Twenty-one studies related to populations are included in this student manual for a junior high school biology course. Each activity or study provides questions, diagrams, experiments, and/or descriptive material to which the student must respond. Population studies pertain to individual plants and animals, their physical environments, reactions…

A 1973 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) publication, the directory alphabetically lists over 240 federally recognized American Indian tribes. The governing body, title of presiding officer, and address for each tribe are also given. Alaska Natives are not included, although the address for the Juneau BIA Area Office is. A tribal listing by state,…

The labor force report includes all American Indians 16 years and older except for those who cannot work because they are attending school, caring for children, or because of disability, retirement, or age. The total population distributed by broad age groups and by sex is given. Labor force status is not known for the various age groups. Since…

The 1972 book contains statistical information on the Canadian Indian population. Census reports of the various tribal bands are listed according to agency or district, as off or on reserves. The census reports are presented by Canada's 7 major regions: Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and Yukon. (FF)

This paper provides a descriptive overview of research on the consequences of overcrowding and the development of high population densities in animals, and speculates on the relevance of these studies for similar human phenomena. Three major foci are distinguished: (1) the effect of high population densities on animal behavior; (2) the nature of…

A profile of Sweden is sketched in this paper. Emphasis is placed on the nature, scope, and accomplishments of population activities in the country. Topics and sub-topics include: location and description of the country; population--size, growth patterns, age structure, urban/rural distribution, ethnic and religious composition, migration,…

Reviews the application of population balance mathematical treatment to transfer operations in chemical engineering. (SL)

An investigation of spatial relationships between park density and selected characteristics discovers that: park density is greatest at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale; central cities are better served with public recreation facilities than outlying areas; suburbs are largely devoid of formal recreational areas. (MM)

This Kids Count census brief is the second in a series to offer policymakers concise glimpses of Kansas children and families. The briefs introduction notes important changes in the child population during the 1990s: Head Start participation increased to 60 percent of eligible children; the number of kindergartners who were fully immunized by age…

Discusses energy and environmental problems encountered by mankind in the attainment of the goal of an ideal world. Indicates that man will in any event be happier than now after the gradual implementation of negative population growth. (CC)

Examines the fallacies inherent in the concept of human population density, and demonstrates how viewing population density within both a demographic and cultural context can throw into question some of the standard current conceptions concerning the meaning of man-land ratios. (JR)

A summary outline of the basic manual for training Family Life Planning Educators in the Philippines. (MM)

A prediction from ecological theory relating the distribution of residential segregation between inner and outer zones of a metropolitan area to conditions of population growth, expansion, etc. was tested using 1960 data on the Atlanta standard metropolitan statistical area. (JM)

The Secretary of Agriculture reports that the government is seeking to keep already congested urban areas from having to cope with the extra 100 million people who may be added to the Nation's population in the next 30 years. (Editor)