneux, Luc; Barendregt, Jan J.; Van
der Maas, Paul J. The expiry date of man: a synthesis of
evolutionary biology and public health. Journal of Epidemiology
and Community Health, Vol. 52, No. 10, Oct 1998. 619-23 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
"In this article, we discuss expectations of
future mortality, morbidity, and health care costs in developed
countries with high levels of health and health care.... We will first
explain the fundamentals of evolutionary theory. Then we discuss
consequences for future public health." Data for Dutch women in
1950-1954 and 1985-1989 are used as an
illustration.
Correspondence: L. Bonneux, Erasmus
University Medical School, Department of Public Health and Social
Medicine, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40580 Vaupel, James W. The
remarkable improvements in survival at older ages. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B, Vol. 352, No. 1363, Dec
29, 1997. 1,799-804 pp. London, England. In Eng.
This is a general
review of trends in survival at older ages around the world.
"Remarkable progress...has been made since 1950, and especially
since 1970, in substantially improving survival at older ages, even the
most advanced ages.... The progress in improving survival has
accelerated the growth of the population of older people and has
advanced the frontier of human survival substantially beyond the
extremes of longevity attained in pre-industrial times. Little,
however, is known about why mortality among the oldest-old has been so
plastic since 1950."
Correspondence: J. W. Vaupel, Max
Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Doberaner Straße 114,
18057 Rostock, Germany. E-mail: postmaster@demogr.mpg.de. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
Descriptive studies of income differentials, earnings, career mobility, and other economic characteristics if allocated according to demographic groups. Analytical studies are classified under K.1.1. General Economic Development and Population, and studies concerned with employment and labor force are classified under K.3. Employment and Labor Force Participation.
64:40581 Agree, Emily M.; Biddlecom, Ann E.;
Chang, Ming-cheng; Perez, Aurora E. Generalized exchange
and intergenerational transfers in Taiwanese and Filipino
families. Hopkins Population Center Papers on Population, No. WP
98-06, Aug 1998. 31 pp. Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and
Public Health, Johns Hopkins Population Center: Baltimore, Maryland. In
Eng.
"This study examines resource transfers between older
parents and their adult children in the Philippines and Taiwan. Results
show that older persons are not merely recipients of support. A
substantial number are involved in both giving and receiving with their
children, a form of generalized exchange where resources are
redistributed from one family member to
another."
Correspondence: E. M. Agree, Johns Hopkins
University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Room W4033, 615 North
Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205. E-mail: eagree@jhsph.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40582 Krishna, Rajneesh; Pattnaik, Binay
K. Occupational mobility in an urban community.
Demography India, Vol. 26, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1997. 207-27 pp. Delhi,
India. In Eng.
"The basic objective of the paper is to examine
different aspects of occupational mobility in an urban community [in
India].... Our first objective is to find out the extent of
occupational mobility at both inter-generational and intra-generational
level and its reflection on the extent of openness of the
stratification system.... The second objective is to analyse the
average distance of occupational mobility. And the third objective is
to compare the extent of upward mobility with that of downward
mobility.... Our fourth and last objective is to find out the extent of
pure occupational mobility and thereby the extent of structural
mobility among the sample respondents."
Correspondence:
R. Krishna, Indian Institute of Technology, Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40583 Lam, Kit-Chun; Liu, Pak-Wai.
Immigration, population heterogeneity, and earnings inequality in
Hong Kong. Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 16, No. 3, Jul 1998.
265-76 pp. Huntington Beach, California. In Eng.
"This paper
analyzes the heterogeneity effect of immigration on earnings inequality
by decomposing the aggregate measure of total inequality. The analysis
shows that a substantial portion of an increase in measured inequality
could be due to shifts in shares of heterogeneous population groups
caused by immigration policy rather than by widening earnings
dispersion within these groups. The analysis is illustrated with census
data of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1991."
Correspondence:
K.-C. Lam, Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Economics,
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China. E-mail: kclam@hkbu.edu.hk.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40584 Paulin, Geoffrey; Riordon,
Brian. Making it on their own: the baby boom meets
Generation X. Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 121, No. 2, Feb 1998.
10-21 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This article examines
various measures of economic well-being for 18- to 29-year-old single
persons in three periods: 1972-73 (Boomers I), 1984-85 (Boomers II),
and 1994-95 (Generation X). Using data from the [U.S.] Consumer
Expenditure Survey, it analyzes differences in incomes and spending
patterns to see how, if at all, these measures have changed, and how
today's young singles are indeed `making it on their
own'."
Correspondence: G. Paulin, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Washington, D.C.
20212. Location: Princeton University Library (IR).
64:40585 Pfeffer, Max J.; Frost,
Jason. Labor market areas, economic achievement and
immigration. Population and Development Program Working Papers
Series, No. 97.01, 1997. 9, [10] pp. Cornell University, Department of
Rural Sociology, Population and Development Program: Ithaca, New York.
