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| Alan Guttmacher Institute (New York, New York). 60:30317 | Clandestine abortion: a Latin American reality. ISBN 0-939253-31-3. 1994. 28 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. "This study examines the two main strategies for preventing unwanted births--contraception and induced abortion--used by women in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru and the Dominican Republic. The report first looks at levels and patterns of contraceptive use in these six countries, and at some of the common problems associated with the practice of contraception, to show the part that abortion plays in the wider setting of women's overall reproductive lives. It then describes in broad terms the main groups that perform abortions, the methods that are being used, and the risk of hospitalization associated with the various abortion techniques and the various abortion practitioners. Finally, the report provides estimates of the number of women each year who resort to induced abortion to end unplanned pregnancies." Correspondence: Alan Guttmacher Institute, 120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Amadeo, Jesus; Chernichovsky, Dov; Ojeda, Gabriel. 58:20353 | The Profamilia family planning program, Colombia: an economic perspective. Policy, Research, and External Affairs Working Paper, No. WPS 759, Aug 1991. vi, 113 pp. World Bank: Washington, D.C. In Eng. The authors evaluate the economic effectiveness of the Profamilia family planning program in Colombia. They note that this program "provides more than 60 percent of Colombia's family planning services. In 1986, Profamilia recovered more than half of its costs, which is rare for family planning services. But it could have provided more protection for the same amount of money." Correspondence: World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433. Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund Library, Washington, D.C.. |
| Castro Martin, Teresa; Njogu, Wamucii. 61:10296 | A decade of change in contraceptive behaviour in Latin America: a multivariate decomposition analysis. Population Bulletin of the United Nations, No. 36, 1994. 81-109 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. "This study relies on World Fertility Survey (WFS) and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data to examine recent trends and determinants of contraceptive use in five Latin American countries: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru. These countries experienced a substantial increase in contraceptive prevalence in the inter-survey period. Within countries, however, the increase was not equally shared by all social and demographic groups. The study found that relatively disadvantaged groups experienced greater gains in contraceptive use. Despite the prevailing tendency towards convergence, wide differentials in contraceptive behaviour among social sectors still persist." Correspondence: T. Castro Martin, UN Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Population Division, United Nations, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Chernichovsky, Dov; Anson, Jon. 60:10331 | Cost recovery and the true cost-effectiveness of contraceptive provision. International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 19, No. 4, Dec 1993. 129-33 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. "The objective of this article is to outline a general methodology for establishing true cost-effectiveness ratios for family planning methods and operations. First, we present a methodology for computing the 'adjusted total CYP [couple years of protection],' which takes into account both subsidies and the varying risks of pregnancy for users of different ages. We then apply this methodology to data from Profamilia, the Colombian family planning program." The authors find that "because of the differences in the relative risk of pregnancy of women of different ages, sterilization, the most effective contraceptive method, is not necessarily the most cost-effective method in terms of the number of CYPs it provides per unit cost." Correspondence: D. Chernichovsky, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Center for Health Sciences, POB 653, Beersheba 84105, Israel. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Cochrane, Susan H.; Guilkey, David K. 58:30280 | Fertility intentions and access to services as constraints on contraceptive use in Colombia. In: Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.: proceedings. Volume 2. 1991. 1,305-28 pp. Institute for Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Eng. "The purpose of this paper is to employ a structural model to assess the effects of access on contraceptive use in Colombia....The model examines the effects of the number of currently surviving children on the decision to have additional children and their desired spacing. Fertility intentions are then used as right-hand-side endogenous variables in equations that explain current contraceptive use and choice among methods. The basic policy questions that need to be addressed are the extent to which contraceptive use is constrained by the demand to restrict fertility and to what extent it is constrained by access to services." Correspondence: S. H. Cochrane, World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Colombia. Ministry of Health. Office of Population Dynamics (Bogota, Colombia); Colombia. Health Services of Magdalena. Maternal Child Health Division (Santa Marta, Colombia); Family Health International (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina). 56:10282 | Compliance and continuation of oral contraceptive acceptors in Magdalena, Colombia, 1986-87. Final report. Jun 1989. 194 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Eng. Data from a study on oral contraceptive acceptance and continuation among a rural population in Colombia in 1986 and 1987 are analyzed. The objectives of the study are "to determine how women take oral contraceptives. If they skip pills when, why and how frequently do they do so? Do they make up those missed pills and, if so, how? Do they take more pills than directed? How closely does their pill use conform to what is recommended? [and] to determine what characteristics of the user, method, and distribution system affect pill compliance and to determine the effect of these characteristics on pill compliance and on continuation rates after six months or more." Consideration is given to acceptor age, marital status, and parity; employment and educational status; knowledge, beliefs, and social support; reproductive and health history; and contraceptive history. An outline of rural health-care provider characteristics is included. An executive summary of the study's results is published separately, and Spanish translations of both reports are also available from Family Health International. Correspondence: Family Health International, Publications Division, P.O. Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). Copyright © 1990-1998, Office of Population Research, Princeton University |
| Curtis, Siân L.; Blanc, Ann K. 64:10283 | Determinants of contraceptive failure, switching, and discontinuation: an analysis of DHS contraceptive histories. DHS Analytical Report, No. 6, Oct 1997. viii, 50 pp. Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Eng. "The purpose of this report is to examine contraceptive discontinuation in six developing countries that conducted DHS surveys between 1991 and 1995--Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Peru, and Zimbabwe. Four types of discontinuation are examined: failure, switching, and abandonment of use subdivided into users who are not `in need' of contraception following discontinuation of a method and those who remain `in need'....Analyses are based on monthly contraceptive histories collected from all survey respondents. Following an assessment of data quality, both life table and multivariate statistical techniques are used in the analysis....Multivariate analyses reveal that the method chosen by women is strongly associated with the likelihood of each of the four types of discontinuation examined in all six populations." Correspondence: Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Calverton, MD 20705-3119. E-mail: reports@macroint.com. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Echeverry, Gonzalo. 59:10297 | Against wind and tide: 25 years of family planning in Colombia. [Contra viento y marea: 25 anos de planificacion familiar en Colombia.] Sep 1991. xviii, 252 pp. Asociacion Colombiana para el Estudio de la Poblacion [ACEP]: Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia; Asociacion Pro-Bienestar de la Familia Colombiana [PROFAMILIA]: Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. The author reviews the history of organized family planning efforts in Latin America since 1960, with a focus on Colombia. Correspondence: Asociacion Colombiana para el Estudio de la Poblacion, Carrera 23, Numero 39, Santa Fe de Bogota, D.C., Colombia. Location: Population Council Library, New York, NY. |
| Gray, Ronald H.; Simpson, Joe L.; Kambic, Robert T.; Queenan, John T.; Mena, Patricio; Perez, Alfredo; Barbato, Michele; Pardo, Francisco; Stevenson, Wilma; Li, Chuanjun. 60:20267 | Timing of conception and the risk of spontaneous abortion among pregnancies during use of natural family planning. Johns Hopkins Population Center Papers on Population, No. WP 94-03, [1994]. 21, [2] pp. Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Population Center: Baltimore, Maryland. In Eng. The effects of timing of conception on the risk of spontaneous abortion are analyzed using data from five natural family planning (NFP) centers in Chile, Colombia, Italy, and the United States. The authors conclude that "overall, there is no excess risk of spontaneous abortion among the pregnancies conceived during NFP use. However, among women with a history of prior pregnancy loss, there is an increased risk of spontaneous abortion associated with pre- or post-ovulatory delayed conceptions." Data were collected between 1987 and 1993. Correspondence: Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Population Center, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room 2300, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Hollerbach, Paula. 56:10670 | The impact of national policies on the acceptance of sterilization in Colombia and Costa Rica. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 20, No. 6, Pt. 1, Nov-Dec 1989. 308-24 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. "The present article examines the demographic and programmatic determinants of [female] sterilization during the late 1970s and 1980s in Colombia and Costa Rica....Analysis of the impact of national policies on the prevalence of sterilization in both counties over a 15-year period is particularly instructive, given the divergence in trends and variation in the characteristics of women selecting the method. These demographic trends are a result of policies enacted to regulate eligibility criteria or conditions permitting access to sterilization, the cost of the procedure, and the compensation given to personnel performing the procedures. Emphasis is placed on the policies affecting acceptance of female sterilization in both countries." Educational, geographical, and socioeconomic differentials among acceptors are considered. Correspondence: P. Hollerbach, Population Council, Research Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Landry, Evelyn. 56:30353 | How and why women choose sterilization: results from six follow-up surveys. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 21, No. 3, May-Jun 1990. 143-51 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. "Follow-up surveys were carried out in six countries (Bangladesh, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, and Tunisia) between 1984 and 1986 to assess client decision-making regarding sterilization. The results revealed that women made well-informed, voluntary decisions to be sterilized. They were knowledgeable about other family planning methods and made the decision to be sterilized after consulting their partners, friends, relatives, or other sterilized women. Although their decisions were voluntary, other findings revealed areas for improvement such as client information and education about the risks of the procedure. These data were used to improve program services by emphasizing the need for better information, education, and counseling programs." Correspondence: E. Landry, Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception, 122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10168. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Marckwardt, Albert M.; Ochoa, Luis H. 59:30648 | Population and health in Latin America. [Poblacion y salud en America Latina.] Mar 1993. 88 pp. Pan American Health Organization [PAHO]: Washington, D.C.; Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Spa. The authors examine data on health and population in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. The data were collected in demographic and health surveys between 1986 and 1989. Sections are included on fertility, contraception, family planning, infant and child mortality, pre- and post-natal care, breast-feeding and infant nutrition, child immunization, prevalence and treatment of diarrhea, and reproductive risk factors. Correspondence: Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys, 8850 Stanford Boulevard, Suite 4000, Columbia, MD 21045. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| McCauley, Ann P.; Geller, Judith S. 59:10327 | Decisions for Norplant programs. Population Reports, Series K: Implants and Injectables, No. 4, Nov 1992. 32 pp. Johns Hopkins University, Center for Communication Programs, Population Information Program [PIP]: Baltimore, Maryland. In Eng. The authors report on Norplant, the contraceptive implant, with a focus on the use of the method in family planning programs. They discuss mode of action, benefits and side effects, continuation rates, history of development, and regulatory approvals worldwide. Patterns of provision and use in Europe and the United States and in Colombia, Indonesia, and Thailand are described. Factors to be considered by providers deciding whether to introduce Norplant are outlined, including method effectiveness, cost, the program's ability to provide high-quality services, and support from international agencies. Correspondence: Johns Hopkins University, Center for Communication Programs, Population Information Program, 527 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Merino Escobar, Jose M. 60:10302 | Contextual effects on current use of modern contraceptive methods: service availability of family planning and contraceptive prevalence in rural Colombia. Pub. Order No. DA9323495. 1993. 241 pp. University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng. Data from the 1986 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey are used in this study prepared as a doctoral dissertation at the University of Texas at Austin. Correspondence: University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities and Social Sciences 54(4). |
