Works of a general and comprehensive nature. Studies that are limited to well-defined problems of demography are cited under the relevant topic and are cross-referenced to this division, if appropriate.
Comprehensive, book-length surveys of the present status of demography and its principal branches, including the historical development of these studies, analytical studies of demography as a whole, and global population studies.
65:10001 Demeny, Paul; McNicoll,
Geoffrey. The Earthscan reader in population and
development. ISBN 1-85383-474-2. 1998. x, 363 pp. Earthscan
Publications: London, England. In Eng.
This is a collection of
seminal articles on recent global population growth and its
consequences. The 32 selected articles, all of which have been
previously published, are organized under five main topics: The
dynamics of transition; Individuals and families; Societies and states;
Resources and the environment; and Futures.
Correspondence:
Earthscan Publications, 120 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JN,
England. E-mail: earthinfo@earthscan.co.uk. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
65:10002 Höhn, Charlotte.
Demographic trends, population science, and policy recommendations:
the work of the German Federal Population Institute from 1973 to
1998. [Demographische Trends, Bevölkerungswissenschaft und
Politikberatung: aus der Arbeit des Bundesinstituts für
Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB), 1973 bis 1998.] Schriftenreihe des
Bundesinstituts für Bevölkerungsforschung, Vol. 28, ISBN
3-8100-2227-6. 1998. 173 pp. Bundesinstitut für
Bevölkerungsforschung: Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger.
This volume
summarizes various aspects of population studies in Germany,
particularly as undertaken by the Federal Institute for Population
Research. Topics covered include fertility, marriage and divorce,
mortality, migration and foreigners in Germany, population dynamics and
structure, population models, global population, and policy
recommendations made by the institute. The main developments in each
topic are summarized by decade; the first section covers population
studies up to the founding of the federal institute in 1973, the second
deals with the 1970s, the third with the 1980s, and the last with the
time since 1990 and unification. A bibliography is
included.
Correspondence: Bundesinstitut für
Bevölkerungsforschung, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4, Postfach 5528,
65180 Wiesbaden, Germany. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
65:10003 Kuijsten, Anton; de Gans, Henk; de
Feijter, Henk. The joy of demography...and other
disciplines. NethurD Publication Series B, ISBN 90-5170-455-0.
1999. xi, 450 pp. Netherlands Graduate School of Housing and Urban
Research: Utrecht, Netherlands. In Eng; Dut; Fre.
This is a
collection of studies by various authors prepared for Dirk van de Kaa
on the occasion of his retirement as Professor of Demography at the
University of Amsterdam. The papers are mostly in English, with some in
Dutch and one in French. The book opens with a biography and
bibliography of van de Kaa. "The core of the book is formed by 32
essays in honour of Van de Kaa, written by colleagues and friends from
all over the world, who have in common that in one way or another their
paths have crossed his. Most of them are demographers, and the topics
they chose for their contribution cover almost the entire range of
demography and often connect to the activities and scientific topics
for which Dirk van de Kaa has become so well-known, such as the Second
Demographic Transition. Next to these demographic contributions, the
book contains several essays from other disciplines, such as physical
planning, geography, sociology, history, and general
literature."
Correspondence: Thela Thesis,
Prinseneiland 305, 1013 LP Amsterdam, Netherlands. E-mail:
office@thelathesis.nl. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
65:10004 Ness, Immanuel; Ciment,
James. The encyclopedia of global population and
demographics. ISBN 1-56324-710-0. LC 98-46436. 1999. vii, 967 pp.
Sharpe Reference: Armonk, New York. In Eng.
This two-volume
collection presents a selection of demographic data for the countries
of the world. The data are divided into sections on geography;
population, including population size, density, annual growth, age and
sex distribution, urban and rural population, and migration; identity,
including ethnicity, language, and religion; vital statistics,
including infant mortality, induced abortion, and life expectancy as
well as fertility, mortality, marriage, and divorce; households;
economics and labor; transport; health and health care; education; and
communications. Volume 1 has a selection of introductory essays and
data on countries from Afghanistan to Italy. Volume 2 has data on
countries from Jamaica to Zimbabwe.