In Eng.
"This paper identifies several questions emerging from
recent sociological literature on immigrant assimilation. We address
these needs by means of an analysis of the [1990 U.S. Public Use
Microdata Sample] using [hierarchical linear models]. We conclude with
a discussion of the implications of these findings for the analysis of
labor market effects on individual economic
achievement."
Correspondence: Cornell University,
Department of Rural Sociology, Population and Development Program, 134
Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40586 Schultz, T. Paul.
Inequality in the distribution of personal income in the world: how
it is changing and why. Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 11,
No. 3, 1998. 307-44 pp. Berlin, Germany. In Eng.
"The variance
in the logarithms of per capita GDP in purchasing-power-parity prices
increased in the world from 1960 to 1968 and decreased since the mid
1970s. In the later period the convergence in inter-country incomes
more than offset any increase in within country inequality.
Approximately two-thirds of this measure of world inequality is
intercountry, three-tenths interhousehold within country inequality,
and one-twentieth between gender differences in education. If China is
excluded from the world sample, the decline in world inequality after
1975 is not evident. Measuring confidently trends in household and
gender inequality will require much improved
data."
Correspondence: T. P. Schultz, Yale University,
Economic Growth Center, P.O. Box 208269, 27 Hillhouse Avenue, New
Haven, CT 06520-8269. E-mail: paul.schultz@yale.edu. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40587 Varma, G. Visakha; Rayappa, P.
Hanumantha. Occupational classification systems and
intergenerational occupational mobility studies: some methodological
issues. Demography India, Vol. 26, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1997. 229-40 pp.
Delhi, India. In Eng.
"The subject matter of this paper is the
issues concerned with the methodology of occupational classification in
the measurement of intergenerational occupational mobility.... [We use
an] occupational classification system to verify the pattern of
intergenerational occupational mobility of a sample of 404 individuals
(202 respondents and their 202 wives) drawn from...the city of Calicut
in the state of Kerala [India]...."
Correspondence: G.
V. Varma, Maharaja's College, Department of Economics, Ernakulam 682
011, Kerala, India. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
Descriptive studies of populations according to literacy and educational attainment, cultural background, religious affiliation, residential characteristics and segregation, and the like. Studies on social mobility are also coded under this heading.
64:40588 Amin, Sajeda; Diamond, Ian; Naved,
Ruchira T.; Newby, Margaret. Transition to adulthood of
female garment-factory workers in Bangladesh. Studies in Family
Planning, Vol. 29, No. 2, Jun 1998. 185-200 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng.
"This article examines data from a study on
garment-factory workers in Bangladesh to explore the implications of
work for the early socialization of young women. For the first time,
large numbers of young Bangladeshi women are being given an alternative
to lives in which they move directly from childhood to adulthood
through early marriage and childbearing. Employment creates a period of
transition in contrast to the abrupt assumption of adult roles at very
young ages that marriage and childbearing mandate. This longer
transition creates a period of adolescence for young women working in
the garment sector that is shown to have strong implications for the
women's long-term reproductive health."
Correspondence:
S. Amin, Population Council, Policy Research Division, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40589 Boggess, Scott. Family
structure, economic status, and educational attainment. Journal of
Population Economics, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1998. 205-22 pp. Berlin, Germany.
In Eng.
"This study examines the effect of family structure on
high school graduation by race and gender using data from the first
twenty-one waves of the [U.S.] Panel Study of Income Dynamics and
recently available retrospective marital histories.... The analysis
tests the hypothesis that the negative effect on educational attainment
often associated with living in a mother-only or stepfather family
stems primarily from the reduced level of economic resources available
to these households. Empirical findings indicate that living with a
widowed, divorced, or separated mother has little or no effect on
educational attainment once we control for economic status. However,
living in a stepfather family appears to have a persistent negative
effect on high school graduation rates."
Correspondence:
S. Boggess, Georgetown University, Department of Demography, 37th
and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20057-1043. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40590 Bürkner, Hans-Joachim.
Residential segregation among the "Aussiedler" population
in the Federal Republic of Germany. [Kleinräumliche
Wohnsegregation von Aussiedlern in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.]
Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, Vol. 23, No. 1,
1998. 55-69 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
"Residential segregation among the `Aussiedler' [ethnic German
immigrant] population in Germany has been an issue of growing
interest.... Yet, there is a significant lack of empirical evidence
about problems related to it. This article contributes to the
understanding of the appearance, the causes, and the consequences of
the socio-residential segregation of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe
within selected German cities. Segregation is explained in terms of the
ways by which this group gains access to the housing market.
Especially, institutional factors, such as the modes of distribution
within the public housing sector, are shown to be substantial to it. In
spite of high degrees of spatial concentration, the intensity of
internal social relations of this group does not reach the level of
other equally segregated minorities."
