Studies in Population

✍ Scribed by George F. Mair

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 177
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; 2375
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A wide range of expert opinion on current demographic problems is presented in this book, based on the proceedings of the 1949 meeting of the Population Association of America. The contributors are: S.L. Wolfbein, P.H. Jacobson, C. Tietze, I. Taeuber, J.C. Russell, W.J. Gibbons, S.J. K. Davis, R. Bradfield, J.D. Black, G. Clapp, R. Eckler, T.J. Woffter, C. F. Schmid, H. C. Taylor, C. Senior, I. DeA. Reid, W.H. Grabill, R. Freedman, M. Woodside. Discussions include total marital dissolutions in the United States, illegal abortions, proposals for modifying the net reproduction rate, population and scarce food resources, and what is probably the most complete statement available on the relation of the Catholic value system to human fertility.

Originally published in 1949.

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✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I. APPLICATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA TO CURRENT PROBLEMS
TOTAL MARITAL DISSOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF MORTALITY AND DIVORCE
TOTAL MARITAL DISSOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF MORTALITY AND DIVORCE: DISCUSSION
THE LENGTH OF WORKING LIFE
THE LENGTH OF WORKING LIFE: DISCUSSION
REPORT ON A SERIES OF ILLEGAL ABORTIONS INDUCED BY PHYSICIANS
SECTION II. TOOLS FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
OUR CURRENT DEMOGRAPHIC INVENTORY: REVIEW OF DATA FROM THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY
RECENT PROPOSALS FOR MODIFYING THE NET REPRODUCTION RATE
RECENT PROPOSALS FOR MODIFYING THE NET REPRODUCTION RATE: DISCUSSION
WASHINGTON'S STATE-WIDE SYSTEM OF CENSUS TRACTS AND CENSUS DIVISIONS
CENSUS DIVISIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: DISCUSSION
SECTION III. RESOURCES FOR THE WORLD’S PEOPLE
POPULATION AND SCARCE FOOD RESOURCES
SOIL RESOURCES AND THE WORLD'S POTENTIAL FOOD SUPPLY
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
SOME REFLECTIONS ON WORLD POPULATION AND FOOD SUPPLY DURING THE NEXT FEW DECADES
SECTION IV. VALUE SYSTEMS AND HUMAN FERTILITY
THE REPRODUCTIVE MORES OF THE ASIAN PEASANT
DEMOGRAPHIC VALUES IN THE MIDDLE AGES
THE CATHOLIC VALUE SYSTEM IN RELATION TO HUMAN FERTILITY
VALUES, POPULATION, AND THE SUPERNATURAL: A CRITIQUE
SECTION V. FUTURE COURSE OF RESEARCH IN FERTILITY
PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND THEIR CONTROL
AN APPROACH TO RESEARCH IN OVERCOMING CULTURAL BARRIERS TO FAMILY LIMITATION
NEEDED RESEARCH ON FERTILITY OF NEGROES
THE FUTURE COURSE OF RESEARCH IN FERTILITY: MEASURES AND METHODS
SOME ASPECTS OF RESEARCH IN DIFFERENTIAL FERTILITY
THE PSYCHIATRIC APPROACH TO RESEARCH INTERVIEWING