This document reviews China's population trends and policies since the People's Republic was founded in 1949. Areas addressed include: population growth before 1949, population growth from 1949-1982, and policy responses to population growth (including wan xi shao: later marriages, longer intervals between birth, and fewer children); mortality…

The National Survey of Family Growth is a periodic survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, and designed to produce national estimates of statistics on fertility, family planning, and aspects of maternal and child health that are closely related to childbearing. This report presents statistics based on data collected in the…

Expanding on information provided in a softcover report of the same title, this hardcover edition contains additional chapters and presents a more complete picture of the revolution in child survival that UNICEF now believes to be possible. Part I, the annual message from the executive director of UNICEF, summarizes worldwide reaction to…

Strategic and operational issues throughout the world formed the focus of the International Conference on Family Planning. The objectives of the conference were to review the accomplishments of family planning over the past decade, assess the challenges and opportunities for the 1980's, and identify means to strengthen commitment to family…

World population growth and family planning progress in developing nations are discussed. The Draper Fund, established within the Population Crisis Committee (PCC) in 1975 to honor PCC's principal founder, encourages and funds activities which promise the greatest impact in slowing world population growth. There are 10 articles and an editorial.…

This guide is designed to present and deal with the major concerns of all those responsible for evaluating, installing, and maintaining a performance-based teacher education (PBTE) program. It is also intended, in a wider sense, for all who are interested in exploring the potential of performance-based education at any level and in any subject…

This bibliography is an attempt to pull together the literature on black children. Most of the citations are recent works. Included are citations on adoption; education; health; mental health; aspects of family life; sex, contraception, and family planning; and other areas which affect black children and their families. This volume also includes a…

Issues and trends related to adolescent pregnancy and childbearing in the United States are discussed in the 12 papers collected in this publication. Chapters I and II delineate trends in teenage childbearing and explore aspects of psychosocial development and social problems associated with teenage illegitimacy. Chapters III and IV describe…

This handbook is written to inform Wisconsin citizens of women's rights and responsibilities under Wisconsin and federal law. It is intended for use as general legal resource material. It is not intended to take the place of an attorney in the solution of individual legal problems. Each of the 12 chapters treats a particular subject or topic.…

The focus of this seminar was on the family life education needs of young people, particularly young women, in the countries represented at the meeting, and what teachers, particularly women teachers, can do to help meet those needs. Seminar conclusions stress that a systematic attempt be made to promote a better quality of life through…

Expected family lifestyles of young adult men and women were investigated by examining relationships among sex role preferences, expectations for female labor force participation, intended family age, and attitudes toward the provision of child care. Subjects, 715 randomly selected college freshmen, completed a data sheet which combined questions…

This book gives an overview of children's needs and national plans and programs for children in Egypt for the 25 years between 1954 and 1978. Chapter I compares child populations in different regions of the world. The proportion of children under 15 years of age to total population is very high in developing countries (approximately 40%) as…

The study assessed young adults' attitudes toward childlessness and identified certain factors which predict positive or negative attitudes toward childlessness. The author anticipated finding changes in attitudes because of recent social developments such as awareness of world overpopulation, availability of birth control methods, pressure for…

National planned birth policy decisions in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976 and the organizational infrastructure that supports such decisions are reviewed in this monograph. The transferability and limitations of the Chinese experience are also discussed. Specific topics covered are: the development of the planned birth campaigns;…

Six articles provide an overview of the problems of early marriage and/or adolescent pregnancy in both developed and developing nations. The first article reveals that social factors outweigh the biological in the reproduction process and reports that each year over 15 million babies are born to girls under 20, who become mothers too soon to…