Back to home page1994 - VOLUME 60, NUMBER 1
94.63.01 - English - Barbara A. ANDERSON, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 1225 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590 (U.S.A.), Kalev KATUS, Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Center, Tallinn (Estonia), and Brian D. SILVER, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1032 (U.S.A.)
Developments and Prospects for Population Statistics in Countries of the Former Soviet Union (p. 4-20)
This paper examines recent developments and prospects for population statistics in the former Soviet Union, whose dissolution provides both opportunities and problems. It is important for scholars to be aware of past limitations of Soviet data, since the formation of independent states has neither removed bureaucratic impediments to the production of high-quality data, nor has it led to a population more ready to answer questions fully. Temporarily at least, there is a decrease in the amount and comparability of available information, and in some instances, in its quality. We begin with an overview of the system used to gather population statistics in the former Soviet Union and its inherent problems. We then discuss the challenges faced by the newly independent countries and the changes they need to make to achieve global comparability, including a shift toward the use of standard international definitions and away from political restrictions on data availability. (USSR, COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDANT STATES, DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS, DATA COLLECTION, QUALITY OF DATA)
1994 - VOLUME 60, NUMBER 4
94.63.02 - English - Krishnan NAMBOODIRI, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, 300 Bricker hall, 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1353 (U.S.A.)
The Human Ecological Approach to the Study of Population Dynamics (p. 517-539)
In this paper, the author begins with a brief sketch of the history of human ecology. He then points out that its problems are more complex than those of general ecology and review some basic features. A discussion of how the demography of households can be approached from an ecological perspective follows, then the author outlines ways to improve the formal and methodological aspects of human ecology. To conclude the paper, he argues that demographers could gain by thinking in human-ecological terms. (METHODOLOGY, HUMAN ECOLOGY, THEORETICAL DEMOGRAPHY)
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