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.
64:40751 Merli, M. Giovanna.
Underreporting of births and infant deaths in rural China: evidence
from field research in one county of northern China. China
Quarterly, No. 155, Sep 1998. 637-55 pp. London, England. In Eng.
This study is concerned with the evidence that there is significant
underreporting of both births and infant deaths in China. "This is
a study of two parallel but distinct data collection systems in
Ciqixian, a mostly rural district of Zibo city in Shandong province:
the family planning demographic and contraceptive surveillance system
and the registers maintained by the health system. A comparison of the
sets of birth records maintained by the two agencies can provide
evidence of underreporting in family planning records.... The analysis
of data alone says little about the ways in which individual and
programmatic priorities combine to produce anomalies in the recording
of demographic events. It does not tell us why underreporting occurs
and what the consequences of this are." The author suggests that
the omission of births and subsequent infant deaths, and of births
unauthorized by the family planning program, may be due to efforts by
both individuals and officials to meet program
targets.
Correspondence: M. G. Merli, University of
Washington, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, Box 353340
Seattle, WA 98195. Location: Princeton University Library
(PR).
64:40752 United States. General Accounting
Office [GAO] (Washington, D.C.). Immigration statistics:
information gaps, quality issues limit utility of federal data to
policymakers. Pub. Order No. GAO/GGD-98-164. Jul 1998. 87 pp.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"In response to a request from the
[U.S.] House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Government
Management, Information, and Technology, this report (1) identifies
policy-related information needs for immigration statistics; (2)
identifies federal statistics (and information gaps) on the full range
of demographic concepts relevant to immigration policy decisions and
determines what is known about the quality of these statistics; and (3)
identifies strategies for improving immigration
statistics."
Correspondence: U.S. General Accounting
Office, P.O. Box 37050, Washington, D.C. 20013. E-mail:
info@www.gao.gov. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:40753 Wilson, Tom; Rees, Philip.
Look-up tables to link 1991 population statistics to the 1998 local
government areas. School of Geography Working Paper, No. 98/5, Dec
1998. v, 64 pp. University of Leeds, School of Geography: Leeds,
England. In Eng.
"Between 1995 and 1998 the local authority
structure and geography of the United Kingdom was substantially
revised. The two-tier system of local government was abolished in
Wales, Scotland, and in parts of non-metropolitan England, and replaced
with a single-tier system." This paper examines issues related to
providing demographic and other data for the new administrative areas
for the period prior to 1998. "First, it describes a look-up table
detailing exactly how the 1998 local government geography related to
1991 Census areas, and second, it sets out methods for producing 1991
Census data and mid-1991 population estimates (including single year
age detail) for the new geography. A selection of the results produced
by the described methods is included in tables and population
pyramids."
Correspondence: University of Leeds, School
of Geography, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. Author's E-mail:
t.wilson@geog.leeds.ac.uk. 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.
Studies of the organization and operation of population censuses and registers at local and national levels, of international comparability, and of special problems.
64:40754 Allafi, Sabine. First
results of the microcensus 1997. [Erste Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus
1997.] Wirtschaft und Statistik, No. 8, Aug 1998. 653-60 pp. Wiesbaden,
Germany. In Ger.
This overview presents some results of the annual
one-percent microcensus conducted in Germany in 1997. It includes data
on population size, migration, age distribution, nationality, and
employment. Comparisons are drawn to 1991, the first year of
reunification.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
64:40755 Deshpande, Satish; Sundar,
Nandini. Caste and the census: implications for society
and the social sciences. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 33,
No. 32, Aug 8-14, 1998. 2,157-9 pp. Mumbai, India. In Eng.
The
authors report on a symposium held at the Institute of Economic Growth
in Delhi on July 17, 1998, on the issue of the use of the
reintroduction of terms concerning caste in the census of India
scheduled for 2001. The arguments for both the inclusion and exclusion
of caste terms in the census are summarized, as well as the practical
difficulties of caste enumeration.
Location: Princeton
University Library (PF).
64:40756 Duke-Williams, Oliver; Rees,
Philip. Can census offices publish statistics for more
than one small area geography? An analysis of the differencing problem
in statistical disclosure. International Journal of Geographical
Information Science, Vol. 12, No. 6, Sep 1998. 579-605 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
"The paper describes a problem faced by
National Statistical Offices when publishing the results of decennial
censuses for small geographical areas. If they publish statistical
tables for two or more sets of areas, users can compare the tables and
produce new statistics for the areas formed by differencing, which may
have populations below confidentiality thresholds. To investigate the
problem, the authors construct a software system and carry out a series
of experiments using a large synthetic population base for Yorkshire
and Humberside [in England]. The results indicate that publishing
statistics for zones close in size to the primary areas is not safe
unless the zones have been carefully designed. However, publishing
statistics for sufficiently large areas such as 5km grid squares or
postal sectors alongside enumeration districts is
safe."
