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Health and Mortality among Elderly Populations
Av Graziella Caselli, Alan D. Lopez
Inbunden, 1996
1091 kr
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In both developed and developing countries, the elderly have enjoyed significant declines in mortality and increased survival. At the same time, these trends have also given rise to many uncertainties and demands on resources which are often not given their due attention. Future mortality declines, …
The Decline of Mortality in Europe
Av R. Schofield, D. Reher m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
1356 kr
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This book examines the remarkable decline of mortality in Europe which began in the nineteenth century and continued in an uninterrupted fashion, into the early twentieth century.The transition of mortality between 1870 and 1920 had profound effects for European and American societies. …
Biomedical and Demographic Determinants of Reproduction
Av Ronald Gray, Henri Leridon m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
813 kr
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This volume surveys the state of knowledge and research on the determinants of human reproduction. It adopts an inter-disciplinary approach and integrates information from demographic, epidemiological and biological studies of fertility.The chapters provide a comprehensive overview of reproductive …
Demographic Applications of Event History Analysis
Av James Trussell, Richard Hankinson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
2288 kr
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Event history analysis - the study of individual life histories - has developed rapidly over the past few years. This book illustrates the use of the new techniques at the frontier of the subject. The number of surveys undertaken throughout the world to collect detailed information on the timing of …
The Family, the Market, and the State in Ageing Societies
Av Ermisch, John Ermisch m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
968 kr
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Using a mixture of economic and demographic analysis, this book studies the changing patterns of family formation over the last twenty years. A strength of the book is the data and analysis included on Japan and Western countries, which have previously been less researched than the developing …
Differential Mortality
Methodological Issues and Biosocial Factors
Av Lado Ruzicka, Guillaume Wunsch m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
732 kr
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There are strongly pronounced differentials between survival chances for different social classes in less developed countries. This book gives insight into the variety of factors–biological, social, economic and cultural–associated with these inequalities in mortality rates. Certain of the papers …
Gender and Family Change in Industrialized Countries
Av W. T. Mason, Mason m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
3085 kr
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This volume focuses on the relationship between change in the family and change in the roles of women and men on contemporary industrial societies. Of central concern is whether change in gender roles has fuelled - or is merely historically coincident with - such changes in the family as rising …
Urbanization in Large Developing Countries
China, Indonesia, Brazil, and India
Av Visaria Jones, Gavin W. Jones m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
2856 kr
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Urbanization is a key process in developing countries. Within the next decade over 50 per cent of the world's population will inhabit urban areas and the majority of this growth is concentrated in developing countries.Analysing data for four large countries, this volume focuses on the relationship …
Infant and Child Mortality in the Past
Av BIDEAU, Alain Bideau m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1536 kr
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The main demographic revoulution in modern history has been the increased survival of children - the gradual elimination of the biological waste linked to the high mortality of the past. This volume examines the trends of early-age mortality across time and space and the methodological and …
Women's Education, Autonomy, and Reproductive Behaviour
Experience from Developing Countries
Inbunden, 1995
1119 kr
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Women's access to education has been recognized as a fundamental right. At the national level, educating women results in improved productivity, income, and economic development, as well as a better quality of life, notably a healthier and better nourished population. It is important for all kinds …
Prospective Community Studies in Developing Countries
Av Monica Das Gupta, Peter Aaby m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1110 kr
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This book presents an overview of the leading prospective studies in developing countries in population and health research. Prospective community studies are concerned with the understanding of the incidence of birth, disease and death. The leading practitioners in this field present the …
Demographic Responses to Economic Adjustment in Latin America
Av G. Tapinos, A. Mason m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1145 kr
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The papers in this volume focus on the impact of economic fluctuations on mortality, fertility and labour markets in Latin America during the 1980s. An attempt is made to distiguish short-term from long-term influences and effects. Broader policy and institutional factors affecting the continent as …
Sexual Cultures and Migration in the Era of AIDS
Anthropological and Demographic Perspectives
Inbunden, 1997
3413 kr
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Sexual Cultures and Migration in the Era of AIDS is the first demographic anthropological study of what happens to sexual behaviour and the rules of risk-taking in sexual encounters when people migrate from countryside to city, from one city to another, or from one country to another culture. It …
Population and Poverty in the Developing World
Av Massimo Livi-Bacci, Gustavo De Santis
Inbunden, 1999
2260 kr
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The increasing gap between developed and developing world will be one of the most important themes of the 21st century. The contributions contained in this volume take a multidisciplinary approach to the problem, offering a comprehensive review of the theoretical issues and empirical findings that …
The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography
Av Alaka Malwade Basu, Peter Aaby
Inbunden, 1998
3635 kr
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This volume takes stock of the current status of the comparatively new discipline of `Anthropological Demography', and discusses its major methods, its main strengths, and its chief limitations. It includes contributions from both mainstream demographers and foremost anthropologists, all stressing …