Correspondence:
H.-J. Bürkner, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,
Geographisches Institut, Goldschmidtstraße 5, 37077
Göttingen, Germany. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:40591 Caldwell, Gary.
School. [L'école.] Cahiers Québécois de
Démographie, Vol. 27, No. 1, Spring 1998. 172 pp. Association
des Démographes du Québec: Montreal, Canada. In Fre. with
sum. in Eng; Spa.
This special issue contains four articles and two
research notes on education. Aspects considered include school
attendance and continuity, educational success, graduation, dropping
out, the length of time spent on studies, the effect of outside work by
young people on schooling, the effects of gender and social class,
distance from the school, the integration of the handicapped in
schools, and the factors that improve primary education. The primary
geographical focus is on Quebec and Canada, but a paper is also
included on the Central African Republic.
Correspondence:
Association des Démographes du Québec, C.P. 403,
Succursale Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, Quebec H3S 2S7, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40592 Chattopadhyay, Arpita.
Gender, migration, and career trajectories in Malaysia.
Demography, Vol. 35, No. 3, Aug 1998. 335-44 pp. Silver Spring,
Maryland. In Eng.
"With data from the Malaysian Family Life
Survey, I use a continuous-state hazards model to study the impact of
migration on the dynamics of individuals' careers.... The results show
that migration alters the career trajectory primarily by accelerating
the process of occupational mobility rather than by increasing the
level of occupational attainment. Further, the effect of migration on
careers varies by type of migration, especially for
women."
Correspondence: A. Chattopadhyay, Kansas State
University, Department of Sociology, 204 Waters Hall, Manhattan, KS
66506-4003. E-mail: arpita@ksu.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40593 Curran, Sara; McLanahan, Sara; Knab,
Jean. Ties that bind: marital history, kinship ties and
social support among older Americans. OPR Working Paper, No. 98-1,
Apr 1998. 27, [8] pp. Princeton University, Office of Population
Research [OPR]: Princeton, New Jersey. In Eng.
"This study
analyzes the importance of marital history (as one measure of kin
network) to intergenerational exchanges of support among the elderly
using the first round of the [U.S.] National Survey of Families and
Households (NSFH1, 1987-88). Specifically we examine the impact of
never being married as well as multiple marriages (accounting for
different ways that marriages may be disrupted), relative to one
marriage, upon potential social support as measured along three
dimensions: emergencies, borrowing money, and talking with someone when
depressed."
Correspondence: Princeton University,
Office of Population Research, 21 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ
08544-2091. Author's E-mail: curran@princeton.edu. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40594 DeVos, Susan; Arias,
Elizabeth. Female headship, marital status and material
well-being--Colombia 1985. International Journal of Comparative
Sociology, Vol. 39, No. 2, Jun 1998. 177-97 pp. Leiden, Netherlands. In
Eng.
"The potentially conflicting observations that members of
female-headed households in Latin America tend to be especially poorly
off but that one does not need to live in a female-headed household to
face utter poverty can be reconciled in part by considering household
structure in terms of female headship and marital status. We illustrate
this point using a microfile of the 1985 Colombia census of housing and
population, focussing on mothers aged 15-59. While headship [affects]
the material wellbeing of single, separated/divorced, and widowed
mothers, mothers in a consensual union tend to be badly off materially
even when they do not head their own household. Considering mothers
outside consensual unions, formally married non-head mothers tend to be
materially better off than non-married head mothers but not as well off
as non-married non-head mothers."
Correspondence: S.
DeVos, University of Wisconsin, Department of Sociology, 1180
Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40595 Hannum, Emily; Xie, Yu.
Ethnic stratification in Northwest China: occupational differences
between Han Chinese and national minorities in Xinjiang,
1982-1990. Demography, Vol. 35, No. 3, Aug 1998. 323-33 pp. Silver
Spring, Maryland. In Eng.
"We explored rising occupational
stratification by ethnicity in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
[China]. Analyses of census data from 1982 and 1990 pointed to
educational disadvantages faced by ethnic minorities as the most
plausible explanation for the change. Multivariate analysis revealed a
significant increase in the effect of education on high-status
occupational attainment but no change in the effect of
ethnicity."
Correspondence: E. Hannum, Harvard
University, Graduate School of Education, 454 Gutman, 6 Appian Way,
Cambrige, MA 02138. E-mail: emily_hannum@harvard.edu. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40596 Hörning, Elisabeth.
Religion and demographic behavior: Upper Kassel, 1670-1810.
[Konfession und demographisches Verhalten: Oberkassel, 1670-1810.]
Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung, Vol. 23, No.
1-2, 1998. 275-98 pp. Cologne, Germany. In Ger. with sum. in Eng.