Correspondence: M. E.
Sharpe, 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, NY 10504. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:10005 Noin, Daniel. Atlas of
the world population. [Atlas de la population mondiale.]
Collection Dynamiques du Territoire, 2nd ed. ISBN 2-11-003577-3. 1996.
160 pp. RECLUS: Montpellier, France; La Documentation Française:
Paris, France. In Fre.
This publication presents a selection of
maps and figures describing current global population trends. There are
sections on past demographic trends, spatial distribution, current
population dynamics, age and sex distribution, nuptiality and
households, fertility, mortality, internal migration and urbanization,
international migration, and future population
prospects.
Correspondence: Groupement de
Intérêt Public RECLUS, Maison de la Géographie, 17
rue Abbé de l'Epée, 34000 Montpellier, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:10006 Süßmilch, Johann
P. The divine order in the process of human change as
illustrated by births, deaths, and human reproduction. [L'ordre
divin dans les changements de l'espèce humaine,
démontré par la naissance, la mort et la propagation de
celle-ci.] ISBN 2-7332-1019-X. 1998. cxxiv, 358, cxxiv pp. Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is a translation into French of the original text of this work
originally published in 1741, together with notes and indexes. It
represents one of the first general works on demography published in
the German language.
Translated from the German by Jean-Marc
Rohrbasser.
Correspondence: Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques, 133 boulevard Davout, 75980 Paris Cedex 20,
France. E-mail: ined@ined.fr. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
Short (fewer than 100 pages), general works on population and global population studies. Items on activities of research institutions in demography are also included.
65:10007 Demeny, Paul. The
"Revelle Report" on rapid population growth: a 1971 diagnosis
and prescription revisited. In: Science with a human face: in
honor of Roger Randall Revelle, edited by Robert Dorfman and Peter P.
Rogers. Jul 1997. 95-108 pp. Harvard University, School of Public
Health: Boston, Massachusetts. In Eng.
The author comments on the
1971 report Rapid population growth: consequences and implications,
which was prepared by a National Academy of Sciences committee chaired
by Roger Revelle. "In what follows, with the benefit of hindsight,
I will discuss some salient aspects of the diagnosis and the
prescriptions the Revelle Report offered.... I will conclude with some
observations that perusal of the report elicits
today."
Correspondence: P. Demeny, Population Council,
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:10008 Ogilvie, Bridget M.; Scott, Ian
G. The Wellcome Trust population initiative. Human
Reproduction, Vol. 12, No. 11, Suppl., Nov 1997. 101-4 pp. Oxford,
England. In Eng.
"This paper describes what the Wellcome Trust
has done and aims to do through its population initiative.... Through
this programme, the Trust hopes to bring about improved understanding
of the relationship between reproductive health, population growth, and
sustainable development and create cadres of high quality research
scientists in relevant disciplines. Uniquely, funding is available
under this programme to suitably qualified applicants from any country
other than the USA."
Correspondence: I. G. Scott,
Wellcome Trust, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, England. E-mail:
i.scott@wellcome.ac.uk. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
65:10009 Simon, Julian L.
Lysenkoism and the population control movement. Revista de
Biología Tropical, Vol. 45, No. 3, Sep 1997. 971-7 pp. San
José, Costa Rica. In Eng.
"The case of Lysenkoism in
the Soviet Union helps us understand how people's wrong beliefs can be
influenced by what...information they receive from outside, especially
when there is a large volume of media coverage and there is no contrary
information to be heard. The population control movement in [the]
contemporary United States has many parallels to the Lysenko
episode."
Location: Princeton University Library (SZ).
65:10010 Thumerelle, Pierre-Jean.