| Merrick, Thomas W. 56:30719 | The evolution and impact of policies on fertility and family planning: Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. In: Population policy: contemporary issues, edited by Godfrey Roberts. 1990. 147-65 pp. Praeger: New York, New York/London, England. In Eng. "Population policies and their effectiveness in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico are analyzed and compared. Consideration is given to the evolving political and institutional settings in each country and their impact on policy development. The author concludes that "in all three cases policy development activities helped build local institutions, train researchers, and improve understanding of population issues." Correspondence: T. W. Merrick, Population Reference Bureau, 777 14th Street NW, Suite 809, Washington, D.C. 20005. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Mora, Margoth; Villarreal, Jorge. 60:30328 | Unwanted pregnancy and abortion: Bogota, Colombia. Reproductive Health Matters, No. 2, Nov 1993. 11-20 pp. London, England. In Eng. The authors provide a profile of women seeking abortions at a clinic in Bogota, Colombia. "The total study population of 602 women consisted of those who visited the clinic during the three-month period between October 1990 and January 1991, and who required vacuum aspiration of retained products of conception as the result of an incomplete abortion....[Factors considered include] sexual and reproductive behaviour, the value of sexuality and the reproductive role, characteristics of relationships with partners, contraceptive knowledge, practice and perception, the decision-making process that led to abortion, and lastly, their opinions about abortion as women who had already terminated their pregnancies." Correspondence: M. Mora, Orientame, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Ochoa, Luis H.; Tsui, Amy O. 58:30290 | Contraceptive availability in four Latin American countries. In: Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.: proceedings. Volume 2. 1991. 1,273-86 pp. Institute for Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Eng. The authors "compare the relative availability of contraceptive services to eligible populations, by focusing on the following: (1) level of service availability to all women and to modern method users, (2) the relationship between methods used and service access, using time and distance measures, (3) the type of providers used, and (4) source-specific method availability both through clinic and community-based outlets. A secondary objective is to discuss the analytical utility of the local-level survey measures of contraceptive access as collected in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)." The countries studied are Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Guatemala. Correspondence: L. H. Ochoa, Institute for Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys, 8850 Stanford Boulevard, Columbia, MD 21045. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Ordoñez, Myriam; Ochoa, Luis H.; Ojeda, Gabriel; Rojas, Guillermo; Gómez, Luis C.; Samper, Belén. 62:20794 | National Demographic and Health Survey, 1995. [Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud, 1995.] Oct 1995. xxxiv, 233, [40] pp. Asociación Pro-Bienestar de la Familia Colombiana [PROFAMILIA]: Bogota, Colombia; Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Spa. Results are presented from the 1995 Demographic and Health Survey carried out in Colombia. The survey involved a nationally representative sample of 10,935 households and 11,140 eligible women. Following introductory chapters describing the survey and its methodology, there are chapters on fertility, the knowledge and use of contraceptive methods, nuptiality and exposure to risk of pregnancy, fertility preferences, infant and child mortality, maternal and child health, lactation and nutrition, knowledge of AIDS, and domestic violence. Correspondence: PROFAMILIA, Dirección de Investigación y Evaluación, 14-52 Calle 34, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Ordoñez Gomez, Myriam. 62:10301 | Contraceptive dynamics in Colombia: discontinuation of contraceptive methods, change, and failure rates. [La dinamica anticonceptiva en Colombia: discontinuacion del uso de metodos anticonceptivos, cambio y tasas de falla de los metodos.] Seminario sobre la Dinamica Anticonceptiva en America Latina, Jun 1994. viii, 26 pp. Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Spa. The author analyzes discontinuation rates of contraceptive methods, reasons for discontinuation, changes observed in the month following discontinuation, and crude failure rates of methods, using the life table method. Data are from a 1990 survey of contraceptive prevalence, demography, and health in Colombia. Correspondence: Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Calverton, MD 20705. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Population Council (New York, New York). 63:20477 | Colombia 1995: results from the Demographic and Health Survey. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 28, No. 1, Mar 1997. 67-71 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. These are the summary results from the 1995 Colombia Demographic and Health Survey, which covered 10,112 households and 11,140 women aged 15-49. Tabular data are provided on population characteristics, fertility, current contraceptive use, marital and contraceptive status, postpartum variables, infant mortality, disease prevention and treatment, and nutrition. Correspondence: Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Posada, Carmen. 63:40368 | Abortion: a social, legal and juridical debate of the first order in Colombia. Reproductive Health Matters, No. 9, May 1997. 147-8 pp. London, England. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. "A review of the sentence in a case of abortion of a pregnancy resulting from rape earlier this year led to a split of opinion on the Constitutional Court of Colombia. This paper summarises the majority and minority opinions. It argues that it is no longer only women committed to sexual and reproductive rights who are speaking out in favour of the decriminalisation of abortion, under specific conditions such as rape. Three high court judges have opened new levels of debate and motivated the media and public opinion in Colombia to participate in this debate." Correspondence: C. Posada, CERFAMI, Cra. 77A No. 48-27, A.A.057443, Medellín, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Rofman, Rafael. 59:10315 | How reduced demand for children and access to family planning accelerated the fertility decline in Colombia. Policy Research Working Paper: Population, Health, and Nutrition, No. 924, Jun 1992. v, 69 pp. World Bank, Population and Human Resources Department: Washington, D.C. In Eng. "What happened in Colombia shows how a well-managed family planning program is more likely to succeed when the women in a country already want fewer children--so that women are motivated to control fertility. In such a country, introducing family planning services simply facilitates and speeds up a fertility decline that would tend to occur anyway, albeit more slowly." Correspondence: World Bank, Population and Human Resources Department, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433. Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund Library, Washington, D.C.. |
| Shah, Iqbal. 58:20334 | Comparative analysis of contraceptive method choice. In: Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.: proceedings. Volume 1. 1991. 617-39 pp. Institute for Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Eng. "The objective of this paper is...to consider the various factors which have some bearing on the choice of contraceptive method in selected countries participating in the DHS Programme. Data for seven countries (Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Liberia, and Senegal) are examined....The next section provides information on data sources and on general background. This is followed by the discussion of results on the prevalence of contraceptive methods in these countries and their differentials by socio-economic and demographic background characteristics. In order to further investigate contraceptive method choice, switching patterns are also considered." Correspondence: I. Shah, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Singh, Rahul. 61:10323 | Family planning success stories: Asia, Latin America, Africa. ISBN 81-7476-013-X. 1994. xiv, 302 pp. UBS Publishers' Distributors: New Delhi, India. In Eng. The author describes the development of successful policies designed to slow the rate of population growth in a selection of developing countries around the world. The countries analyzed are Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Zimbabwe, and Tunisia. The emphasis is on the development of successful family planning programs that do not rely on coercive measures to reduce fertility. Correspondence: UBS Publishers' Distributors, 5 Ansari Road, New Delhi 110 002, India. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Singh, Susheela; Sedgh, Gilda. 63:30349 | The relationship of abortion to trends in contraception and fertility in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 23, No. 1, Mar 1997. 4-14 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. "We indirectly project levels of abortion using a methodology that relies on estimates of the number of women who are hospitalized for the treatment of complications related to induced abortion. Because good trend data on contraceptive use in the past two decades are now available, we can examine the changing relationship from the late 1970s until the early 1990s between induced abortion and contraceptive use in three large countries of Latin America: Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Specifically, we address the following questions: Have trends in abortion incidence and in contraceptive prevalence been interrelated? Has this relationship varied by country, or by region within countries? And how do contraceptive use and abortion, respectively, account for fertility levels and for changes in the fertility rate?" Correspondence: S. Singh, Alan Guttmacher Institute, 120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Singh, Susheela; Wulf, Deirdre. 57:20352 | Estimating abortion levels in Brazil, Colombia and Peru, using hospital admissions and fertility survey data. International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 17, No. 1, Mar 1991. 8-13, 24 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. "Although abortion is illegal in every Latin American country except Cuba, induced abortion is being widely practiced throughout the region. Health planners need reasonable estimates of the prevalence of this practice. A methodology is provided for estimating the numbers of illegal abortions being performed, based primarily on the numbers of abortion complications treated in hospitals. Estimates of the number of induced abortions and the ratio of abortions to births for Peru, Brazil and Colombia indicate that for every 10 women giving birth, 3-4 in Colombia and Brazil and two in Peru terminate their pregnancies." Correspondence: S. Singh, Alan Guttmacher Institute, 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10211-0500. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Singh, Susheela; Wulf, Deirdre. 60:10355 | The likelihood of induced abortion among women hospitalized for abortion complications in four Latin American countries. International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 19, No. 4, Dec 1993. 134-41 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. "The purpose of this study is to apply the WHO method of separating induced abortions from spontaneous abortions to new data from four Latin American countries--Bolivia, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela--to obtain more reliable estimates of the treatment of complications that resulted from induced abortion. Our second aim is to describe the demographic and medical characteristics of women hospitalized for abortion complications in these four countries and to discuss the differences between women who are classified as likely to have had an induced abortion and those likely to have had a spontaneous abortion." Consideration is given to the effects of marital status, parity, age factors, and contraceptive use. Correspondence: S. Singh, Alan Guttmacher Institute, 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Singh, Susheela; Wulf, Deirdre. 60:30332 | Estimated levels of induced abortion in six Latin American countries. International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 20, No. 1, Mar 1994. 4-13 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. "We report here on the results of a collaborative research project designed to estimate the annual rate of induced abortion over a recent period for each of six Latin American countries....We adjust raw data on hospitalization for abortion complications to estimate the number of hospitalizations caused by induced abortion. We also review a variety of multipliers that can then be applied to this number to estimate the total number of induced abortions in each country. Finally, we present estimates of the numbers of women having induced abortions and the resulting abortion rates for each of the six countries." Findings indicate that "an estimated 550,000 women are hospitalized each year as a result of complications from induced abortion in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Peru. About 2.8 million abortions are estimated to occur in these countries annually when women not hospitalized as a result of induced abortion are taken into account." Correspondence: S. Singh, Alan Guttmacher Institute, 120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Tsui, Amy O.; Ochoa, Luis H. 58:20339 | Service proximity as a determinant of contraceptive behaviour: evidence from cross-national studies of survey data. In: Family planning programmes and fertility, edited by James F. Phillips and John A. Ross. 1992. 222-56 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng. "This paper reviews evidence from Third World national surveys on the question, does proximity to contraceptive services influence the use of contraception? The post-1982 evidence continues to suggest that it does....[However,] we have found a risk in assuming, as has been the standard, that proximity to services equates to proximity to methods. Distance to facilities...does not necessarily enable current or potential contraceptive acceptors to obtain services easily for the particular methods they are currently using. The rapid development of mixed modes of service delivery for contraceptives...will complicate the identification of effects of service access on method use." Data are from DHS surveys conducted in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Guatemala. Correspondence: A. O. Tsui, University of North Carolina, Carolina Population Center, University Square 300A, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-3997. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Vernon, Ricardo. 62:20317 | Operations research on promoting vasectomy in three Latin American countries. International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 22, No. 1, Mar 1996. 