"With the sample of a village of 670 inhabitants (1810), it is
investigated whether the religious denomination, Catholic or Calvinist,
has any influence on the demographic behaviour of a rural population. A
well developed knowledge of denominational consciousness was observed;
there were few interfaith marriages or conversions and the differences
in the naming of children were distinctive. There were not such big
differences in the demographic behaviour. As examples, the age at
marriage, premarital sexuality (over 20% of births were premarital
conceptions) and the number of births were nearly equal. In life
expectancy there was a seven year denominational difference. All women
were noticeable by their low number of births, high age at marriage and
high age at last birth. Family limitation was achieved through birth
spacing, particularly by Protestant women after the third child
onwards. In sum, a large degree of this rural population's demographic
behaviour was observable, but only a few were influenced by
denominational or religious norms."
Correspondence: E.
Hörning, Im Tannenbusch 5, 53119 Bonn, Germany. E-mail:
uzs80x@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:40597 Hoyler, Michael. Small
town development and urban illiteracy: comparative evidence from
Leicestershire marriage registers 1754-1890. Historical Social
Research/Historische Sozialforschung, Vol. 23, No. 1/2, 1998. 202-30
pp. Cologne, Germany. In Eng.
"Based on the analysis of
Anglican marriage registers for the period 1754 to 1890, the article
explores patterns of illiteracy in three small Leicestershire [England]
towns with contrasting economic functions. Illiteracy levels were
closely related to urban occupational and social structures, which also
affected distinct gender differentials. Evidence [of] the effect of
literacy on age at marriage and marriage distance suggests that
demographic behaviour and spatial interaction were determined more by
socio-economic factors than by the possession of literacy skills.
Literacy attainment, however, was linked to extended marriage distances
when both spouses could sign the register."
Correspondence:
M. Hoyler, Universität Heidelberg, Geographisches Institut,
Im Neuenheimer Feld 348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. E-mail:
mihoyler@idefix.geog.uni-heidelberg.de. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40598 Janssens, Angélique.
Women and employment in the domestic economy of the Netherlands,
1880-1960: the case of Enschede. [Mujeres y trabajo en la
economía doméstica de los Países Bajos, 1880-1960:
el caso de Enschede.] Boletín de la Asociación de
Demografía Histórica, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1997. 55-78 pp.
Madrid, Spain. In Spa. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
The relationships
among women, work, and the family in the Netherlands are examined using
data on the life course of one cohort of just over 200 women born in
the town of Enschede between 1881 and 1885 and the techniques of event
history analysis. "The data suggest that, at least for Enschede in
the first half of the twentieth century, women's group culture as
determined by religious denomination played a much more dominant role
than various types of social class and work variables. In fact,
socio-economic influences on the whole did not appear to be of much
influence on the demographic behaviour of women. From this analysis
Enschede appears to be a town not vertically divided along
socio-economic groups, but rather as a society divided horizontally,
along religious and cultural lines."
Correspondence:
A. Janssens, University of Nijmegen, Comeniuslaan 4, P.O. Box
9201, 6500 HC Nijmegen, Netherlands. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40599 Kritz, Mary M.; Makinwa-Adebusoye,
Paulina. Ethnicity, work and family as determinants of
women's decisionmaking autonomy in Nigeria. Population and
Development Program Working Papers Series, No. 97.06, 1997. 13, [7] pp.
Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, Population and
Development Program: Ithaca, New York. In Eng.
"In this paper
we look at several indicators of women's work for pay and family
situation in Nigeria and evaluate how they affect their decisionmaking
autonomy.... We attempt to evaluate the importance of the macro
dimension by examining variations in decisionmaking autonomy across
five Nigerian ethnic groups that differ sharply along gender lines....
Our main goal...is to shed light on the importance of employment and
family organization for women's autonomy."
This is a revised
version of a paper originally presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of
the Population Association of America.
Correspondence:
Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, Population and
Development Program, 134 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40600 Lesthaeghe, R.; Surkyn, J.; Van
Craenem, I. Dimensions and determinants of
integration-related attitudes among Turkish and Moroccan men in
Belgium. IPD Working Paper, No. 1998-4, 1998. 23, [5] pp. Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Interface Demography: Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
"In this paper we shall examine five dimensions of cultural
change that are directly related to the integration process and to the
patterns of community reconstruction of the Turkish and Moroccan
populations in Belgium.... We...summarize the major differences in the
patterns of community reconstruction of these two groups.... We [then
situate] these empirical findings in a broader
context."
Correspondence: Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Interface Demography, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail:
esvbalck@vub.ac.be. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:40601 Mensch, Barbara S.; Lloyd, Cynthia
B. Gender differences in the schooling experiences of
adolescents in low-income countries: the case of Kenya. Studies in
Family Planning, Vol. 29, No. 2, Jun 1998. 167-84 pp. New York, New
York. In Eng.