Correspondence: O. Duke-Williams, University of
Leeds, School of Geography, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. E-mail:
oliver.phil@geog.leeds.ac.uk. Location: Princeton University
Library (SG).
64:40757 Kalmus, Jaromír.
Summary information on the course and results of the 1996
microcensus. [Strucná informace o prubehu a
výsledcích Mikrocenzu 1996.] Statistika, Vol. 35, No. 11,
1998. 456-70 pp. Prague, Czech Republic. In Cze. with sum. in Eng.
The author describes the methodology and content of the microcensus
carried out in the Czech Republic in 1996. The second half of the
article presents a brief evaluation of the results, including household
characteristics and income, and makes comparisons with data collected
in 1992.
Correspondence: J. Kalmus, Ceský
Statistický Úrad, Sokolovská 142, 186 04 Prague 8,
Czech Republic. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
64:40758 Kerr, Don. A review of
procedures for estimating the net undercount of censuses in Canada, the
United States, Britain and Australia. Demographic Document, No. 5,
Pub. Order No. 91F0015MPE. ISBN 0-660-17476-6. Mar 1998. vii, 28 pp.
Statistics Canada, Demography Division: Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
"Different methods have been developed in evaluating the
quality of census data and census undercount.... In order to compare
the methods and identify their strengths and gaps, Demography Division
of Statistics Canada has reviewed the procedures used in four
industrialized countries: the United States, the United Kingdom,
Australia and, of course, Canada. It appears from this review that
demographic analysis can help considerably in the identification of
inconsistencies through comparisons of consecutive censuses, while
micro-level record linkage and survey based procedures are essential in
order to estimate the number of people omitted or counted twice in
census collection."
Correspondence: Statistics Canada,
Demography Division, Research Analysis Section, Main Building, Room
1708, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40759 Kerr, Don; Morissette,
Denis. Census coverage evaluation and demographic analysis
in Canada. Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1997.
27-43 pp. Edmonton, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"Statistics Canada has produced population and family
estimates, fully adjusted for coverage error, from 1971 to the present.
Several procedures, developed by both demographers and statisticians
have historically played an important role in evaluating census
coverage in Canada. Most methods can be grouped as involving either (i)
demographic analysis (macro-level approaches), or (ii) case by case
matching procedures and record linkage techniques (micro-level
approaches). The present paper reviews selected procedures, and
suggests possible avenues for future research. It is argued that there
is substantial potential in increasing the emphasis placed on
demographic analysis in the estimation of census coverage, particularly
in improving estimates for specific age and sex
groups."
Correspondence: D. Kerr, Statistics Canada,
Demography Division, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40760 Longva, Svein; Thomsen, Ib;
Severeide, Paul I. Reducing costs of censuses in Norway
through use of administrative registers. International Statistical
Review/Revue Internationale de Statistique, Vol. 66, No. 2, 1998.
223-34 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Eng.
"For some years it
has been the policy of Statistics Norway to collaborate with various
governmental agencies in order to use administrative registers in
statistics production. This policy has been supported politically, and
a new Statistics Act has been useful in these efforts. The purpose of
this paper is to present the strategy and methodology used to produce
statistics in general, census statistics in particular, when based on a
combined use of administrative registers and directly collected data.
Experiences from Norwegian censuses since 1960 will be
presented."
Correspondence: S. Longva, Statistisk
Sentralbyrå, Salg- og Abonnementservice, Postboks 8131 Dep., 0033
Oslo, Norway. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40761 Oliveira, Luís C. de S.;
Indá, Laura B.; Lima, Rita L. A.; Bianchini, Zélia
M. Using System DIA software for the detection and
automatic correction of errors in the data compiled using the basic
questionnaire from the 1991 population census. [Uso do Sistema DIA
para a detecção e correção
automática de erros nos dados do questionário
básico do censo demográfico de 1991.] Revista Brasileira
de Estatística, Vol. 58, No. 209, Jan-Jun 1997. 19-52 pp. Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. In Por. with sum. in Eng.
