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McFalls, Joseph A., Jr. – Population Bulletin, 1991
The study of demography must begin with an understanding of the three sources of population changes: fertility, mortality, and migration. This paper leads prospective demographers--or anyone interested in population--through the dynamics of these three variables, introducing them to the forces that cause populations to grow or decline, and that…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Global Approach, Human Geography
Retherford, Robert D.; Alam, Iqbal – 1985
Fertility trends estimated alternately from birth histories and own children method are compared for eight developing countries in which the World Fertility Survey was conducted. Principle hypotheses are that fertility trends estimated by the two approaches suffer from similar errors in the reporting of women's and children's ages, and that these…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Children, Demography

van de Kaa, Dirk J. – Population Bulletin, 1987
By 1985, fertility rates in Europe were below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman in all but Albania, Ireland, Malta, Poland, and Turkey, following a steady decline from a 1965 postwar peak well above 2.5 in Northern, Western, and Southern Europe and an erratic trend from a lower level in Eastern Europe. Natural decrease (fewer births…
Descriptors: Abortions, Birth Rate, Contraception, Demography
World Fertility Survey, London (England). – 1977
This annual report describes, through narrative and statistical tables, the progress made in 1976 by the World Fertility Survey (WFS), an international population research program. The function of the WFS is to assist a large number of interested countries, particularly the developing countries, in carrying out nationally representative,…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Birth Rate, Demography, Developed Nations
Victoria International Development Education Association (British Columbia). – 1989
This document contains the information kit developed for the annual Model Summit Conferences for schools in the Victoria, British Columbia (Canada) and surrounding school districts. Materials germane to the conference topic were compiled and assembled for participants. The materials are of current interest, concise, simple and provide a balanced…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Family Planning, Foreign Countries
Kent, Mary Mederios – 1995
This booklet is designed for K-12 students and educators to learn about world population growth factors. Data are shown through charts and graphs with brief explanations. The booklet contains: (1) "World Population Growth and Regional Distribution through History"; (2) "Population Growth through Natural Increase"; (3) "Effect of Migration on…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Community Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Size
World Bank, Washington, DC. – 1984
This report, seventh in a series of annual publications, examines the relationship between population change and development, showing why continuing rapid population growth in developing countries is likely to mean a lower quality of life for millions of people. The first part of the report concludes that the economies of developing countries can…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Family Planning
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Hubert H. Humphrey Inst. of Public Affairs. – 1984
Based on data from the 1980 Census of Population and Housing, this report contains comprehensive information about the status of women in Minnesota. It includes detailed information about population characteristics, educational attainment and enrollments, marital status, labor force participation and employment, income and earnings, and poverty…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Demography, Economic Status
Chaney, Elsa M. – 1984
The first in a series of five handbooks designed to present and analyze statistical data on women in various regions of the world, this handbook focuses on women in 21 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Beginning with an overview of population characteristics of the regions, the analysis continues with a description of women's literacy…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Employed Women, Females
Fletcher, Carol C. – 1980
Designed to foster an understanding of some of the relationships among population growth and distribution of people, food, and land area, this simulation kit deals with the following concepts: (1) the finite nature of land and resources, (2) the size and rate of growth of population, (3) the unequal distribution of population throughout the world,…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Charts, Demography, Educational Games
Newman, Jeanne S. – 1984
The second in a series of five handbooks designed to present and analyze statistical data on women in various regions of the world, this handbook focuses on women in 40 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. Beginning with an overview of population characteristics in the region, the analysis continues with a description of women's literacy and…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Employed Women, Females
Chamie, Mary – 1985
The third in a series of five handbooks designed to present and analyze statistical data on women in various regions of the world, this handbook focuses on women in 14 countries in the Near East and North Africa. Beginning with an overview of population distribution and changes in the region, the analysis continues with a description of women's…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Employed Women, Females
Shah, Nasra M. – 1985
The fourth in a series of five handbooks designed to present and analyze statistical data on women in various regions of the world, this handbook focuses on women in 14 countries of Asia and the Pacific. Beginning with an overview of population distribution and changes in the region, the analysis continues with a description of women's literacy…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Employed Women, Females
Masnick, George S.; McFalls, Joseph A., Jr. – 1978
Based on data derived from a study of three generations of black women in Philadelphia in 1975, the report offers a new explanation of fertility differences between generations, population subgroups, and individuals. The authors hypothesize that varying fertility patterns are due to societal norms and circumstances which influence womens'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavioral Science Research, Birth Rate, Contraception
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. Population Div. – 1974
This document, one of the series of United States Current Population Reports, is also a part of a series of "country statements," prepared as background material for the World Population Conference held in August 1974, which describe the demographic situations of approximately 57 cooperating countries. The population situation is…
Descriptors: American Culture, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Death
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