Dynamics of Values in Fertility Change
Inbunden, 1999
1445 kr
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The global transformation in the number of children women bear has been one of the most remarkable changes in social behaviour in the twentieth century. The search for explanations of the causes in childbearing behaviour, and particularly in the values attached to children, remains a central …
Worlds in Motion
Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium
Av Douglas S. Massey, Joaquin Arango m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
3910 kr
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At the end of the 20th century nearly all developed nations have become countries of immigration, absorbing growing numbers of immigrants not only from developed regions, byt increasingly from developing nations of the Third World. Although international migration has come to play a central role in …
Asian Population History
Av Ts'ui-jung Liu, James Lee m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
4094 kr
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The study of Asian historical demography has lagged behind that of its European and American counterparts for some time. This volume serves to narrow the gap by drawing together material from scholars specializing in demography across the spectrum of Asian countries. The collection divides into …
Fertility and the Male Life Cycle in the Era of Fertility Decline
Av Caroline Bledsoe, Susana Lerner m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
2719 kr
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This volume challenges the orthodox position on two of the main themes in fertility transition studies: the inevitable link between fewer children and quality of life and the focus on women as the sole important objects of study. In an era of unprecedented fertility decline, there is increasing …
Women, Poverty, and Demographic Change
Inbunden, 2000
3452 kr
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This book analyses the specific demographic implications and conditioning factors of women's experience of poverty. By investigating the different experiences that women in developing countries face in attempting to escape from poverty, the contributors illustrate the importance of incorporating …
Sharing the Wealth
Demographic Change and Economic Transfers between Generations
Av Andrew Mason, Georges Tapinos
Inbunden, 2000
1445 kr
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This book is a collection of papers by leading scholars whose research concerns economic transfers between generations. The issues addressed have great relevance to demographic issues, particularly the determination of fertility, to economic issues, including equity and growth, and to public …
Women's Empowerment and Demographic Processes
Moving Beyond Cairo
Inbunden, 2000
3794 kr
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There is general consensus among the international population community that the commitment achieved at the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994) to womens empowerment, along with the related goals of improving womens reproductive health and securing their …
Fertility Transition in South Asia
Av Zeba Ayesha Sathar, James F. Phillips
Inbunden, 2001
1034 kr
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This compendium of nineteen chapters, written by South Asia scholars and international authorities in the field of population, provides an overview of a range of issues surrounding fertility change in South Asia over the past decade.In the first section of the book, the latest levels and trends in …
Cultural Perspectives on Reproductive Health
Inbunden, 2001
3933 kr
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This volume brings together studies carried out in a variety of contexts to explore the relevance of the notion of reproductive health and the role of culture in shaping its diverse manifestations. The perspective that guides the collection is informed by anthropological and sociological research …
Famine Demography
Perspectives from the Past and Present
Inbunden, 2002
3452 kr
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This book deals with the important subject of famine demography. It contains case studies of the demography of historical and more recent famines in locations as far apart as Ireland, Finland, India, Burundi, Russia, Greece, Madagascar, and Japan. The authors address issues such as the role of …
Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies
Demographic Issues
Av John Langone, Brígida García m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1170 kr
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This book examines a central issue in understanding recent changes in demographic patterns and the labour market - the increased participation of women in the workforce, and how the nature of this participation has developed. In the context of such economic and labour phenomena as globalization, …
International Migration
Prospects and Policies in a Global Market
Av Douglas S. Massey, J. Edward Taylor
Inbunden, 2004
5148 kr
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International Migration: Prospects and Policies offers a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of global patterns of international migration and the policies employed to manage the flows. It shows that international migration is not rooted in poverty or rapid population growth, but in the expansion and …
Network Epidemiology
A Handbook for Survey Design and Data Collection
Inbunden, 2004
4357 kr
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Over the past two decades, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS has challenged the public health community to fundamentally rethink the framework for preventing infectious diseases. While much progress has been made on the biomedical front in treatments for HIV infection, prevention still relies on behaviour …
Categories and Contexts
Anthropological and Historical Studies in Critical Demography
Av Simon Szreter, Hania Sholkamy m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
3907 kr
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Throughout its history as a social science, demography has been associated with an exclusively quantitative orientation for studying social problems. As a result, demographers tend to analyse population issues scientifically through sets of fixed social categories that are divorced from dynamic …
Worlds in Motion
Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium
Av Douglas S. Massey, Joaquin Arango m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
1612 kr
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At the end of the 20th century nearly all developed nations have become countries of immigration, absorbing growing numbers of immigrants not only from developed regions, but increasingly from developing nations of the Third World. Although international migration has come to play a central role in …
