This survey analyzed the nature and level of services in adolescent pregnancy prevention in the developing countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. While focusing on programs to prevent adolescent pregnancy, many of the groups surveyed were also responding to the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic in their work with youth.…

The decline in black fertility after the Civil War to its lowest level about the year 1936 does not fit the typical demographic transition pattern in which fertility declines postdate the initiation of mortality declines. Instead, for blacks much of the fertility decline (56 percent) was due to "involuntary infertility" related to venereal…

Parents Too Soon is a statewide program developed in Illinois to deter both teenage pregnancy and the negative consequences of adolescent childbearing and parenting. Clients are males and females 20 years of age and younger who wish to avoid conceiving children, are pregnant, are parents, or are at-risk of becoming parents. Included in this…

This report provides an overview of research activities and needs in the area of contraceptive development. In a review of the present state, discussions are offered on the effectiveness and drawbacks of oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices, barrier methods, natural family planning, and sterilization. Methods of contraception that are in the…

The problems of population education for peasant cultures are described. The meaningfulness of the usual arguments in favor of low fertility is debated in terms of the facts of peasant life. (DT)

The data suggest that there is some preference for sons although generally couples prefer to have children of both sexes. The general lack of a strong son preference is interpreted in terms of broader social and cultural patterns characteristic of Thai families. (Author)

Reports on a survey undertaken of 200 physicians randomly selected from the 1,031 doctors who had been working in family planning clinics in the Phillippines for at least six months as of December 30, 1971, concerning family planning education. (Editor/PG)

Designed for the general public, these three learning modules utilize text, illustrations, and exercises to describe various methods of birth control. The first module, "All about Contraception for the Teenage New Mother" by Rose Mary Pries, discusses the desirability of planned pregnancy and reviews the effectiveness and side effects of…

This manual provides a concise and comprehensive "how to" guide to starting and maintaining a family planning/population library. In addition to the step-by-step procedures necessary for acquiring and organizing book and non-book material, a classification scheme is presented for providing documents, articles, pamphlets, and books with numbers for…

This paper, published by The Population Council, reviews 29 proposals dealing with population controls beyond the current efforts of national programs of voluntary family planning. The proposals are subsumed under eight descriptive categories which are: (1) Extensions of voluntary fertility control; (2) Establishment of involuntary fertility…

The Acquisitions List of demographic books and articles is issued every two months by the Katharine Dexter McCormick Library. Divided into two parts, the first contains a list of books most recently acquired by the Library, each one annotated and also marked with the Library call number. The second part consists of a list of annotated articles,…

Presented in this pamphlet are three indexes to articles appearing in the Population Council's monthly publication, Studies in Family Planning. Issues 1-12, Volume 2, 1971 are covered. Alphabetical listings are provided for title and author, subject (40 categories), and geographical area (26 countries). (BL)

This publication lists, by major institution, 32 population information resources in the United States. Each entry provides name and location of center or library, person in charge; date established; number of staff; size of collection and acquisition rate; area of specialization; publications circulated; services offered, and whether or not the…

The"Acquisitions List" of demographic books and aritcles is issued every two months by the Katharine Dexter McCormick Library. Divided into two parts, the first contains a list of books most recently acquired by the library, each one annotated and also marked with the Library call number. The second part consists of a list of annotated articles,…