26-31 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. "Data from six operations research projects in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico suggest that potential vasectomy clients come from a well-defined population of relatively young, well-educated men who have small families and are already practicing contraception. Clients' wives and other vasectomized men are especially influential in the decision to adopt vasectomy. Promoting vasectomy through mass media campaigns can be particularly effective in urban centers that have high-quality, accessible services. Promotion campaigns might stress the reasons men in these countries give for choosing vasectomy, especially its advantages over female sterilization and temporary methods, men's concern for their wife and her health, their desire to share responsibility for family planning, and the freedom from unintended pregnancy that vasectomy confers." Correspondence: R. Vernon, Population Council, Operations Research Projects for Latin America, Mexico City, Mexico. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Vernon, Ricardo; Ojeda, Gabriel; Murad, Rocio. 57:10349 | Incorporating AIDS prevention activities into a family planning organization in Colombia. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 21, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1990. 335-43 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. "Three AIDS prevention activities were incorporated into the services offered by PROFAMILIA [a private family planning agency in Colombia] in two operations research projects....Community-based distributors were able to successfully provide information on AIDS to their regular audiences as well as to deliver information and condoms to special target groups without negatively affecting family planning information/education/communication activities and contraceptive sales." Correspondence: R. Vernon, Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Vernon, Ricardo; Ojeda, Gabriel; Vega, Ana. 57:30370 | Making vasectomy services more acceptable to men. International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 17, No. 2, Jun 1991. 55-60 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. "The results of an operations research project that tested two models of vasectomy service delivery in Colombia show that although clinics serving only males performed higher monthly average of vasectomies than did clinics serving men in a mixed male-female context (12 vs nine), that difference was not statistically significant....Contrary to expectations, clients of the exclusively male clinics were no more satisfied with the services they received or with their vasectomy than were clients of the mixed clinics or the control clinic." Correspondence: R. Vernon, Population Council, Apartado Postal 105-152, C.P. 11560, Mexico DF, Mexico. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Williams, Timothy; Ojeda, Gabriel; Trias, Miguel. 56:40323 | An evaluation of PROFAMILIA's female sterilization program in Colombia. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 21, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1990. 251-64 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. "The findings of three surveys and three studies used by PROFAMILIA [a private, nonprofit family planning organization based in Colombia] to evaluate and improve their voluntary female sterilization program are presented. The surveys measured sociodemographic characteristics of users, factors behind the sterilization decision, and user satisfaction with the operation in the short run and over time. The studies explored methodologies for more accurate cost-effectiveness analysis. Results of the projects were used by PROFAMILIA management to identify areas of program strengths and weaknesses and to implement operational changes." Correspondence: T. Williams, Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception, 122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10168. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| World Bank. Operations Evaluation Department (Washington, D.C.). 58:30322 | Population and the World Bank: implications from eight case studies. World Bank Operations Evaluation Study, ISBN 0-8213-2081-5. LC 92-13541. 1992. xii, 159 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng. This is the first assessment of the World Bank's role in the population sector, which was undertaken by its Operations and Evaluation Department. The demographic, social, and economic changes that have occurred in developing countries since the bank began lending to population projects in 1968 are examined. The report focuses on eight countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, and Senegal. Ways to improve the effectiveness of Bank-supported projects are examined, including the development of population programs that work in very poor countries and activities that support population projects indirectly. Attention is also given to the need to improve cost-effectiveness and project monitoring by the Bank. Correspondence: World Bank, Operations Evaluation Department, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
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| Angarita de Ruiz, Esperanza; Escobar Morant, Gladys A. 57:40075 | The population of Colombia according to the 1985 census. [La poblacion en Colombia a partir del censo 1985.] Boletin de Estadistica, No. 437, Aug 1989. 185-234 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. This is an evaluation report on the accuracy of the 1985 census of Colombia. The study is primarily based on the findings of a post-census survey conducted in 1985. Data are presented on population by age and sex, by zone and region, projections up to 2025, and population of municipalities. Location: New York Public Library. |
| Banguero, Harold; Castellar, Carlos. 61:10026 | The population of Colombia, 1938-2025. [La poblacion de Colombia, 1938-2025.] Coleccion de Edicion Previa, ISBN 958-9047-64-5. 1993. 336 pp. Universidad del Valle: Cali, Colombia. In Spa. This is a general analysis of past and probable future population trends in Colombia from 1938 to 2025. Data are primarily from censuses taken between 1938 and 1985. The study also examines trends at the departmental and municipal levels. Chapters are included on population dynamics and characteristics, spatial distribution, the rural and urban population by department, and the economic and social implications of the demographic transition. Correspondence: Universidad del Valle, Ciudad Universitaria, Melendez, Apartado Aereo 25360, Apartado Nacional 439, Cali, Valle de Cauca, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 53:30813 | Fifteenth national census of population and fourth of housing. Vol. 2: methodology. [XV censo nacional de poblacion y IV de vivienda. Volumen II: metodologia.] Jul 1986. 220 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. The methodology employed in the 1985 census of Colombia is described. Information is included on pilot censuses, evaluation studies, and census publications. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 53:20796 | Fifteenth national census of population and fourth of housing: general summary. [XV censo nacional de poblacion y IV de vivienda: resumen general.] Jul 1986. 95 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. This is a summary of results from the 1985 census of Colombia. Following a description of the census methodology employed, basic demographic data are presented for the country's municipalities. Data are included separately for regional capitals, cities with populations over 25,000, metropolitan areas, and the 100 largest towns. Location: U.S. Bureau of the Census, ISPC Library, Washington, D.C. Source: APLIC Census Network List, No. 67, Nov 1986. |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 53:30816 | Fifteenth national census of population and fourth of housing. Vol. 5: demography. [XV censo nacional de poblacion y IV de vivienda. Volumen V: demografia.] Jul 1986. [xii], 187 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Final results are presented from the 1985 census of Colombia. This volume contains data on population characteristics, including marital status, migration, and fertility. The data are presented by sex and age group and at national, regional, and local levels. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 53:40080 | Colombian statistics, 1986. [Colombia estadistica 86.] 1985. 957 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. General statistical data are presented for Colombia. A section on population (pp. 223-40) contains data on vital statistics, 1770-1973; selected census data for 1951, 1964, and 1973; mortality, 1915-1977; fertility by age of mother, 1973-1983; deaths by age, 1970-1977; causes of deaths for the period 1970-1977 by ages under one year, 1-4, 5-14, 15-44, and over 45 years of age; and international migration, 1960-1981. Data from the National Household Survey for 1981 are provided in a separate section. Statistics concerning housing, education, income, and employment are provided in other sections. A further section presents data at the provincial level, including census, labor force, vital statistics, and fertility data. Correspondence: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE], Centro Administrativo Nacional, Apartado Nacional 8798, Bogota D.E., Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SSRC). |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 55:40733 | Colombian statistics. Volume II: municipalities. 1988. [Colombia estadistica. Vol. II: municipal. 1988.] [1988?]. 853 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. This is the second in a series of annual reports presenting statistical data for Colombia at the municipal level. A section of demographic data (pp. 79-131) includes subsections on census data, mortality, infant mortality, perinatal mortality, international migration, and size of urban households. Other sections provide data on employment and income, education, and housing. These data are presented by department and municipality. For a related volume, published in 1985, see 53:40080. Correspondence: DANE, Centro Administrativo Nacional, Avenida El Dorado, Apartado Aereo 80043, Bogota DE, Colombia. Location: New York Public Library. |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 59:40765 | The population of Colombia in 1985. [La poblacion de Colombia en 1985.] Estudios de Evaluacion de la Calidad y Cobertura del XV Censo Nacional de Poblacion y IV de Vivienda, 1990. 178 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Results from the 1985 Colombian census are presented and evaluated. Data are included by age, sex, and region, and concern levels of coverage of households and population, the indigenous population, fertility, infant mortality, life expectancy, internal migration, immigrants, emigrants, and net annual migration. Projections to the year 2025 are included. Correspondence: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica, Apartado Nacional 8798, Bogota DE, Colombia. Location: University of Texas, Population Research Center Library, Austin, TX. Source: APLIC Census Network List, No. 136, Apr 1993. |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 53:30814 | Fifteenth national census of population and fourth of housing. Vol. 3: education. [XV censo nacional de poblacion y IV de vivienda. Volumen III: educacion.] Jul 1986. [xi], 339 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. These are results from the 1985 census of Colombia concerning education. Information is included on illiteracy and school attendance. The data are presented at national, regional, and local levels. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 61:40063 | Colombia statistics, 1991. [Colombia estadistica, 1991.] [1992]. 644 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. This publication contains data for Colombia. The section on demography (pp. 33-153) contains census statistics from 1770-1985, projections by age and sex to the year 2000, deaths and their causes, and international migration. Other sections concern the labor force, education, health, and poverty. Correspondence: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica, Centro Administrativo Nacional, Avenida Eldorado, Apartado Aero 80043, Santafe de Bogota, D.C., Colombia. Location: U.S. Bureau of the Census, ISPC Library, Washington, D.C. |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 61:40064 | Municipal statistics of Colombia, 1990. [Estadisticas municipales de Colombia, 1990.] 1992. 827 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Selected data are presented for municipalities in Colombia for 1990. Sections are included on population projections by municipality (pp. 11-42) and vital statistics (pp. 43-176). The section on vital statistics includes data on marriages, 1982-1987; and on deaths and causes of death, 1988-1990. Correspondence: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica, Centro Administrativo Nacional, Avenida Eldorado, Santafe de Bogota, DC, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia); United Nations. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia [CELADE] (Santiago, Chile); Colombia. Departamento Nacional de Planeacion [DNP] (Bogota, Colombia); International Development Research Centre [IDRC] (Ottawa, Canada). 57:40084 | National population projections: Colombia, 1950-2025. [Proyecciones nacionales de poblacion: Colombia, 1950-2025.] Feb 1991. 73 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Population projections based on official data to the year 2025 are presented for Colombia, including figures from the 1985 census. The projections are presented by age and sex at five-year intervals from 1950 to 2025. Projected changes in demographic indicators are also included, as well as data on sex ratios, fertility rates, and the school-age population. Abbreviated life tables are also provided by sex. Correspondence: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica, Centro Administrativo Nacional, Apartado Nacional 8798, Bogota DE, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Florez Nieto, Carmen E.; Echeverri Perico, Rafael. 54:30735 | Workshop on the fifteenth national census of population and fourth of housing, 1985. [Seminario taller sobre XV censo nacional de poblacion y IV de vivienda, 1985.] 1986. 327 pp. Departamento Nacional de Planeacion: Bogota, Colombia; Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE]: Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. These are the proceedings of a seminar on the 1985 Colombian census, held in Girardot in May 1986, in which representatives of a number of governmental organizations examined the census results and their implications. The emphasis is on the methodology employed in the census, the identification of priority areas of focus in order to improve future censuses, and the mechanisms of coordination among the governmental organizations concerned. Location: New York Public Library. |