"This article examines the school environment in
Kenya and the ways it can help or hinder adolescents. Gender
differences are considered with a view toward illuminating some factors
that may present particular obstacles or opportunities for girls. Using
both qualitative and quantitative data, 36 primary schools in rural
areas in three districts of Kenya are studied.... In the
primary-school-leaving exam, girls' performance is poorer than that of
boys. Teachers' attitudes and behavior reveal lower expectations for
adolescent girls, traditional assumptions about gender roles, and a
double standard about sexual activity."
Correspondence:
B. S. Mensch, Population Council, Policy Research Division, One
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40602 Myers, Dowell; Lee, Seong
Woo. Immigrant trajectories into homeownership: a temporal
analysis of residential assimilation. International Migration
Review, Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 1998. 593-625 pp. Staten Island, New York.
In Eng.
"This study explores the rate of advancement into
homeownership of immigrants, relative to native borns, in Southern
California, a principal region of immigrant settlement.... Recent
immigrants as well as young native borns are newcomers to the housing
market and have lower attainment levels than earlier arrivals or older
cohorts. Cohort trajectories are tracked from 1980 to 1990, adjusting
for the influence of income, education, English proficiency, and
marital status. Asian immigrants achieved extraordinarily high levels
of homeownership soon after arrival, whereas Hispanic immigrants
demonstrated sustained advancement into homeownership from initially
very low levels."
Correspondence: D. Myers, University
of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40603 South, Scott J.; Crowder, Kyle
D. Housing discrimination and residential mobility:
impacts for blacks and whites. Population Research and Policy
Review, Vol. 17, No. 4, Aug 1998. 369-87 pp. Dordrecht, Netherlands. In
Eng.
"We merge metropolitan-level measures of racial
discrimination in housing markets derived from two national housing
audit studies, along with tract-level 1980 census data, with the
1979-1985 waves of the [U.S.] Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine
the impact of housing discrimination on patterns of residential
mobility between neighborhoods of varying racial composition. We find
no evidence that housing discrimination in the metropolitan area
impedes African Americans' mobility into whiter neighborhoods. Contrary
to expectations, in multivariate analyses based on black movers, the
level of housing discrimination is positively associated with the
percentage of the population that is white in the tract of
destination."
Correspondence: S. J. South, State
University of New York, Department of Sociology, SS-340, 1400
Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. E-mail: s.south@albany.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40604 Surkyn, Johan. Social
integration of ethnic minorities: indicators at the family level.
IPD Working Paper, No. 1998-2, 1998. 28 pp. Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Interface Demography: Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
"In this
paper we shall investigate several behavioural components of
integration, drawing on survey data from the two major Islamic
minorities in Belgium, i.e. Turks and Moroccans.... We shall mainly
focus on family formation, partner choice, marriage and
contraception.... Firstly we shall describe various paths of change,
and, secondly, we wish to explain the different positions of subgroups
along these paths."
Correspondence: Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Interface Demography, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
E-mail: esvbalck@vub.ac.be. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
Descriptive studies of populations on the basis of race, ethnic group, language, and national origin.
64:40605 Darden, Joe T.; Bagaka's, Joshua G.;
Ji, Shun-Jie. Racial residential segregation and the
concentration of low- and high-income households in the 45 largest U.S.
metropolitan areas. Journal of Developing Societies, Vol. 13, No.
2, Dec 1997. 171-94 pp. Leiden, Netherlands. In Eng.
"The
objectives of this paper are to determine the relationship between
racial residential segregation and (1) the spatial concentration of
low- and high-income households, and (2) the socioeconomic
characteristics of racial minority households. The three largest racial
minority groups are compared (blacks, Hispanics, and Asians) in the
largest 45 metropolitan areas in the United States. Data were obtained
from the U.S. bureau of the Census' Population and Housing Summary Tape
files. The results revealed that residential segregation of blacks was
distinctly different from Asians and Hispanics. Moreover, for Asians
and Hispanics, their socioeconomic characteristics matter in their
level of residential segregation. For black households, however, their
socioeconomic characteristics matter
little."
Correspondence: J. T. Darden, Michigan State
University, Urban Affairs Programs, East Lansing, MI 48824-1109.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
64:40606 DeBarros, Kymberly; Bennett,
Claudette. The black population in the United States:
March 1997 (update). Current Population Reports, Series P-20:
Population Characteristics, No. 508, Jun 1998. 1 pp. U.S. Bureau of the
Census: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This report briefly describes
"detailed tabulations...which provide demographic characteristics
on the social and economic status of the civilian noninstitutional
Black population in the United States, based on the March 1997 Current
Population Survey.... The [complete] set...consists of 16 tables (107
pages).... The electronic version of these tables is available on the
Internet, at the Census Bureau's World-Wide Web Site
(http://www.census.gov)."