"This paper deals
with aspects of the application of the generalized data editing and
imputation software named DIA to the 1991 Population Census [of Brazil]
Basic Questionnaire. This software, developed by the Spanish National
Statistical Institute, handles editing and imputation of categorical
data in one processing cycle and provides comprehensive information to
control and assess the automatic correction process. The analysis
reveals the data quality and efficiency of the software adopted, which
ensures data consistency while preserving basic distribution
properties."
Correspondence: L. C. de S. Oliveira,
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Avenida Chile
500, 10o andar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Location: Princeton
University Library (PF).
64:40762 Openshaw, Stan; Duke-Williams,
Oliver; Rees, Phil. Measuring confidentiality risks in
census data. School of Geography Working Paper, No. 97/8, Nov
1997. 28 pp. University of Leeds, School of Geography: Leeds, England.
In Eng.
"Two trends have been on a collision course over the
recent past. The first is the increasing demand by researchers for
greater detail and flexibility in outputs from the decennial Census of
Population. The second is the need felt by the Census Offices [in the
United Kingdom] to demonstrate more clearly that Census data have been
explicitly protected from the risk of disclosure of information about
individuals. To reconcile these competing trends the authors propose a
statistical measure of risk of disclosure implicit in the release of
aggregate census data. The ideas of risk measurement are first
developed for microdata where there is prior experience and then
modified to measure risk in tables of
counts...."
Correspondence: University of Leeds,
School of Geography, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40763 Pinto, Ambrose. Should
caste be included in the census? Economic and Political Weekly,
Vol. 33, No. 31, Aug 1-7, 1998. 2,058-60 pp. Mumbai, India. In Eng.
The question of whether the concept of caste should be included in
the census of India is discussed. The author makes the case that
"in a caste society recognition of caste alone can transform caste
and [lead] to the emergence of a castelesss society. Denial of caste
can only further brutalise our caste-ridden society and enhance the
influence of the already privileged. Caste should be an essential
element of the forthcoming census."
Location:
Princeton University Library (PF).
64:40764 Platt, Lyman D. Census
records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States. ISBN
0-8063-1555-5. LC 97-78047. 1998. 198 pp. Genealogical Publishing:
Baltimore, Maryland. In Eng.
This is a listing of survey and census
records available for Latin America and the Hispanic United States. It
lists about 4,000 separate censuses by country, and then alphabetically
by locality, province, year, and reference locator. The period covered
is from the early Spanish conquest onward. "While the majority of
census listings are for Mexico, all countries of Spanish North America,
Central America, and South America are covered. The modern states of
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas are found here under Mexico
because they belonged to Mexico during the period in which most of the
censuses were taken. Florida and Louisiana, on the other hand, are
separate because of their loose ties to
Mexico."
Correspondence: Genealogical Publishing, 1001
North Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40765 Rees, P. H. What do you
want from the 2001 census? Results of an ESRC/JISC survey of user
views. Environment and Planning A, Vol. 30, No. 10, Oct 1998.
1,775-96 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"The author describes
the results of a survey of user views about the next Census of
Population in the United Kingdom, to be held in 2001. Some 140
respondents reported their views, which included strong support for a
question on income, endorsement of the new one number census
methodology and support for postcode-based outputs. The author sets
these views in the context of the Census Development Programme being
carried out by the U.K. Census Offices and the proposals for outputs
which are being discussed with the main census user sectors of central
and local government, business, the Health Service, and the academic
community."
Correspondence: P. H. Rees, University of
Leeds, School of Geography, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. E-mail:
p.rees@geog.leeds.ac.uk. Location: Princeton University
Library (UES).
64:40766 Rees, Phil. Migration
statistics from the 2001 census: what do we want? School of
Geography Working Paper, No. 97/6, Nov 1997. 22 pp. University of
Leeds, School of Geography: Leeds, England. In Eng.
"This
paper describes the statistical information on migration produced from
previous British censuses, evaluates the information against analytical
needs and makes recommendations about the migration statistics to be
generated from the 2001 Census. In the first section conceptual and
measurement issues are considered. The remaining sections of the paper
look at the form and content of the different census data sets offering
migration information."
Correspondence: University of
Leeds, School of Geography, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40767 Rees, Philip. The debate
about the geography of the 2001 census: collected papers from
1995-6. School of Geography Working Paper, No. 97/1, Jan 1997. 76
pp. University of Leeds, School of Geography: Leeds, England. In Eng.