| Martinez Gomez, Ciro; Escobar Morant, Gladys. 58:10087 | Colombia. Population projections, 1950-2025. National totals by age and sex groups. [Colombia. Proyecciones de poblacion, 1950-2025. Total nacional por grupos de edad y sexo.] Jun 1989. 103 pp. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE]: Bogota, Colombia; Departamento Nacional de Planeacion: Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Population projections are presented for Colombia up to the year 2025, based on data from official sources, including the 1985 census. The projections are provided separately by rural and urban area, region, department, and municipality, as well as by age and sex. Life tables are also included. If requesting this document from CELADE, specify DOCPAL No. 14609.00. Correspondence: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica, Apartado Nacional 8798, Bogota DE, Colombia. Location: U.N. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia, Santiago, Chile. Source: DOCPAL Resumenes sobre Poblacion en America Latina 14(1). |
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| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia). 53:30815 | Fifteenth national census of population and fourth of housing. Vol. 4: economic characteristics. [XV censo nacional de poblacion y IV de vivienda. Volumen IV: caracteristicas economicas.] Jul 1986. [x], 283 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. This volume contains final results from the 1985 census of Colombia concerning the economic characteristics of the population. Data are included on economic activity, occupations, and labor force participation and are presented at the national, regional, and local levels. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Colombia. Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social. Direccion General del Servicio Nacional de Empleo [SENALDE] (Bogota, Colombia); International Labour Office [ILO] (Geneva, Switzerland); United Nations Fund for Population Activities [UNFPA] (New York, New York). 53:10704 | Demographic transition and labor supply in Colombia. [Transicion demografica y oferta de fuerza de trabajo en Colombia.] Coleccion Biblioteca SENALDE, Vol. 3 and 4, ISBN 958-95096-0-6. 1986. 388; 286 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. This two-volume report is concerned with the relationship between the demographic transition and labor supply in Colombia. The demographic transition that has occurred in the country is first outlined. The demographic characteristics of the labor force in Colombia as a whole and selected regions are then described, with emphasis on the period 1973-1984. Vol. 2 first examines migrations affecting frontier regions, regions experiencing political violence, and regions of seasonal employment. Chapters are included on the concept and measurement of the informal sector of the economy, the availability of human resources, and labor legislation and its impact on employment. Details of policy recommendations presented at a seminar held in Bogota in June 1985 are included. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Junsay, Alma T.; Heaton, Tim B. 55:20653 | Women working: comparative perspectives in developing areas. Contributions in Women's Studies, No. 99, ISBN 0-313-26368-X. LC 88-21335. 1989. ix, 131 pp. Greenwood Press: Westport, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng. The patterns and determinants of female labor force participation in developing countries are investigated using the examples of Thailand, Colombia, and Egypt. The focus is on women's employment in the capital city of the countries concerned. The authors combine the economic model of household time allocation and the sociological life course perspective to examine the influence of social origins, educational status, early work experience, and household conditions on women's labor force participation. They conclude with a review of policies designed to improve the economic status of women in developing countries. Correspondence: Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Lopez Toro, Alvaro. 58:20002 | Essays on demography and economics. [Ensayos sobre demografia y economia.] ISBN 958-9028-81-0. 1991. 526 pp. Banco de la Republica: Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. This is a selection of the published work of the late Alvaro Lopez Toro, the eminent Colombian economist and demographer. Of the 16 studies included, eight were originally published in English and are translated here into Spanish. They are organized in three sections, entitled mathematical demography, demographic variables, and development and demography. A selection of tributes to Lopez Toro is also included. Correspondence: Banco de la Republica, Carrera 7, #14-78 Apt., Aereo 3531, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Oberai, A. S. 58:10689 | Assessing the demographic impact of development projects: conceptual, methodological and policy issues. ISBN 0-415-06841-X. LC 91-10017. 1992. xiii, 143 pp. Routledge: New York, New York/London, England. In Eng. "This volume consists of a synthesis of country studies reviewing the demographic impact of development projects carried out in Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. It also includes analysis of the demographic impact of development interventions in several other countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, India and Nigeria. The study discusses conceptual, methodological and policy issues in assessing the demographic impact of development projects. In particular, it examines why development planners should be interested in assessing demographic effects and whether such effects can be assessed. It also examines whether and to what extent economic and social changes generated by specific development interventions...have influenced demographic behaviour...in a particular context. At the same time it suggests how desired effects can be enhanced and undesired effects minimized by policy-makers and planners in developing countries in order to deal with problems of population growth and its distribution." Correspondence: Routledge, 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Schmid, Josef. 59:10664 | Population in the development process of Latin America: population sociology introduction and demographic texts of Latin American researchers. [Bevolkerung im Entwicklungsprozess Lateinamerikas: bevolkerungssoziologische Einfuhrung und demographische Texte lateinamerikanischer Forscher.] ISBN 3-593-34415-7. 1991. 276 pp. Campus Verlag: New York, New York/Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In Eng; Ger; Spa. This publication contains papers presented at a series of conferences organized by the Goethe Institut and held in various Latin American countries during 1987-1988. The papers, which are in German, Spanish, or English, deal with the effect of rapid population growth on economic development. The first group focuses on the relevance of German population sociology to the demographic development of Latin America. Case studies are then included on changes in age structure in Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay; demographic transition in Colombia; women's status and fertility decline in Colombia; population and family planning programs in Peru; migration and rural development in Peru; and the demographic transition in Argentina. Correspondence: Campus Verlag, Heerstrasse 149, 6000 Frankfurt am Main 90, Germany. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Valdivia, Luis. 63:40626 | Population and economic growth in Colombia, 1900-1990. [Población y crecimiento económico en Colombia, 1900-1990.] ISBN 958-670-026-7. LC 96-110932. 1995. 185 pp. Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Humanidades, Departamento de Geografía: Cali, Colombia. In Spa. The relationship between population developments and economic growth in Colombia over the course of the twentieth century is analyzed. The study examines how economic developments such as the growth of a peasant economy, the development of commercial agriculture, industrialization, and the regional concentration of economic growth have affected population trends. Consideration is given to changes in fertility and mortality, as well as to natural increase and the demographic transition, age and sex distribution, and migration. Correspondence: Universidad del Valle, Ciudad Universitaria, Meléndez, Apdo Aéreo 25360, Apdo Nacional 439, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
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| De Vos, Susan M. 62:10413 | Household composition in Latin America. Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, ISBN 0-306-44962-5. LC 95-22990. 1995. xiii, 251 pp. Plenum Press: New York, New York. In Eng. This study "uses comparative family studies and life course perspectives to provide an in-depth demographic study of the household in six Latin American countries: Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. [The author] discusses the...area of household and family demography and various comparative household measures such as AH (adults per household), the U.N.-recommended household typology, and the Hammel/Laslett comparative household scheme. This detailed study discloses many...facts about the complex household; nonfamily household living; children's living arrangements; and the household arrangements of young adults, middle-aged people, and the elderly." Correspondence: Plenum Press, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013-1578. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| De Vos, Susan. 57:20404 | Extended family living among older people in six Latin American countries. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 3, May 1990. S87-94 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng. "This study examined and compared demographic and urban/rural residence underpinnings to people 60 and over living in an extended family household in six Latin American countries. Household samples of the World Fertility Survey gathered in the middle 1970s were used, as was a combination of crosstabular and logit techniques. We found that, in contrast to Western countries, a majority of the elderly population lived in extended family households. This was more likely in the Dominican Republic than in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, or Peru, which was, in turn, more likely than in Mexico. However, such differences were most apparent among the married, not the unmarried. In all countries, unmarried people were more likely to live in extended family households than were married people. Among unmarried elderly, the likelihood was greater for women than for men. Contrary to initial expectations, neither urban/rural residence nor age among the elderly themselves tended to be important." Correspondence: S. De Vos, University of Wisconsin, Center for Demography and Ecology, 4412 Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1393. Location: Princeton University Library (SW). |
| De Vos, Susan. 59:20448 | Is there a socioeconomic dimension to household extension in Latin America? Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1993. 21-34 pp. Calgary, Canada. In Eng. "The aim of this paper is to investigate whether and how urban/rural residence or, in urban areas, husband's occupation, is related to household extension in six Latin American countries (Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Peru)....This paper addresses the strategy of adding an extended family member to the household which could mean pooling earnings and/or enlarging the household's work force....This paper provides an overview, asking: 1) Are lower status residents of urban areas more likely to live in extended households than their rural counterparts, and 2) Is there a generally negative relationship between socio-economic status and extension among urban households?" Correspondence: S. De Vos, University of Wisconsin, Center for Demography and Ecology, 4412 Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1393. Location: Princeton University Library (PR). |
| De Vos, Susan. 54:10457 | Latin American households in comparative perspective. Population Studies, Vol. 41, No. 3, Nov 1987. 501-17 pp. London, England. In Eng. "Comparative family sociology has had little to say about the Latin American family or household despite its links to a European colonial culture mixed with a distinct set of indigenous and historical circumstances. In this paper tentative judgements are put forward about the similarities and differences between the Western and Latin American household by examining four of its dimensions: the household's relative complexity, the separate residence of conjugal units, the incidence of households headed by women, and the incidence of household members being unrelated to the head. Data come from the World Fertility Survey household files gathered during the middle 1970s in six countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Peru. We find that household complexity in the six countries is intermediate between that of the West and East. Many of the households are extended laterally instead of vertically, because conjugal couples tend to reside in separate households, but often live with unmarried relatives as well. In addition, a high level of marital instability results in a significant proportion of households headed by women, many of them containing members of the extended family. Finally, whereas the circulation of young unmarried people of both sexes was common in rural areas in the West, being an unrelated individual in another's household is most common in urban areas among females between 15 and 19 years old." Correspondence: S. De Vos, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| De Vos, Susan. 55:20440 | The socioeconomic dimension to household composition in six Latin American countries. CDE Working Paper, No. 88-39, 1988. 25, [9] pp. University of Wisconsin, Center for Demography and Ecology: Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng. "This paper investigates the relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and household composition in six Latin American countries in the middle 1970's. The study finds partial support and partial negation for three commonly-held views of the relationship: a 'family modernization' view, a 'survival strategy' view, and a 'family is important for everyone' view. Mexico exhibited the clearest relationship, consistent with the 'family modernization' view, but the study finds that it is impossible to generalize about one 'Latin America'." Data are from the World Fertility Survey for Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. Correspondence: Center for Demography and Ecology, 4412 Social Science Building, University of Wisconsin, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Desai, Sonalde. 58:30671 | Children at risk: the role of family structure in Latin America and West Africa. In: Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.: proceedings. Volume 2. 1991. 999-1,019 pp. Institute for Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Eng. "This paper examined differences in child nutrition across different family structures in north-east Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Mali and Senegal. Data used in this paper were collected in the first round of the Demographic and Health Surveys....This paper argues that...before applying [economic] models to the family systems in different socio-cultural contexts it is necessary to examine the applicability of a number of assumptions contained in these models....Results suggest that although parents care about the welfare of their children, their level of altruism varies across different types of families and seems to depend on culturally acceptable practices. Additionally, household composition and relationships among household members affects child nutrition in a variety of ways." Correspondence: S. Desai, Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Desai, Sonalde. 