Correspondence: U.S.
Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop
SSOM, Washington, D.C. 20402. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:40607 DellaPergola, Sergio; Even,
Judith. Papers in Jewish demography 1993 in memory of U.
O. Schmelz. Jewish Population Studies, No. 27, ISBN 965-90154-1-0.
1997. 389 pp. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Avraham Harman Institute
of Contemporary Jewry, Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics:
Jerusalem, Israel. In Eng.
These are the proceedings of the
demographic session at the 11th World Congress of Jewish Studies, held
in Jerusalem, Israel, in June 1993. The 22 papers are organized under
six topic headings: Disciplinary and methodological issues; Evolution
of Jewish population in East Europe; Jewish urban ecology; Jews in the
United States; Jewish population and identification in other Western
countries; and Jewish population trends in Israel. A bibliography of
the work of the late Uziel O. Schmelz is
included.
Correspondence: Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Division of Jewish
Demography and Statistics, Gaster Building, Mount Scopus Campus,
Jerusalem 91905, Israel. E-mail: databank@hum.huji.ac.il. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40608 DellaPergola, Sergio.
World Jewish population, 1995. In: American Jewish year book
1997, edited by David Singer and Ruth R. Seldin. ISBN 0-87495-111-9. LC
99-4040. 1997. 513-44 pp. American Jewish Committee: New York, New
York. In Eng.
"This article presents updates, for the end of
1995, of the Jewish population estimates for the various countries of
the world. The estimates reflect some of the results of a prolonged and
ongoing effort to study scientifically the demography of contemporary
world Jewry. Data collection and comparative research have benefited
from the collaboration of scholars and institutions in many countries,
including replies to direct inquiries regarding current estimates....
In spite of the increased fragmentation of the global system of
nations, about 95 percent of world Jewry is concentrated in ten
countries. The aggregate of these major Jewish population centers
virtually determines the assessment of the size of total world Jewry,
estimated at 13-13.1 million persons at the end of 1995."
For a
previous report for 1994, see 64:10617.
Correspondence: S.
DellaPergola, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Avraham Harman Institute
of Contemporary Jewry, Gaster Building, Mount Scopus Campus, Jerusalem
91905, Israel. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
64:40609 Fong, Eric; Guila, Milena.
The effects of group characteristics and city context on
neighborhood qualities among racial and ethnic groups. Canadian
Studies in Population, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1997. 45-66 pp. Edmonton,
Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"In this paper, we argue
that the structural contexts of the city in conjunction with group
characteristics are important to explain variations in neighborhood
qualities among racial and ethnic groups. We further argue that these
city structural contexts have different effects on the attainment of
neighborhood qualities of racial and ethnic groups. Analyses based on a
unique data set from the 1991 Canadian Census support our arguments.
Policy implications of the results are also
discussed."
Correspondence: E. Fong, University of
Toronto, 215 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40610 Frey, William H.; Geverdt,
Douglas. Changing suburban demographics: beyond the
"black-white, city-suburb" typology. Population Studies
Center Research Report, No. 98-422, Jul 1998. 19, [30] pp. University
of Michigan, Population Studies Center: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"To provide a general framework for how and where minorities
will become a factor in [U.S.] suburban populations this research
provides two perspectives. One of these is to emphasize the variations
in population growth dynamics among the 39 largest metropolitan areas
which shape the sizes and race-ethnic profiles of the suburban
populations.... A second perspective focuses on making distinctions
between different types of communities within `the suburbs' for
purposes of evaluating minority-suburban change." The focus is on
Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Detroit.
Correspondence:
University of Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590. E-mail:
psc-pubs@umich.edu. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:40611 Hewner, Sharon J.
Fertility, migration, and mortality in an old order Amish
community. American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 10, No. 5,
1998. 619-28 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"Mortality,
fertility, and migration data were used to identify population
structure in a group of Old Order Amish living in New York State....
Despite evidence that suggests that the Amish have health risks
comparable to U.S. population and that they under-utilize health care,
this study demonstrates that Amish age standardized death rates are 19%
below the U.S. death rate in 1960. Natural fertility combined with low
infant mortality, migrating to form new communities when population
density increased, and selective but appropriate use of western
biomedicine have emerged as strong cultural patterns that facilitated
reproductive success and longevity among the
Amish."
Correspondence: S. J. Hewner, D'Youville
College, Buffalo, NY 14201-1084. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40612 Kemper, Franz-Josef.
Foreigners in Germany: ethnic diversity and regional patterns.
[Ausländer in Deutschland: ethnische Vielfalt und regionale
Schwerpunkte.] Geographische Rundschau, Vol. 49, No. 7-8, Jul-Aug 1997.
392-8 pp. Brunswick, Germany. In Ger. with sum. in Eng.
