Studies in Population / / George F. Mair.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Mair, George F.,
• MitwirkendeR: Batschelet, Clarence E.,; Black, John D.,; Bradfield, Richard,; Clapp, Gordon R.,; Davis, Kingsley,; Eckler, A. Ross,; Freedman, Ronald,; Gibbons, William J.,; Grabill, Wilson H.,; Hajnal, John,; Hauser, Philip M.,; Heberle, Rudolph,; Jacobson, Paul H.,; Jaife, A. J.,; Kiser, Clyde V.,; Mair, George F.,; Newman, Samuel C.,; Reid, Ira De A.,; Russell, Josiah C.,; Schmid, Calvin F.,; Senior, Clarence,; Taeuber, Conrad,; Taeuber, Irene B.,; Taylor, Howard C.,; Thomas, Dorothy Swaine,; Thompson, Warren S.,; Tietze, Christopher,; Wolfbein, Seymour L.,; Woodside, Moya,; Woofter, T. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1949
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2375
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (178 p.)

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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 IIΙ. 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