59:20450 | Children at risk: the role of family structure in Latin America and west Africa. Population and Development Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, Dec 1992. 698-717, 787, 789-90 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. "Models of the family proposed by the 'new household economics' have had a strong influence on researchers and policymakers alike. In extending these models to developing countries, however, relatively little attention has been directed to the applicability of some of their underlying assumptions in diverse cultural settings. Two aspects of these models seem particularly problematic: the assumption of a cohesive family unit with perfect altruism within the family, and lack of consideration of flexible boundaries of the household observed in many cultures. Using data on the nutritional status of children in northeast Brazil, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic in Latin America, and in Ghana, Mali, and Senegal in West Africa, this article examines the importance of these two issues in predicting the level of resources available to children." Correspondence: S. Desai, Population Council, Research Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Florez, C. Elisa; Hogan, Dennis P. 56:20492 | Demographic transition and life course change in Colombia. Population Issues Research Center Working Paper, No. 1989-01, Apr 1989. 28, [11] pp. Pennsylvania State University, Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, Population Issues Research Center: University Park, Pennsylvania. In Eng. "Between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the early life course of Americans became increasingly age-graded with less overlap among events. This process has been alternatively attributed to demographic and social modernization, the institutionalization of the life course, or intercohort increases in personal affluence. However, research on Norway and Japan suggests considerable variablility in the occurence of these processes across populations, and evidence on recent American cohorts suggest that the transition to adulthood may have become more complex in the U.S. during the 1970s and 1980s. This study attempts to inform these issues by documenting changes and differentials in the organization of the early life course of Colombian women. Life course events of interest include school enrollment, labor force attachment, cohabitation..., and parenthood. Using a variety of measures of the timing and synchronization of events, the early life course is described for Colombian women classified according to their birth cohort..., urban and rural residence..., and economic class...." This paper was originally presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (see Population Index, Vol. 55, No. 3, Fall 1989, p. 419). Correspondence: Pennsylvania State University, Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, Population Issues Research Center, 22 Burrowes Building, University Park, PA 16802. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Florez, C. Elisa; Hogan, Dennis P. 56:30588 | Demographic transition and life course change in Colombia. Journal of Family History, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1990. 1-21 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng. "This study investigates changes and differentials in the organization of the early life course of Colombian women. Life course events of interest include school enrollment, labor force attachment, cohabitation (formal and informal marriage), and parenthood. Using a variety of measures of the timing and synchronization of events, the early life course is described for Colombian women in terms of classifications such as birth cohort (indexing demographic and social modernization), urban and rural residence (indicating the institutionalization of the life course), and economic class (a measure of personal affluence). The results of the research are interpreted in the context of research on the history of the transition to adulthood in the United States, Norway, and Japan." The is a revised version of a paper originally presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (see Population Index, Vol. 55, No. 3, Fall 1989, p. 419). Correspondence: C. E. Florez, University of Los Andes, Center of Studies in Economic Development, Carrera 1A, No. 18-A-70, Apdo. Aereo 4976, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Florez, Carmen E.; Bonilla, Elssy; Echeverri, Rafael. 58:10402 | The demographic transition and women's life-course in Colombia. Pub. Order No. E.90.III.A.1. ISBN 92-808-0719-6. 1990. xii, 149 pp. United Nations University Press: Tokyo, Japan. In Eng. This work is the product of two studies conducted between 1984 and 1987 concerning the impact of the demographic transition in Colombia on households in Bogota and in rural areas. "The study is based on an extensive survey of, on the one hand, women falling into roughly the 20-30 year-old range and, on the other, those in the 40-50 year-old range, the two groups thus corresponding to the period before and after the sharp decline in fertility rates that occurred in Colombia beginning in the 1960s. In analysing the results, the discussion centres on the processes of family formation and expansion and the socio-economic determinants bearing on those processes. The analysis also looks at such aspects as the relationship between women's labour participation and family formation, women's perceptions of their lives and of their role in the family, at their use of time, and at the division of labour in the household according to gender and age." Correspondence: United Nations University Press, Toho Seimei Building, 15-1 Shibuya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Florez, Carmen E.; Echeverri, Rafael; Bonilla, Elssy. 57:20229 | The demographic transition in Colombia: effects of family formation. [La transicion demografica en Colombia: efectos en la formacion de la familia.] ISBN 958-9057-14-4. 1990. 242 pp. United Nations University: Tokyo, Japan; Universidad de Los Andes, Ediciones Uniandes: Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. The authors analyze the fertility decline in Colombia at the household level based on a comparison of cohorts of women who represent behavior before and after the demographic transition. The focus is on changes in the different stages of family formation, as well as the effect of women's status on these stages. The first two chapters provide an overview of the demographic transition and socioeconomic change in Colombia and describe the survey design and methods of analysis. In Chapter 3, regional and socioeconomic characteristics are described. In Chapter 4, the authors use retrospective life histories to analyze trends in family formation as well as the socioeconomic determinants of those events, with a focus on women's productive and reproductive behavior over the life course. Chapter 5 provides a discussion of women's own perceptions of their life course, with a focus on sexual behavior, maternity, abortion, family planning, dependency, division of labor, and use of time. Data are from surveys conducted in 1984 and 1986 in Bogota and in the rural area of a central Andean region. Correspondence: Universidad de Los Andes, Ediciones Uniandes, Apartado Aereo 4976, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Gurak, Douglas T.; Kritz, Mary M. 60:30631 | Context versus culture: household composition and employment among Dominican and Colombian women. Population and Development Program Working Paper Series, No. 93.07, May 1992. 13 pp. Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, Population and Development Program: Ithaca, New York. In Eng. "The present analysis seeks to explore in greater detail the extent to which context factors, in contrast to group-specific factors or culture, condition the relationship between household composition and labor force participation. To accomplish this, two immigrant hispanic groups in New York City (Colombians and Dominicans) are examined and their dynamics compared to those of one of the groups (Dominicans) in the origin context." Correspondence: Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, Population and Development Program, 134 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Juárez, Fátima; Llera, Silvia. 63:10214 | The process of family formation during the fertility transition. In: The fertility transition in Latin America, edited by José M. Guzmán, Susheela Singh, Germán Rodríguez, and Edith A. Pantelides. 1996. 48-73 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng. This chapter is about the similarities and dissimilarities in the family formation process in various Latin American countries undergoing the transition to lower levels of fertility. The data are from the World Fertility Survey and the Demographic and Health Surveys in Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Peru. "A brief description of changes in general levels of fertility in Latin America is given in the first section; the next section contains details of variations in the family formation process over the past ten years among several countries of the region; then a general overview of family patterns in 1986-7 (inter-country analysis) is given; and finally, evidence is presented on certain variables that intervene in the process of change." Correspondence: F. Juárez, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 99 Gower Street, London WC1E 6AZ, England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Ordoñez, Myriam. 52:40511 | Rural population and the family in Colombia. [Poblacion y familia rural en Colombia.] 1986. 179 pp. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Estudios Interdisciplinarios, Programa de Poblacion: Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Demographic characteristics of the rural population of Colombia for the period 1951-1980 are described, with a focus on characteristics of the female population and on the behavior and structure of the family unit. Chapters are included on regionalization, spatial distribution, the structure and composition of the rural population, |mortality, fertility, nuptiality, migration, and the family. Data are from population and farming censuses and from national housing studies. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).. |
| Richter, Kerry. 54:40411 | Union patterns and children's living arrangements in Latin America. Demography, Vol. 25, No. 4, Nov 1988. 553-66 pp. Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng. "This article analyzes how union patterns in Mexico and Colombia affect the lives of children. The proportion of children affected by a disruption by the age of 15 is estimated by using life table methods. The factors that contribute to a child's risk of experiencing a disruption are investigated by using proportional hazard models. Finally, the living arrangements of children by the mother's marital status, the urban status, and the mother's educational attainment are explored. The findings indicate that about one-fifth of Mexican children and one-third of Colombian children spend some time with an unmarried mother by the age of 15. In addition, those who experience a disruption or are born outside of a union spend a considerable length of time in the single-parent state. Most children of an unmarried mother live in an extended-family household, often with a grandparent." This is a revised version of a paper originally presented at the 1987 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (see Population Index, Vol. 53, No. 3, p. 419). Correspondence: K. Richter, Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakornpathom, Thailand. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
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| Asociacion Pro-Bienestar de la Familia Colombiana [PROFAMILIA] (Bogota, Colombia); Institute for Resource Development/Macro International. Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS] (Columbia, Maryland). 57:30265 | Colombia: Survey of Prevalence, Demography, and Health, 1990. [Colombia: Encuesta de Prevalencia, Demografia y Salud, 1990.] Jun 1991. xxii, 243, [41] pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. This is the final report presenting results from the Colombian Demographic and Health Survey, carried out in 1990, which included 8,644 women of reproductive age. Following a description of survey methodology and of the survey population's characteristics, chapters are included on fertility, knowledge and sources of family planning, other proximate determinants of fertility, fertility preferences, infant and child mortality, maternal and child health, breast-feeding, women's health, and intrafamily violence. Correspondence: Institute for Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys, 8850 Stanford Boulevard, Columbia, MD 21045. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Birdsall, Nancy. 57:40398 | Birth order effects and time allocation. Research in Population Economics, Vol. 7, 1991. 191-213 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng. "In this paper, a model is developed in which the explanation for birth-order effects does not rely on absence of capital markets, but follows from optimal allocation of parental time and goods among children over the childrearing years. The model yields two key results, which are then tested using 1967-1968 household survey data from urban Colombia....It is shown that first and last-born children of mothers who do not work have an advantage over middle-borns....At the same time, as predicted, there are no differences by birth order among children of working mothers. The persistence of birth-order effects even in high-income families indicates that such effects are at least in part due to the time constraint modelled; this is a strong result given the possibility of better substitutes for mother's time than allowed for in the model, and the likelihood that high-income families are able to purchase better substitutes." Correspondence: N. Birdsall, World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Bongaarts, John; Lightbourne, Robert. 59:10203 | Fertility preferences in Latin America: trends and differentials in seven countries. [Fecundidad deseada en America Latina: tendencias y diferenciales en siete paises.] Notas de Poblacion, Vol. 20, No. 55, Jun 1992. 79-102 pp. Santiago, Chile. In Spa. with sum. in Eng. The authors use Bongaarts's fertility preference measurement methodology to examine and compare changes in fertility preferences in Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago over the period 1975-1989. "The trends of observed and desired fertility are examined at the national level and by level of education and rural-urban place of residence. The data used comes from fertility surveys....such as the World Fertility Survey (WFS) and the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). The analysis suggests that the changes in fertility between the dates of the two surveys...are not due to changes in desired fertility, but mainly to differences in the degree to which fertility is controlled to coincide with desired levels....Both the WFS and the DHS show that unwanted fertility was significant in all countries, specially in the lower socioeconomic strata." For the Bongaarts methodology, published in 1990, see 57:10361. Correspondence: J. Bongaarts, Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Bongaarts, John; Lightbourne, Robert. 