"This
contribution gives an overview of the development of ethnic minorities
and foreign population-groups in Germany within a regional perspective.
Following a discussion of the complex terminology used to describe
residential groups of foreigners, immigrants, and ethnic minorities,
the recent history of immigration to West and East Germany is outlined.
As a consequence of the succession of different `waves' of migrants,
the ethnic diversity has strikingly risen during the last decades.
Whereas guest-workers from most Mediterranean countries of Europe
decreased, a strong increase is typical of refugees (former Yugoslavia)
and asylum applicants (selected Third World countries), of migrants
from Eastern Europe as well as of highly-skilled migrants from
industrialized countries. For some of these groups, the spatial
patterns are compared in the final part of the
paper."
Correspondence: F.-J. Kemper,
Humboldt-Universität, Geographisches Institut, Unter den Linden 6,
10099 Berlin, Germany. Location: New York Public Library, New
York, NY.
64:40613 Lassalle, Didier. The
gradual generalization of the collection of ethnic statistics in the
United Kingdom. [La généralisation progressive du
recueil de statistiques ethniques au Royaume-Uni.] Population, Vol. 53,
No. 3, May-Jun 1998. 609-30 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in
Eng; Spa.
"The United Kingdom explicitly acknowledges the
existence of `minority ethnic groups' within its national
population.... However, the ethnic question [in the census] presents
numerous limitations and defects.... For example, the classification
used prevents the correct identification of people of mixed origin or
of their children, and the coverage rate varies with the geographical
localization, age, sex and ethnic origin of individuals. Despite these
shortcomings, most of the surveys which already existed have adopted
this new standard and the ethnic classification of the British
population has spread to all fields of social
analysis."
Correspondence: D. Lassalle,
Université de Paris XIII, IUT de Villetaneuse, avenue J.-B.
Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France. E-mail:
lassalle@iutv.univ-paris13.fr. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:40614 Leridon, Henri. The
variable "ethnicity" as a statistical concept. [La
variable "ethnie" comme catégorie statistique.]
Population, Vol. 53, No. 3, May-Jun 1998. 537-630 pp. Paris, France. In
Fre.
This selection of four articles is about the concept of
ethnicity in national statistics. Three of the papers are concerned
with France and one with the United Kingdom. The focus is on whether it
is possible, useful, and legitimate to categorize individuals by
membership of a group defined on the basis of race or
ethnicity.
Correspondence: H. Leridon, Institut National
d'Etudes Démographiques, 133 boulevard Davout, 75980 Paris Cedex
20, France. E-mail: ined@ined.fr. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40615 Lott, Juanita T. Asian
Americans: from racial category to multiple identities. Critical
Perspectives on Asian Pacific American Series, ISBN 0-7619-9172-7. LC
98-8882. 1998. 115 pp. AltaMira Press: Walnut Creek, California. In
Eng.
This study examines the subject of classification by race in
the United States, focusing on the extent to which such definitions
have evolved over time and been transformed into tools for enforcing
civil rights. "After a historical background, [the author] gives a
detailed explanation of the origins and implications of Directive 15--a
critical juncture in the recent legal development of census and
national data categories. She then turns to the complexities of Asian
American identities, deconstructing widely accepted minority/majority
classifications, and historicizing the changing definitions of those
labels."
Correspondence: AltaMira Press, Division of
Sage Publications, 1630 North Main Street, Suite 367, Walnut Creek, CA
94596. E-mail: explore@altamira.sagepub.com. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40616 Lovell, W. George; Lutz, Christopher
H. "A dark obverse": Maya survival in Guatemala,
1520-1994. Geographical Review, Vol. 86, No. 3, Jul 1996. 398-407
pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"We review diverse sets of
data relating to Maya survival in Guatemala. We chart, from the eve of
conquest to the present, the collapse and eventual recovery of one of
Latin America's most fascinating Indian cultures.... Our aim is to
summarize the salient features of a complex demographic situation in
the hope of shedding light on an enduring Maya presence, one that
increasingly challenges traditional notions of what a Guatemalan
nation-state should be and on what terms Maya peoples contained within
it (or, in some cases, now living beyond it) should
live...."
Correspondence: W. G. Lovell, Queen's
University, Department of Geography, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
64:40617 Min, Pyong Gap. Asian
Americans: contemporary trends and issues. ISBN 0-8039-4335-0. LC
94-37827. 1995. vii, 295 pp. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks,
California/London, England. In Eng.
This is a collection of studies
by various authors on Asian Americans in the United States, focusing on
the major ethnic groups: Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Indian, Korean,
Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian. "Some of the issues explored
are occupational and economic adjustment, assimilation and ethnicity,
intermarriage, intergroup relations, demographic patterns, and marital
and family adjustment. The chapters also discuss the impact of
migration on traditional customs and values of Asian Americans as well
as their impact on U.S. economy, politics, education, culture, and
intergroup relations in cities."