"This collection of papers reports on the discussions that
have been held during 1996 between Census Offices and Census Users
about the geographical frameworks to be adopted for the 2001 [British]
Census. The papers were originally presented at meetings...between
Census Office staff and the staff of user organisations, including
universities. The papers have been collected together as background
briefing for participants in the first in the series of workshops
planning for the 2001 Census...."
Correspondence:
University of Leeds, School of Geography, Leeds LS2 9JT, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40768 Shah, A. M. Can the
caste census be reliable? Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 33,
No. 39, Sep 26, 1998. 2,498-9 pp. Mumbai, India. In Eng.
The author
notes that there is a proposal to identify castes and to enumerate
their members in the Indian census planned for the year 2001. Some
constitutional and ideological arguments about whether the state should
be asking its citizens questions on caste are considered. The author
also discusses the extent to which it is possible to collect reliable
data on caste in India.
Location: Princeton University
Library (PF).
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.
64:40769 Chamratrithirong, Aphichat;
Prasartkul, Pramote; Thongthai, Varachai; Guest, Philip.
National Contraceptive Prevalence Survey 1996. ISBN
974-588-939-3. 1997. [xvii, 98] pp. Mahidol University, Institute for
Population and Social Research [IPSR]: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. In Tha.
with sum. in Eng.
The results of a national contraceptive
prevalence survey carried out in Thailand in 1996 are presented. The
survey, which included a nationally representative sample of 9,588
women aged 15-49, had the three main objectives of "measuring the
levels of contraceptive use and fertility for the whole Kingdom and for
each region and also for rural and urban areas; documenting the methods
of contraception used and the sources used for obtaining contraception,
[and] analyzing the factors associated with the use of family
planning." The survey also included information on infant and
child mortality and household characteristics.
Correspondence:
Mahidol University, Institute for Population and Social Research,
25/25 Puthamontol, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand. E-mail:
directpr@mahidol.ac.th. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:40770 Coughlin, Michael T.; LaPorte, Ronald
E.; O'Leary, Leslie A.; Lee, Peter A. How accurate is male
recall of reproductive information? American Journal of
Epidemiology, Vol. 148, No. 8, Oct 15, 1998. 806-9 pp. Baltimore,
Maryland. In Eng.
"The purpose of this study was to determine
how well men recall reproductive information. By using a questionnaire,
the authors surveyed men who had undergone orchiopexy for undescended
testes and a group of matched control men, all of whom had had surgery
at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(n=77), and their spouses. Subjects were a random subset of a larger
(n=1,212) male fertility study, which has been ongoing since 1992. In
1994, the spouses of men who participated in the study completed a
short telephone survey that contained questions previously asked of
their partners.... Agreement between the men and their spouses on the
majority of bivariate (yes/no) questions, such as those concerning the
use of birth control...was moderate to very good.... In this sample
from a large cohort study, men appear to recall reproductive
information with acceptable accuracy."
Correspondence:
M. T. Coughlin, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Division of
Endocrinology, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Location:
Princeton University Library (SZ).
64:40771 Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Karoly, Lynn
A.; Gertler, Paul; Achmad, Sulistinah; Agung, I. G. N.; Hatmadji, Sri
H.; Sudharto, Paramita. The 1993 Indonesian Family Life
Survey: overview and field report. Pub. Order No.
DRU-1195/1-NICHD/AID. Dec 1995. xi, 63 pp. RAND: Santa Monica,
California. In Eng.
"This overview and technical report
describes the main features of the IFLS [Indonesia Family Life Survey]
Household and Community-Facility Surveys. The Sampling plans for the
Household and Community-Facility components of the survey are
described, along with response rates, sample composition, and
analytical weights. The content of the questionnaire instruments are
also summarized. Finally, the document provides details on the field
operations for both components of the
IFLS."
Correspondence: RAND, 1700 Main Street, Santa
Monica, CA 90407-2138. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:40772 Gaspar, Manuel da C.; Cossa, Humberto
A.; dos Santos, Clara R.; Manjate, Rosa M.; Shoemaker, Juan.
Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey, 1997.
[Moçambique Inquérito Demográfico e de
Saúde, 1997.] Aug 1998. xviii, 276 pp. Instituto Nacional de
Estatística: Maputo, Mozambique; Macro International,
Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Por.
Results from the 1997 Demographic and Health Survey carried out in
Mozambique are presented. The survey involved a nationally
representative sample of 40,433 individuals, including 8,779 women aged
15-49. In 30 percent of the families surveyed, men were also surveyed
on such topics as family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practice,
and on knowledge and sexual behavior in respect to AIDS. The report has
chapters on fertility, contraception, the proximate determinants of
fertility, reproductive intentions and family planning practice, infant
and child mortality, maternal and child health, maternal and infant
nutrition, 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).