63:10182 | Wanted fertility in Latin America: trends and differentials in seven countries. In: The fertility transition in Latin America, edited by José M. Guzmán, Susheela Singh, Germán Rodríguez, and Edith A. Pantelides. 1996. 227-41 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng. In this chapter, variations in wanted fertility in Latin America, including the Caribbean, are examined within and among countries and over time. "Specifically, we compare actual fertility as measured by the total fertility rate with preferred fertility as measured by a new wanted total fertility rate developed by Bongaarts (1990) which reflects the fertility level that would prevail if women were to fully implement their preferences for terminating childbearing. Through examining these two indicators, we analyse trends in actual and preferred fertility at the aggregate national level and also by level of education and rural-urban residence. The data for our analysis are taken from fertility surveys undertaken in the period 1975-89. The seven countries included are Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. For each country, two surveys are available, the first invariably being a WFS, and the second usually being a DHS, except for Costa Rica and Jamaica." Correspondence: J. Bongaarts, Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Brazzell, Jan F. 52:40490 | Occupational modernity and family size limitation among married women in Costa Rica, Colombia, and Peru, circa 1976. Pub. Order No. DA8426639. 1984. 141 pp. University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng. This study explores the hypothesis that "participating in more modern occupations motivates women to restrict family size...and that this increased motivation is accompanied by deliberate behavioral steps aimed at such. Speculations that the micro-level relationship between occupational modernity and family size limitation is conditioned by national family planning program efforts and urban-rural setting" are also examined. "An identical structural model (relating occupational modernity to contraceptive use-efficiency, via the number of additional children desired) was estimated for urban and rural samples of married (or consensually united) women in Costa Rica, Colombia, and Peru, using World Fertility Survey data. Results indicated that...while occupational modernity was constrained by previous childbearing among the urban women, it was only weakly, if at all, related to desires for additional children, irrespective of urban-rural setting and national family planning program efforts." This work was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at Indiana University. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities and Social Sciences 45(9). |
| Escobar, Gladys. 56:20193 | Registered births 1985. [Nacimientos registrados 1985.] Boletin de Estadistica, No. 418, Jan 1988. 223-41 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Official vital statistics on births in Colombia for 1985 are presented. Data are included on registered births by sex and province for individual years, 1980-1985; age-specific fertility rates, 1980-1985; extent of completeness of registration of births; month of birth; and birth order. Location: U.N. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia, Santiago, Chile. |
| Flórez, Carmen E. 63:10200 | Social change and transitions in the life histories of Colombian women. In: The fertility transition in Latin America, edited by José M. Guzmán, Susheela Singh, Germán Rodríguez, and Edith A. Pantelides. 1996. 252-72 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng. The relation between fertility behavior and certain aspects of modernization in Colombia is analyzed using a life-history approach and data from surveys carried out in 1984 and 1986. "Specifically, this study has two basic aims. First, it attempts to document changes and differentials in how the early stages of the life history of Colombian women are organized, as a consequence of the demographic and structural changes associated with modernization. Secondly, it aims to document the association between the modernization variables and parity progression ratios, using basic elements of multivariate regression and life-table analysis." Correspondence: C. E. Flórez, Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1, No. 18 A-70, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Flórez, Carmen E. 63:10265 | High-fertility groups in Colombia, 1990. [Los grupos de alta fecundidad en Colombia, 1990.] Desarrollo y Sociedad, Sep 1994. 9-52 pp. Bogotá, Colombia. In Spa. The author identifies high-fertility groups in Colombia by geographic subregion and socioeconomic variables. Data are from the 1990 Demographic and Health Survey and the 1985 census. The impact of nuptiality, type of union, and contraceptive use is considered. Correspondence: C. E. Flórez, Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1, No. 18 A-70, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (PR). |
| Florez, Carmen E. 56:10388 | Changing women's status and fertility decline in Colombia. In: International Population Conference/Congres International de la Population, New Delhi, September/septembre 20-27, 1989. Vol. 1, 1989. 189-200 pp. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]: Liege, Belgium. In Eng. "The objective in this paper...is to compare the lives of two groups of urban and rural [Colombian] women representing the behaviour before and after the demographic transition. The comparison is made by examining changes between the two cohorts in the different stages of the process of family formation and expansion, and by documenting the effects of women's status on the different demographic transitions characterising the family formation process. Because of the large differences in income existing in the country, three socioeconomic strata are considered both in urban and rural areas." Correspondence: C. E. Florez, Universidad de Los Andes, Centro de Estudios sobre Desarrollo Economico, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Florez, Carmen E. 60:20549 | The fertility transition and family urban income distribution in Colombia. Sociological Inquiry, Vol. 62, No. 2, Spring 1992. 169-84 pp. Austin, Texas. In Eng. "This paper examines the effect of social and demographic changes on family income distribution in the largest Colombian cities between 1967 and 1968 and 1984 and 1985, two periods representing the conditions before and after Colombia's sharp fertility decline. The results indicate that urban family income distribution worsened between the two periods, when income shares from the middle-income groups declined while those received by the richest 10 percent increased and the shares received by the poorest 50 percent were unchanged. A decomposition of the Theil index revealed that the deterioration in urban family income inequality could be traced to groups whose representation in the population increased, namely: households with more educated heads, with working wives, with smaller families, and with fewer children." Correspondence: C. E. Florez, Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1A No. 18-A-70, Apartado Aereo 4976, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (FST). |
| Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M. 58:30736 | Regression analysis on current-status data: an application to breastfeeding. In: Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, August 5-7, 1991, Washington, D.C.: proceedings. Volume 2. 1991. 1,113-30 pp. Institute for Resource Development/Macro International, Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Columbia, Maryland. In Eng. "In this paper, I have considered alternative approaches to the modelling of current-status data [on breast-feeding]. I have fit parametric, non-parametric, standard schedule and spline models, looking both at their goodness of fit and the parameter estimates generated by each." Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Colombia, Indonesia, Mali, Nigeria, Peru, and Sri Lanka are used to illustrate the models. Correspondence: L. M. Grummer-Strawn, Centers for Disease Control, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Guzman, Jose M.; Rodriguez, Jorge. 60:10242 | Pre-transitional fertility in Latin America: a forgotten chapter. [La fecundidad pre-transicional en America Latina: un capitulo olvidado.] Notas de Poblacion, Vol. 21, No. 57, Jun 1993. 217-46 pp. Santiago, Chile. In Spa. with sum. in Eng. "Total fertility trends for four Latin American countries (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Honduras) are investigated....Calculations show that pre-transitional fertility was not higher than that observed at the beginning of its sustained reduction. On the other hand, persistent differences are to be observed between fertility in urban areas and fertility in rural areas. From the levels of certain urban areas it is possible to conclude that as far as the 30's decade, or even before, there existed social groups which limited their offspring....Patterns of birth control behaviour were observed long before the 60's decade, at least within certain social groups. Nevertheless, it was only by the mid 60's after a series of structural changes in Latin American societies, that these behaviours had a repercussion on other social strata, thus producing a decrease in average fertility." Correspondence: J. M. Guzman, UN Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia, Edificio Naciones Unidas, Avenida Dag Hammarskjold, Casilla 91, Santiago, Chile. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Juarez, Fatima. 54:30217 | Census probability of family extension: fertility levels and trends in Latin America. [Probabilidades censales de agrandamiento de las familias: niveles y tendencias de la fecundidad en la America Latina.] Notas de Poblacion, Vol. 15, No. 43, Apr 1987. 9-24 pp. Santiago, Chile. In Spa. with sum. in Eng. "Fertility surveys compared to census and vital registration data provide a greater scope for the study of fertility. Not only is it possible to employ orthodox techniques, but also through a birth interval analysis, a measure equivalent to the parity progression ratio (PPR, an optimal index in the study of fertility) can be computed. Censored PPR's were calculated using World Fertility Survey (WFS) data for nine Latin American countries; Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. In the past, these censored PPR's have proven useful for detecting fertility trends; the present analysis corroborates this result." Correspondence: F. Juarez, Colegio de Mexico, Camino Al Ajusco 20, 10740 Mexico DF, Mexico. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| McHenry, John P. 57:40245 | Socio-economic development and fertility decline: an application of the Easterlin synthesis approach to data from the World Fertility Survey. Colombia, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka and Tunisia. No. ST/ESA/SER.R/101, Pub. Order No. E.91.XIII.14. ISBN 92-1-151235-2. 1991. ix, 115 pp. U.N. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs: New York, New York. In Eng. This study is part of a project investigating the relationship between socioeconomic factors and fertility decline in developing countries through a comparative analysis involving five country case studies. Four of those countries are included here--Colombia, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia--and the data are from the World Fertility Survey. The results suggest that if the dominant effect of marriage duration is interpreted primarily as a control variable for exposure to intercourse, contraceptive usage and secondary sterility are the major remaining intermediate variables affecting fertility. They also indicate that with regard to the Easterlin-Crimmins empirical formulation of contraceptive motivation, "although the theoretical concept is a promising one, more empirical and statistical attention is required so as to improve the estimator." Correspondence: U.N. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Montgomery, Mark R. 54:10270 | A new look at the Easterlin "synthesis" framework. Demography, Vol. 24, No. 4, Nov 1987. 481-96 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng. "Easterlin's synthesis of the behavioral and biological factors affecting fertility can be condensed into two central concepts: the demand for births, taking contraceptive costs and the likelihood of child survival into account, and a ceiling or upper bound on lifetime fertility, the product of length of exposure to the risk of childbearing and underlying fecundity. The econometric method known as 'switching regression' is well suited to the analysis of lifetime fertility in the presence of a supply constraint. This paper applies the switching regression methodology in an investigation of fertility in Sri Lanka and Colombia." Correspondence: M. R. Montgomery, Department of Economics, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Prada-Salas, Elena. 63:10274 | The fertility transition and adolescent childbearing: the case of Colombia. In: The fertility transition in Latin America, edited by José M. Guzmán, Susheela Singh, Germán Rodríguez, and Edith A. Pantelides. 1996. 310-22 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng. "The aim of this study is to examine the recent fertility behaviour of adolescents during the years of Colombia's demographic transition, especially in terms of educational levels; the consequences of early childbearing; the country's present situation compared with that of others in the Latin American region; and a possible future course of action for the coming years." Data are primarily taken from the 1986 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Richter, Kerry; Adlakha, Arjun. 57:40155 | The effect of infant and child mortality on subsequent fertility. Journal of Population and Social Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jul 1989. 43-62, 117 pp. Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. In Eng. with sum. in Tha. "The focus of this study is the replacement behavior of individual couples who have experienced the death of a child, and the differences in the ability and/or motivation of families to replace children who have died. The hypothesis is that the replacement effect, a direct behavioral response to the death of a child, varies by such factors as socioeconomic status, use of contraception and parity. These differentials as well as cross-cultural variations are examined using World Fertility Survey data from [Colombia], Kenya, Sri Lanka and Pakistan....Proportional hazards models are used to examine how the impact of an infant death differs for population subgroups, and how these factors vary across the four countries. The findings suggest that women in these four countries are motivated to replace a child that dies and that their subsequent fertility is higher. Women with [more] education...and women who have close to ideal family size...are significantly more effective at replacing a child who dies." Correspondence: K. Richter, Mahidol University, Institute for Population and Social Research, Salaya, Nakhonchaisri, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Rodríguez, Germán. 