A population torn between explosion and stagnation, youth and
aging. [Une population écartelée entre explosion et
stagnation, jeunesse et vieillissement.] Bulletin de l'Association de
Géographes Français, No. 5, 1994. 486-94 pp. Paris,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
This is a general introduction to
a special issue of the journal devoted to global population
developments. The author notes that although the populations of
different regions are generally following the same trends, they are at
very different stages of development, and that there are significant
differences in the characteristics of the global population by region.
The social and cultural factors that tend to slow down the process of
population change are examined. The author also considers such
demographic developments as the increasing spatial concentration of the
population, urbanization, internal migration, refugee movements, and
international migration.
Correspondence: P.-J. Thumerelle,
Université de Lille 1, U.F.R. de Géographie et
Aménagement, Cité Scientifique, B.P. 36, 59655 Villeneuve
d'Ascq, France. Location: Cornell University Library, Ithaca,
NY.
65:10011 United Nations Population Fund
[UNFPA] (New York, New York). The state of world
population, 1998: the new generations. ISBN 0-89714-444-9. 1998.
iv, 76 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This is a general review of
the global population situation. There are chapters on the dynamics of
population change, the young population, intergenerational relations,
increased longevity, and resources for new
generations.
Correspondence: United Nations Population
Fund, 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (UN).
Discussions of the main principles of demography and population theory not applied to actual data, including such concepts as Malthusianism, the demographic transition, overpopulation, optimum population, and stable and stationary population models as distinct from methodological studies and models using data, which are classified under N. Methods of Research and Analysis Including Models.
65:10012 Blackorby, Charles; Bossert, Walter;
Donaldson, David. Birth-date dependent population ethics:
critical-level principles. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 77,
No. 2, Dec 1997. 260-84 pp. San Diego, California. In Eng.
"This paper investigates birth-date dependent principles for
social evaluation in an intertemporal framework in which population
size may vary. We weaken the strong Pareto principle in order to allow
individuals' birth dates to matter in establishing a social ordering.
Using the axiom independence of the utilities of the dead, we
characterize population principles with a recursive structure. If the
individual substitution principle and an individual intertemporal
equivalence axiom are added, birth-date dependent generalizations of
the critical-level generalized utilitarian principles result.
Stationarity leads to the special case of geometric
discounting."
Correspondence: C. Blackorby, University
of British Columbia, Department of Economics, Vancouver, British
Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. Location: Princeton University
Library (PF).
65:10013 de Bruijn, Bart J.
Foundations of demographic theory: choice, process, context.
NethurD Publication Series A, ISBN 90-5170-474-7. [1998]. 298 pp.
Netherlands Graduate School of Housing and Urban Research: Utrecht,
Netherlands. In Eng.
"This book provides an interpretative
framework that integrates a number of theoretical approaches to various
behavioural processes underlying the numerical aspects of population
development. The leading concepts in this interdisciplinary approach
are choice, context and process (time), which are elaborated in a
micro-perspective, drawing on cognitive, institutional and
developmental interpretations. The resulting framework is developed for
the study of fertility and is applied to a case study on family
planning and reproductive health in India."
Correspondence:
Utrecht University, Netherlands Graduate School of Housing and
Urban Research, Heidelberglaan 8, P.O. Box 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht,
Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:10014 Ihara, Yasuo; Aoki, Kenichi.
Sexual selection by male choice in monogamous and polygynous human
populations. Theoretical Population Biology, Vol. 55, No. 1, Feb
1999. 77-93 pp. Orlando, Florida. In Eng.
"The theoretical
possibility of coevolution of a viability-reducing female physical
trait and a male mating preference for that trait by Fisherian sexual
selection in monogamous and polygynous populations is demonstrated
using two-locus haploid models. It is assumed that there is dichotomous
variation in male resources, resource-rich males have a wider choice
among females than resource-poor males, and a female has greater
reproductive success when mated with a resource-rich male than a
resource-poor one. Under these assumptions, we find that sexual
selection operates effectively when female reproductive success is
strongly dependent on male resource, the proportion of females that
mate with resource-rich males is neither small nor large, the degree of
polygyny is low, and resources are inherited from father to son. We
suggest that some human female physical traits may have evolved by
sexual selection through male choice. The evolution of skin color by
sexual selection is discussed as an
example."