64:40773 Holzer, Jerzy Z.; Kotowska, Irena
E. New statistical needs concerning the estimation of the
demographic changes taking place in Poland. [Nowe potrzeby
statystyki wobec koniecznosci oceny przemian demograficznych
zachodzacych w Polsce.] Wiadomosci Statystyczne, Vol. 43, No. 5, May
1998. 1-8 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The
authors examine the increased need for survey data in Poland to keep
track of the rapid economic, social, and demographic changes that are
occurring in the country. They discuss the type of surveys that are
needed and such topics as data compatibility, sampling, frequency, and
organization of data collection through surveys.
Correspondence:
J. Z. Holzer, Ul. Mazowiecka 11 m 143, 00-052 Warsaw, Poland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40774 Jamaica. National Family Planning
Board (Kingston, Jamaica); United States. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention [CDC] (Atlanta, Georgia). Reproductive
Health Survey: Jamaica 1997. Preliminary report. Jul 1998. 69 pp.
Kingston, Jamaica. In Eng.
"This survey is the sixth in a
series of periodic inquiries on measures of contraceptive use among
women 15-49 years and young men 15-24 years.... The questions explored
in this survey provide information on a wide range of issues relevant
to other aspects of the reproductive process and its functions."
Following chapters on background and survey methodology, the results of
the survey are presented. Topics covered include age distribution,
relationship status, fertility, fertility preferences, family planning,
prenatal care, contraception, sex education, and sexual activity among
young adults.
Correspondence: Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health (MS K-35), Atlanta,
GA 30333. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40775 Kyrgyzstan. Ministry of Health.
Research Institute of Obstetrics and Pediatrics (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan);
Macro International. Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS] (Calverton,
Maryland). Kyrgyz Republic Demographic and Health Survey
1997. Aug 1998. xxii, 259 pp. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. In Eng.
The
results of the 1997 Kyrgyz Republic Demographic and Health Survey, the
first national-level population and health survey to be carried out in
the country, are presented. The survey was of a nationally
representative sample of 3,848 women aged 15-49. Following an
introduction to the country of Kyrgyzstan, there are chapters on the
characteristics of households and respondents, fertility,
contraception, induced abortion, other proximate determinants of
fertility, fertility preferences, infant and childhood mortality,
maternal and child health, nutrition of women and children, and anemia.
There are appendixes on the survey methodology.
Correspondence:
Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys, 11785
Beltsville Drive, Calverton, MD 20705-3119. E-mail:
reports@macroint.com. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:40776 Moravová, Jirina.
Practicable integration of population sample surveys.
[Moznosti propojení výberových setrení u
obyvatelstva.] Statistika, Vol. 35, No. 11, 1998. 471-83 pp. Prague,
Czech Republic. In Cze. with sum. in Eng.
The prospects are
explored of integrating the various sample surveys of population
carried out in the Czech Republic. The author examines "to which
extent the sample surveys are linked up; whether the definitions of
sample unit, statistical unit and of reporting unit are identical; what
are the differences in the extent and contents of classification
characteristics and in the ways of inquiring and processing within the
individual sample surveys. The article also deals with the differences
in the way and extent of sampling, in its
periodicity."
Correspondence: J. Moravová,
Vysoká Skola Ekonomicka, Nám. W. Churchilla 4, 130 67
Prague 3, Czech Republic. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
64:40777 Nikander, Timo.
Fertility and family surveys in countries of the ECE region.
Standard country report: Finland. Economic Studies, No. 10g, Pub.
Order No. GV.E.98.0.10. ISBN 92-1-100770-4. 1998. 87 pp. United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe: Geneva, Switzerland; United Nations
Population Fund [UNFPA]: New York, New York. In Eng.
This is one in
a series of reports from comparable Fertility and Family Surveys being
carried out in some 20 ECE member countries. This report presents
results from the survey carried out in Finland, which included women
aged 25-49 interviewed in 1989, and men of the same age interviewed in
1992. The report has chapters on economic, social, and cultural trends,
including housing; population trends, including fertility, consensual
unions and marriages, mortality, population structure, and population
policy; and survey results on such topics as household composition, the
parental home, partnership formation and dissolution, children,
fertility regulation, fertility preferences, values and beliefs, and
female education and occupations.