63:10246 | The spacing and limiting components of the fertility transition in Latin America. In: The fertility transition in Latin America, edited by José M. Guzmán, Susheela Singh, Germán Rodríguez, and Edith A. Pantelides. 1996. 27-47 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng. "In this chapter we present the results of an analysis of trends in marital fertility within categories of key socio-economic factors using data from six Latin American countries: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. These countries were selected for analysis because they have completed high quality surveys for two points in time, as part of the WFS and the DHS programmes....The socio-economic factors selected for analysis are three: type of place of residence, wife's education, and husband's occupation....The results of our analysis reveal the presence of remarkable regularities in the process of fertility transition in the six countries analysed, in spite of their diversity. In all social strata where fertility has started to decline the indices of spacing and limiting seem to have followed the same broad but well-defined paths over time....The general trends are consistent with a simple process of social diffusion...." Correspondence: G. Rodríguez, Princeton University, Office of Population Research, 21 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544-2091. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Stycos, J. Mayone; Fridman, Samuel. 58:20372 | The impact of schooling on fertility attitudes among adolescents in four developing countries. Population and Development Program: 1990 Working Paper Series, No. 2.25, [1990?]. 7, [10] pp. Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, Population and Development Program: Ithaca, New York. In Eng. The authors analyze data from surveys conducted by the Population and Development Program at Cornell University between 1986 and 1988 in China, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Peru to assess the effect of education on adolescents' attitudes toward family planning and family size. They find that "the higher the grade level, the more liberal the attitudes toward contraception, population size, age at marriage, and gender roles....As regards...desired family size, a 'modern,' or in our terminology 'liberal' preference for a small family seems already entrenched by the seventh grade in all countries, and the next five years of schooling does nothing to change it." This paper was originally presented at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Correspondence: Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, Population and Development Program, 134 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Weinberger, Mary B.; Lloyd, Cynthia; Blanc, Ann K. 55:40308 | Women's education and fertility: a decade of change in four Latin American countries. International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 15, No. 1, Mar 1989. 4-14, 28 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa. The authors examine the association between women's education and fertility levels in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Peru. Data are from the 1987 Demographic and Health Survey and are compared with data from earlier World Fertility Surveys. It is noted that all four countries have experienced a fertility decline and an overall rise in women's educational attainment but that substantial educational differentials persist among women. Findings indicate that women with higher educational status tend to desire a smaller family size and that they marry later, are more likely to practice family planning, and have lower fertility. Correspondence: M. B. Weinberger, United Nations, Population Division, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
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| Brungardt, Maurice P. 57:10757 | Using nineteenth century census results: the Colombian censuses of 1835, 1843, and 1851. Latin American Population History Bulletin, No. 18, Fall 1990. 2-8 pp. Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Eng. The author discusses three of the six national censuses taken during the nineteenth century in Colombia--those for 1835, 1843, and 1851. The focus is on the importance of macro patterns generated by the data, the methods recommended to overcome the problems of the censuses, and ways to make the information useful for historical demography. Correspondence: M. P. Brungardt, Loyola University, Department of History, 6363 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Dueoñas, Guiomar. 60:30373 | Society, family, and gender in Santa Fe, New Granada, until the end of the colony. [Sociedad, familia y genero en Santafe, Nueva Granada, a finales de la colonia.] Latin American Population History Bulletin, No. 25, Spring 1994. 2-22 pp. Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Spa. The author examines family structure in Santa Fe, the capital of New Granada, a Spanish colony that included Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. The focus is on the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He finds that social class structure was closely related to ethnic group and skin color, and that the sex ratio was biased toward women. Women also headed nearly 50% of all households. Data are mainly from the 1801 smallpox census. Correspondence: G. Duenas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Departamento de Historia, Calle 86 No. 50-19, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Newson, Linda A. 62:20078 | The population of the Amazon basin in 1492: a view from the Ecuadorian headwaters. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1996. 5-26 pp. London, England. In Eng. "Recent archaeological, ethnohistorical and ecological evidence has begun to challenge the view that `civilizations' failed to develop in the Amazon basin due to limitations of the tropical forest environment. As a result, estimates of the native population in 1492 have become an issue of debate. These estimates are evaluated in the light of the ethnohistorical research on the Ecuadorian headwaters. Estimates are considered by examining estimated habitat densities, the impact of Old World diseases and contemporary evidence for native cultures. The study is based on documents found in archives in Quito, Seville, Madrid and Rome. It is suggested that the population of the Amazon basin in 1492 probably exceeded 5 million but that expectations of substantially higher populations appear unfounded." Correspondence: L. A. Newson, University of London, King's College, Department of Geography, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, England. Location: Princeton University Library (PR). |
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| Benecke, D. W.; Kohut, K.; Mertins, G.; Schneider, J.; Schrader, A. 52:40530 | Demographic development, migration, and urbanization in Latin America. [Desarrollo demografico, migraciones y urbanizacion en America Latina.] Schriftenreihe der Katholischen Universitat Eichstatt, Vol. 17, ISBN 3-7917-1015-X. 1986. 432 pp. Verlag Friedrich Pustet: Regensburg, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Spa; Por. These are the proceedings of a symposium on the relationships among population growth, migration, and urbanization in Latin America held October 25-27, 1984, at Schloss Eicholz, the Federal Republic of Germany. The papers, which are in Spanish or Portuguese, are divided into four sections. The first deals with population growth and includes papers on population pressures on rural areas, the position of the Catholic church in Brazil, development policies, and the labor force in Peru. The second deals with internal migration in Bolivia, Brazil, and Mexico; and with the effects of international migration on Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. The third section examines the relative advantages of metropolitan growth and decentralization in the region. A final section is concerned with problems of urbanization in Latin America as a whole and in the cities of Buenos Aires, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Caracas, and Bogota. Location: New York Public Library.. |
| Cardenas, Mauricio; Ponton, Adriana; Trujillo, Juan P. 60:30460 | Convergence and interdepartmental migration in Colombia: 1950-1989. [Convergencia y migraciones interdepartamentales en Colombia: 1950-1989.] Coyuntura Economica, Vol. 23, No. 1, Apr 1993. 111-37 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. The authors analyze departmental data for Colombia, with the aim of determining three things: whether there has been a postwar tendency toward convergence in the income of inhabitants of different departments; the fundamental determinants of interdepartmental migration; and the role of migratory flows from the perspective of convergence among departments. Location: New York Public Library, New York, NY. |
| Dureau, Françoise; Flórez, Carmen E.; Hoyos, María C. 63:10051 | Forms of population mobility in Bogotá and its impact on metropolitan area dynamics: methodology of a survey system. [Las formas de movilidad de la población de Bogotá y su impacto sobre la dinámica del area metropolitana: metodología de un sistema de encuestas.] Desarrollo y Sociedad, Sep 1994. 73-94 pp. Bogotá, Colombia. In Spa. The authors discuss the methodology of a project that aimed to improve knowledge of population dynamics in Bogotá, Colombia, and particularly of the spatial mobility of the population and changes in different areas of the metropolitan region. Correspondence: F. Dureau, Apartado Area 94647, Bogotá 8, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (PR). |
| Gilbertson, Greta; Gurak, Douglas T. 58:20430 | Household transitions in the migrations of Dominicans and Colombians to New York. International Migration Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 1992. 22-45 pp. Staten Island, New York. In Eng. "Using life history survey data, we examined the correlates of change in the composition of Dominican and Colombian immigrant co-residential households [in New York City] at three points in time--prior to migration, just after migration and at the time of the survey. We found that there is considerable heterogeneity in the patterns of household transitions, although the majority of both Dominican and Colombian households at the time of the survey were nuclear family households. Dominican women tended to have made transitions into single-parent households by the time of the survey. Background and migration characteristics influence the pattern of household transitions, but fail to explain the ethnic and gender differences." Correspondence: G. Gilbertson, Fordham University, Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Gurak, Douglas T.; Gilbertson, Greta. 56:30507 | Household transitions in the migrations of Dominicans and Colombians to New York. Population and Development Program: 1989 Working Paper Series, No. 1.12, Oct 1989. 24, [6] pp. Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology: Ithaca, New York. In Eng. "This paper examines the household composition of two first-generation immigrant groups in the United States: Dominicans and Colombians. The objectives of this study are to provide a detailed description of key household transitions of these migrants, and to determine the extent to which differences in background, migration, and household characteristics influence their household transitions." Findings indicate that "before migration, immigrant households tend to be complex and non-nuclear in structure. With time, both groups tend to move in with nuclear family members. The differences in the transition patterns result both from differences in the nature of the migration and from other unspecified differences related to ethnic origins and sex." Correspondence: Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, 134 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Gurak, Douglas T.; Gilbertson, Greta A. 58:20431 | Female headship and the migration process: an event history analysis of marital disruption among Dominican and Colombian female immigrants. Population and Development Program: 1990 Working Paper Series, No. 2.11, [1991?]. 11, [6] pp. Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, Population and Development Program: Ithaca, New York. In Eng. "This paper attempts to explain differences in the rates of female headship among two immigrant groups in New York City by focusing on the determinants of marital dissolution....To accomplish this goal we employ life-history data on Dominican and Colombian immigrants in New York and an analytical framework that utilizes information on status prior to migration, information concerning the migration event itself, and data on the economic activity of women and their partners in the United States following immigration." This paper was originally presented at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Correspondence: Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, Population and Development Program, 134 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Kratochwil, Hermann. 59:40440 | Migration and integration policies within the Andean Pact. [La politica de migracion en el marco de las politicas de integracion del Pacto Andino.] Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos, Vol. 8, No. 23, Apr 1993. 55-76 pp. Buenos Aires, Argentina. In Spa. with sum. in Eng. "After a review of the institutions belonging to the 1969 Andean Pact, migration topics within this context are analyzed, considering three main issues: labor migration,...circulation of persons, where a series of agreements tending to simplify procedures at bordersites are still not practically in force for reasons concerning internal safety, drug traffic and unemployment, and migration across borders as related to borderline integration, which was dealt with in the Macchu Picchu Summit in 1990 and in a Decision Project in 1991." The five pact countries are Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Correspondence: H. Kratochwil, Organizacion Internacional de Migration, Lima, Peru. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Leon, Ramon; Kratochwil, Hermann. 60:10465 | Integration, migration and sustainable development in the Andean group of nations. [Integracion, migraciones y desarrollo sostenido en el Grupo Andino.] Revista de la OIM sobre Migraciones en America Latina/IOM Latin American Migration Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1, Apr 1993. 5-51 pp. Santiago, Chile. In Eng; Spa. "This paper...outlines an overall view of recent progress in Andean integration and of what is being done about migration in the framework of the Andean Pact and considers the relationship of this process to the effort to achieve sustainable human development." Migration to and among the member countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela is examined and compared using data from official sources. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Pellegrino, A. 56:30525 | Colombian immigrants in Venezuela. In: The impact of international migration on developing countries, edited by Reginald Appleyard. 1989. 301-22 pp. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], Development Centre: Paris, France. In Eng. The situation of illegal Colombian immigrants in Venezuela is examined. Aspects considered include the lack of legal and policy definitions of illegal migrants, methods of estimating the number of Colombians in Venezuela, characteristics of migrants, features of Colombian employment and integration, and determinants of Colombian migration. Correspondence: A. Pellegrino, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Urb. Montalban La Vega, Apdo. 29068, Caracas 1021, Venezuela. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Wolpin, Kenneth I. 56:10436 | Migration selectivity and the effects of public programs. Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 37, No. 3, Dec 1988. 265-89 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng. "A model of the spatial distribution of mobile heterogeneous agents is formulated to assess how a price change or program subsidy that is location-specific affects the composition of local residents via selective migration and thus biases evaluations of the effectiveness of the program based on its local consequences. Longitudinal data from Colombia are used to test the implications of migration selectivity. The findings confirm the existence of selective migration, suggesting that local subsidies to human capital attract high-income but, within income groups, low-fertility households and those with low human capital endowments. These migration patterns are shown to be consistent with the dominance of endowment over tastes heterogeneity in the population under plausible behavioral assumptions." Correspondence: M. R. Rosenzweig, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Location: Princeton University Library (FST). |