Correspondence: Y. Ihara, University of
Tokyo, Department of Biological Sciences, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
113, Japan. Location: Princeton University Library (SZ).
65:10015 Livi-Bacci, Massimo.
Population, constraint and adaptation: a historical outlook.
In: Science with a human face: in honor of Roger Randall Revelle,
edited by Robert Dorfman and Peter P. Rogers. Jul 1997. 209-25 pp.
Harvard University, School of Public Health: Boston, Massachusetts. In
Eng.
"This paper is one further attempt to reformulate
Malthus' theory with the additional knowledge accumulated during the
last two centuries. I will start by defining growth and its dimensions,
and examine the way in which different populations fit in the space so
defined.... I will discuss the mode of operation of those mechanisms of
adaptation and choice that make it possible for populations to react or
adapt to the forces of constraint. Finally, I will argue that those
populations with maximum flexibility in the face of the forces of
constraint are likely to be more successful, and I will discuss the
implications of this assertion."
Correspondence: M.
Livi-Bacci, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Piazza San Marco
4, 50121 Florence, Italy. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
65:10016 Strassmann, Beverly I.; Clarke, Alice
L. Ecological constraints on marriage in rural
Ireland. Evolution and Human Behavior, Vol. 19, No. 1, Jan 1998.
33-55 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"Behavioral ecological
studies of cooperatively breeding birds suggest that delayed dispersal
and reproduction are caused by ecological constraints on independent
breeding opportunities. Here we use census data on marriage and
reproduction among the 19th and 20th century rural Irish to determine
if the ecological constraints hypothesis can be extended to humans and
what modifications might be required.... Despite important differences
between humans and other species, we conclude that the rural Irish fall
within the scope of ecological constraints
theory."
Correspondence: B. I. Strassmann, University
of Michigan, Department of Anthropology, 1020 LSA Building, Ann Arbor,
MI 48109-1382. E-mail: bis@umich.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (SZ).
65:10017 Wood, James W. A theory
of preindustrial population dynamics: demography, economy, and
well-being in Malthusian systems. Current Anthropology, Vol. 39,
No. 1, Feb 1998. 99-135 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"This
paper presents a simple model of preindustrial population dynamics, one
that brings together the theoretical insights of Thomas Robert Malthus
and Ester Boserup. Central to the model is the concept of well-being,
which refers to those aspects of physical condition that influence an
individual's capacity to survive and reproduce. Changes in the mean and
variance in well-being are modeled, first, under a fixed system of food
production and, second, in the face of subsistence change.... The model
is used to explore several issues of enduring importance to demographic
anthropology, including the nature of population regulation, the
relationship between population pressure and economic change, and the
demographic consequences of the transition from hunting and gathering
to settled agriculture."
Correspondence: J. W. Wood,
Pennsylvania State University, Population Research Institute, 601
Oswald Tower, University Park, PA 16802-6211. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
65:10018 Zhang, Shulin. An
application in the methods of population geography. Geographical
Review of India, Vol. 56, No. 2, Jun 1994. 53-6 pp. Calcutta, India. In
Eng.
In this theoretical study, the relevance of synthetic analysis
to the study of population geography is considered. The author suggests
that neural networks, like those involved in brain simulation, could be
used to further develop the usefulness of synthetic analysis in
population geography. Two approaches are considered. The author
concludes that synthetic analysis alone can be used to solve practical
problems in population geography. Instead, synthetic analysis involving
the interconnecting concepts of neural networks is suitable for
tackling more complicated problems.
Correspondence: S.
Zhang, Chongqing Teachers College, Department of Geography, Chongqing
630047, China. Location: Pennsylvania State University
Library, University Park, PA.
Interdisciplinary studies of demographic problems and studies of the interaction of demography with other disciplines. This coding is also used for reports, studies, and surveys from other disciplines that include information of demographic interest.