Correspondence: UN
Economic Commission for Europe, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10,
Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40778 Peru. Instituto Nacional de
Estadística e Informática [INEI] (Lima, Peru); Macro
International. Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS] (Calverton,
Maryland). Peru: Survey of Population and Family Health,
1996. Preliminary report. [Perú: Encuesta
Demográfica y de Salud Familiar 1996. Informe preliminar.] Feb
1997. vii, 35 pp. Lima, Peru. In Spa.
This publication contains
preliminary results from the 1996 Survey of Population and Family
Health undertaken in Peru as part of the Demographic and Health Survey
program. Tables and graphs provide data on fertility, family planning,
contraceptive use and knowledge, infant and maternal health, infant and
child mortality, nutrition, and basic indicators at the department
level.
Correspondence: Instituto Nacional de
Estadística e Informática, Avenida 28 de Julio No. 1056,
Lima 1, Peru. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40779 Population Council (New York, New
York). Nepal 1996: results from the Family Health
Survey. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 29, No. 3, Sep 1998.
329-33 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are summary results
from the 1996 Nepal Family Health Survey, which covered 8,082
households and 8,429 women aged 15-49. Tabular data are provided on
population characteristics, fertility, current contraceptive use,
marital and contraceptive status, postpartum variables, infant
mortality, disease prevention and treatment, and
nutrition.
Correspondence: Population Council, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40780 Population Council (New York, New
York). Tanzania 1996: results from the Demographic and
Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 29, No. 3, Sep
1998. 324-8 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
These are summary
results from the 1996 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey, which
covered 7,969 households, 8,120 women aged 15-49, and a subsample of
2,256 men aged 15-59. Tabular data are provided on population
characteristics, fertility, current contraceptive use, marital and
contraceptive status, postpartum variables, infant mortality, disease
prevention and treatment, and nutrition.
Correspondence:
Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY
10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:40781 Sierra Leone. Central Statistics
Office (Freetown, Sierra Leone). Report on Demographic and
Social Monitoring Survey (1992). Nov 1993. 138, [8] pp. Freetown,
Sierra Leone. In Eng.
This report presents results from a sample
demographic survey undertaken in Sierra Leone in 1992. The survey
involved 16,400 households from areas not directly affected by civil
war, rather than the nationally representative sample of 23,200
households that it was originally planned to include. There are
chapters on demographic characteristics, fertility, education, health,
morbidity and mortality, family planning, children under five, housing,
households, and economic activity.
Correspondence: Central
Statistics Office, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:40782 Universidad de Puerto Rico. Recinto
de Ciencias Médicas. Escuela Graduada de Salud Pública
(San Juan, Puerto Rico). Reproductive Health Survey:
Puerto Rico, 1995-1996. Summary of the findings. [Encuesta de
Salud Reproductiva: Puerto Rico, 1995-96. Resumen de los hallazgos.]
May 1998. vi, 79, [3] pp. San Juan, Puerto Rico. In Spa.
This is a
summary of results from a survey of reproductive health carried out in
Puerto Rico in 1995-1996. The survey involved a nationally
representative sample of 5,944 women aged 15-49. Following chapters
describing survey methodology and the characteristics of those
surveyed, there are chapters on fertility and fecundity, knowledge and
use of contraceptive methods, maternal and child health, infertility,
preventive health, life styles, violence, and young
adults.
Correspondence: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto
de Ciencias Médicas, Escuela Graduada de Salud Pública,
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
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Greitans, Aigars. Fertility and family surveys in
countries of the ECE region. Standard country report: Latvia.
Economic Studies, No. 10f, Pub. Order No. GV.E.98.0.4. ISBN
92-1-100767-4. 1998. xi, 110 pp. United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe: Geneva, Switzerland; United Nations Population Fund [UNFPA]:
New York, New York. In Eng.
This is one in a series of reports from
comparable Fertility and Family Surveys being carried out in some 20
ECE member countries. This report presents results from the survey
carried out in Latvia in 1995, involving a sample of 4,200 men and
women aged 18-49. The report has chapters on economic, social, and
cultural trends, with information on employment, education, religion,
and housing; population trends, including population structure, ethnic
composition, fertility, nuptiality, mortality, and population policy;
and survey results on such topics as household composition, the
parental home, partnership formation and dissolution, children,
fertility regulation, fertility preferences, values and beliefs, female
education and occupations, and population policy
acceptance.
Correspondence: UN Economic Commission for
Europe, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