Correspondence: Sage
Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. E-mail:
order@sagepub.com. Location: Princeton University Library
(FST).
64:40618 Peloe, Andrew; Rees, Philip;
Phillips, Deborah. The spatial dynamics of Britain's
ethnic communities: estimating the changing ethnic geography of London
1981-91. School of Geography Working Paper, No. 98/3, Jun 1998. 56
pp. University of Leeds, School of Geography: Leeds, England. In Eng.
"This working paper presents the concepts, methodology and
results from a project seeking to produce population estimates for the
different ethnic groups of London's Boroughs for the year 1981.
Ethnicity is explained as a conceptual framework, methodology and
results are described, and an analysis of change over the period 1981
to 1991 is undertaken. Estimates are produced using three different
methodologies and various data sources: the 1991 Census Local Base
Statistics, the 1991 Individual Sample of Anonymised Records, and the
1981 Longitudinal Study. It is concluded that a combination of data
sets and methodologies will provide more satisfactory
results."
Correspondence: University of Leeds, School
of Geography, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. Author's E-mail:
pgap@geog.leeds.ac.uk. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:40619 Prins, C. J. M. Changes
of nationality, 1997. [Wijzigingen van nationaliteit, 1997.]
Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 46, No. 9, Sep 1998. 17-24 pp.
Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"In the 1990s
the annual number of changes of nationality [in the Netherlands] was
much higher than during the preceding decades.... The large number of
changes of nationality led to a decrease in the number of non-Dutch
nationals in the Netherlands. On 1 January 1998 they numbered 678
thousand. Four years earlier their number was more than 100 thousand
higher.... If no changes of nationality would have taken place since
1975, the number of non-Dutch nationals in the Netherlands would have
been approximately 1.2 million on 1 January
1998...."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:40620 Rallu, Jean L. The
statistical categories used in French departments and territories
overseas since the beginning of French administration. [Les
catégories statistiques utilisées dans les DOM-TOM depuis
le début de la présence française.] Population,
Vol. 53, No. 3, May-Jun 1998. 589-608 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with
sum. in Eng; Spa.
The author reviews the statistical
classifications that were developed for France's colonial populations.
"When this classification does not allow for multi-racial marriage
and identifies individuals on the basis of a single ancestral origin,
it becomes an instrument for compartmentalizing the population and
maintaining the social status quo. In the countries which experience
immigration, the various [statuses]--citizen, legal resident, refugee,
etc.--reflect a social hierarchy that appears related to differences in
access to the labour market."
Correspondence: J.-L.
Rallu, Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 133 boulevard
Davout, 75980 Paris Cedex 20, France. E-mail: rallu@ined.fr.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40621 Scheckner, Jeffrey.
Jewish population in the United States, 1996. In: American
Jewish year book 1997, edited by David Singer and Ruth R. Seldin. ISBN
0-87495-111-9. LC 99-4040. 1997. 215-37 pp. American Jewish Committee:
New York, New York. In Eng.
Estimates of the Jewish population of
the United States are presented. "Based on local community
counts--the method for identifying and enumerating Jewish population
that serves as the basis of this report--the estimated size of the
American Jewish community in 1996 was 5.9 million. This is about 6
percent more than the 5.5 million `core' Jewish population estimated in
the Council of Jewish Federations' 1990 National Jewish Population
Survey (NJPS).... The demographic results of the NJPS suggested that
the population was growing slightly due to an excess of Jewish births
over Jewish deaths during the late 1980s. However, extrapolation from
the age structure suggests that for the mid-1990s, zero population
growth in numbers is being realized.... At the same time, some growth
in number is achieved through Jewish immigration into the United
States. The most obvious example is that of Jews from the former Soviet
Union, for whom the annual quota is currently set at
40,000."
For a previous report for 1994, see 64:10612.
Correspondence: J. Scheckner, City University of New York,
Graduate Center, North American Jewish Data Bank, 33 West 42nd Street,
New York, NY 10036. Location: Princeton University Library
(FST).
64:40622 United States. Council of Economic
Advisors (Washington, D.C.). Changing America: indicators
of social and economic well-being by race and Hispanic origin.
ISBN 0-16-049616-0. Sep 1998. vi, 74 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This chart book is intended to document current differences
[in the United States] in well-being by race and Hispanic origin and to
describe how such differences have evolved over the past several
decades.... The charts...show key indicators of well-being in seven
broad categories: population, education, labor markets, economic
status, health, crime and criminal justice, and housing and
neighborhoods.... The indicators in the charts were selected on the
basis of their importance for economic and social well-being, as well
as the quality and availability of data.... The appendix indicates how
to access additional information on these topics from Federal
government agencies."
Correspondence: U.S. Government
Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop SSOP,
Washington, D.C. 20402-9328. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