Major demographic textbooks and teaching aids, general surveys and collections of readings that are particularly suitable as supplements to coursework, studies on the organization and coverage of training programs in demography, and selected items on population education.
65:10019 Blossfeld, Hans-Peter; Rohwer,
Götz. Techniques of event history modeling: new
approaches to causal analysis. ISBN 0-8058-1959-2. LC 95-23513.
1995. ix, 294 pp. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah, New Jersey. In
Eng.
This is a basic introductory textbook to event history
modeling techniques and their usefulness for causal analysis in the
social sciences. The focus is on the application of continuous-time
models rather than discrete-time models. The work has three stated
goals, which are to demonstrate that event history models are an
extremely useful approach to uncovering causal relationships or to map
out a system of causal relations, to introduce the reader to the
computer program Transition Data Analysis (TDA), and to update a
previous textbook on the subject.
Correspondence: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:10020 Brown, Robert L.
Introduction to the mathematics of demography. 3rd ed. ISBN
1-56698-205-7. LC 91-13446. 1997. xii, 287 pp. ACTEX Publications:
Winsted, Connecticut. In Eng.
This undergraduate textbook provides
an introduction to demography from a mathematical perspective, and
includes a survey of the foundational mathematics required in much
demographic work. "Examples are drawn from North American
applications and studies. Each chapter includes an array of problems to
be solved, and the extensive bibliography presents the reader with an
opportunity for further study." There are chapters on data sources
and errors, measures of mortality and fertility, the life table,
constructions of life tables from census data, stationary population
theory, stable population theory, population projections, and uses of
census data.
Correspondence: ACTEX Publications, P.O. Box
974, Winsted, CT 06098. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
65:10021 Everett, Suzanne.
Handbook of contraception and family planning. ISBN
0-7020-2001-X. 1996. xiii, 240 pp. Baillière Tindall: London,
England. In Eng.
"This book aims to offer a comprehensive
introduction to the role of the family planning nurse. It addresses
some of the problems encountered during consultations, and offers the
opportunity to test and evaluate your knowledge through self-assessment
questions. The answers to these questions are discussed at the end of
each chapter."
Correspondence: Baillière
Tindall, 24-28 Oval Road, London NW1 7DX, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:10022 Hinde, Andrew.
Demographic methods. ISBN 0-340-71891-9. LC 98-28793. 1998.
xiii, 305 pp. Arnold: London, England; Oxford University Press: New
York, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
This is a basic
introduction to the methods used in demographic analysis. "Looking
at mortality and fertility, population dynamics and population
projections, nuptiality and migration, [the author] demonstrates that
most demographic methods are applications of certain fundamental
principles. The book covers material taught in introductory courses in
population analysis, while also including more advanced topics such as
parity progression ratios, survival analysis and birth interval
analysis. Most chapters are followed by a range of exercises, and a
comprehensive set of solutions to these exercises is provided at the
end of the book. Accompanying Quattro and Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
files with data for all the numerical exercises, plus some additional
files of data from recent censuses and surveys, are provided on the
World Wide Web; instructions for obtaining these files are included in
the book."
Correspondence: Arnold, 338 Euston Road,
London NW1 3BH, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
65:10023 Leridon, Henri; Toulemon,
Laurent. Demography. A statistical and dynamic approach to
the study of population. [Démographie. Approche statistique
et dynamique des populations.] Collection Economie et Statistiques
Avancées, ISBN 2-7178-3316-1. LC 97-227304. 1997. 440 pp.
Economica: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is an introductory textbook
to the study of demography requiring a minimum of prior knowledge in
mathematics or statistics. Following a brief introduction to the
history of demography, there are sections on population growth and
inertia, the analysis of demographic events, statistical methods, the
study of causes, and population dynamics. The concepts introduced are
illustrated with data and examples for France in particular and the
world in general.
Correspondence: Economica, 49 rue
Héricart, 75015 Paris, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