| Schultz, T. Paul. 54:30518 | Heterogeneous preferences and migration: self-selection, regional prices and programs, and the behavior of migrants in Colombia. Research in Population Economics, Vol. 6, 1988. 163-81 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng. "The purpose of this paper is to review some data on the behavior of nonmigrants and of migrants by their origin and destination in order to assess whether regional differences in wages, prices, and access to public health and education programs might explain distinctive patterns of life-cycle behavior in Colombia consistent with the hypothesized role of population heterogeneity and migration....Section II illustrates the nature of selectivity bias that migration introduces for studies of household economic and demographic demands and the conditions under which this bias may be quantitatively important. Illustrative data from the Colombian 1973 Census sample are briefly described in Section III, and evidence is presented on wage and program variation by region. A series of tabulations of the Census data are reported in Section IV that confirm the hypothesized migrant selection process affecting behavior in Colombia. The concluding section discusses the implications of this process for understanding how migration affects household behavior and how estimates of household demand equations should incorporate migration." This is a revised version of a paper originally presented at the 1983 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (see Population Index, Vol. 49, No. 3, Fall 1983, p. 376). Correspondence: T. P. Schultz, Department of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Shefer, Daniel; Steinvortz, Luis. 61:30571 | Rural-to-urban and urban-to-urban migration patterns in Colombia. Habitat International, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1993. 133-50 pp. Tarrytown, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng. "The object of this study was to identify the factors that may explain, and help to predict, the direction and intensity of migration flows from rural to urban and from urban to urban areas in Colombia. For this purpose, statistical models were used with a view to obtaining a better insight into the push-and-pull causes of the migration patterns and a better understanding of their consequences." Correspondence: D. Shefer, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 32 000 Haifa, Israel. Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund Library, Washington, D.C.. |
| United Nations. Secretariat (New York, New York). 52:30564 | The estimation of lifetime emigration from data on the residence of children: the case of Colombia. Population Bulletin of the United Nations, No. 18, 1986. 49-58 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. "The present paper describes a method that uses information on the place of residence of surviving children as reported by their mothers to estimate the level of lifetime emigration. Estimates derived include the total number of emigrants and their distribution by age and sex. The method described is applied to the case of Colombia, where the 1978 National Household Survey gathered the necessary information. Additional information on specific country of residence allows the estimation of the number of Colombian emigrants present in Venezuela." Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).. |
| Urrea Giraldo, Fernando. 59:40467 | Main migration trends and economic internationalization in Colombia. [Principales tendencias de los procesos migratorios en Colombia y la internacionalizacion de la economia.] Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos, Vol. 8, No. 23, Apr 1993. 5-17 pp. Buenos Aires, Argentina. In Spa. with sum. in Eng. The author examines migration flows to and from Colombia and notes that "Colombia has been experiencing in the last decades different kinds of spatial mobility, towards the United States, Europe, Venezuela and other countries in Latin America. Since the 80s return flows have become important." The impacts on migration of improved education and women's status, and the lack of legal employment opportunities are examined. Correspondence: F. Urrea Giraldo, Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Economicas, Cali, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
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| Bayona Nunez, Alberto. 54:10141 | Trends, determinants, and implications of mortality in Colombia. [Tendencias, determinantes e implicaciones de la mortalidad en Colombia.] Boletin Socioeconomico, No. 13, Jun 1985. 37-62 pp. Cali, Colombia. In Spa. Trends and patterns of mortality in Colombia during the twentieth century are investigated. Mortality differentials are analyzed by sex, age, rural or urban area, department, and cause of death. The impact on mortality of various factors associated with modernization is examined, and effects on demographic, economic, and social behavior are considered. Correspondence: A. Bayona Nunez, Departamento Economia, Universidad del Valle, Ciudad Universitaria, Melendez, Apdo. Aereo 2188, Apdo. Nacional 439, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Location: U.N. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia, Santiago, Chile. |
| Bobadilla, Jose L.; Possas, Cristina de A. 59:40657 | Health policy issues in three Latin American countries: implications of the epidemiological transition. In: The epidemiological transition: policy planning and implications for developing countries, edited by James N. Gribble and Samuel H. Preston. 1993. 145-69 pp. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C. In Eng. "This paper is concerned with health policy issues in Latin American countries, with emphasis on the changes that health systems need to introduce to meet the health needs resulting from the demographic and epidemiological transitions. To illustrate these policy issues, three country cases are analyzed here: Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico." Correspondence: J. L. Bobadilla, World Bank, Population, Health and Nutrition Division, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Chackiel, Juan; Simini, Franco. 58:10129 | Estimation of infant mortality based on perinatal clinical history. [Estimacion de la mortalidad infantil a partir de la historia clinica perinatal.] Notas de Poblacion, Vol. 18-19, No. 51-52, Dec-Apr 1990-1991. 39-61 pp. Santiago, Chile. In Spa. with sum. in Eng. The authors present a method for estimating childhood mortality based on censal data. The procedure is used to obtain indirect retrospective estimates of infant mortality and can be adapted to data specific to parturient women. It is concluded that the technique would be of value "for evaluating and making a follow-up of infant mortality trends in countries for which reliable vital statistics are not available." It is tested on data from Colombia and Uruguay. Correspondence: J. Chackiel, U.N. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia, Edificio Naciones Unidas, Avenida Dag Hammarskjold, Casilla 91, Santiago, Chile. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Colombia. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica [DANE] (Bogota, Colombia); UNICEF (New York, New York). 54:40110 | Registration of deaths in Colombia, 1979-1984. [Registro de defunciones en Colombia, 1979-1984.] [1987?]. [530] pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. This report on death registration in Colombia contains data for the period 1979-1984. National-level data are provided on deaths by sex and age group, marital status, medical assistance, and cause of death. Data for individual regions are included on marital status and sex, medical certification, rural and urban rates, and cause of death. |
| Florez, C. Elisa; Hogan, Dennis P. 57:20137 | Women's status and infant mortality in rural Colombia. Social Biology, Vol. 37, No. 3-4, Fall-Winter 1990. 188-203 pp. Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng. "This paper investigates the effects of maternal demographic characteristics and social and economic statuses on infant mortality in rural Colombia. Demographic characteristics include the age of the mother, parity and length of preceding interbirth interval, and sex of infant. Measures of women's status at the time of birth include education, wage labor and occupation, economic stratum, place of residence, and whether the mother is living with a husband. The life history data for the study (involving 4,928 births) were collected in 1986 from a representative sample of two cohorts of women resident in rural central Colombia. Overall differentials in infant mortality by measures of women's status are small and are in good part associated with the differing reproductive behaviors of the women and variations in breastfeeding practices." Correspondence: C. E. Florez, Los Andes University, Center of Studies in Economic Development, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Franco Agudelo, Saúl. 63:40699 | Violence and health in Colombia. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 2, No. 3, Sep 1997. 170-80 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng. with sum. in Spa. "Colombia has the highest rates of mortality from homicide in the world. Apart from the enormous institutional burden that violence imposes on the health services and forensic medicine, it now constitutes the principal public health problem in the country....This article analyzes the subject of violence in Colombia, principally from the perspective of its effect on the health of the citizens and its implications for the health sector." Correspondence: S. Franco Agudelo, Corporación Salud y Desarrollo, Apartado Aéreo 57736, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia. E-mail: sfranco@gaitana.interred.net.co. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Garcia Molina, Carlos. 53:30154 | Infant mortality and social class: the case of Medellin in the 1970s. [Mortalidad infantil y clases sociales: el caso de Medellin en la decada del 70.] Ediciones del Cincuentenario, ISBN 958-9127-05-3. 1986. 103 pp. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana: Medellin, Colombia. In Spa. Trends in infant mortality in Medellin, Colombia, are analyzed using data from the 1973 census and a 1981 household survey. The focus is on mortality differentials by social class and how they have changed over time. The author notes that the overall infant mortality rate declined from 62 to 43 per 1,000 between 1970 and 1977, although the differentials between the more privileged and least privileged social classes did not change. Location: New York Public Library. |
| Gomez, Luis; Ruiz Salguero, Magda. 56:20114 | Surveys on the production of information for the analysis of mortality (the Colombian experience). [Las encuestas en la produccion de informacion para el analisis de la mortalidad (la experiencia colombiana).] Boletin de Estadistica, No. 425, Aug 1988. 189-219 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. The various indirect methods that have been developed by Brass and others for the analysis of mortality in countries with deficient vital statistics are described. The authors discuss how these and other methods have been used to study mortality in Colombia since 1960 using data from a number of surveys. Location: U.N. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia, Santiago, Chile. |
| Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M. 59:30687 | Regression analysis of current-status data: an application to breast-feeding. JASA: Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 88, No. 423, Sep 1993. 758-65 pp. Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng. "Although techniques for calculating mean survival time from current-status data are well known, their use in multiple regression models is somewhat troublesome. Using data on current breast-feeding behavior, this article considers a number of techniques that have been suggested in the literature, including parametric, nonparametric, and semiparametric models as well as the application of standard schedules. Models are tested in both proportional-odds and proportional-hazards frameworks....I fit [the] models to current status data on breast-feeding from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in six countries: two African (Mali and Ondo State, Nigeria), two Asian (Indonesia and Sri Lanka), and two Latin American (Colombia and Peru)." Correspondence: L. M. Grummer-Strawn, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, Atlanta, GA 30341. Location: Princeton University Library (SM). |
| Picouet, Michel. 53:10058 | Demographic changes in the inter-tropical zone of Latin America. [Changements demographiques dans la zone inter-tropicale de l'Amerique Latine.] In: Les changements ou les transitions demographiques dans le monde contemporain en developpement. Journees demographiques de l'ORSTOM 1985 Paris--23, 24 et 25 septembre 1985. ISBN 2-7099-0814-X. 1986. 259-81 pp. Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation: Paris, France. In Fre. Changes in mortality and fertility in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela since around 1940 are analyzed. A variety of published sources are used to compile tables depicting age-specific mortality and fertility rates by country. The author notes that the demographic changes in this region were rapid, intense, not apparently related directly to economic development but responsive instead to the pace of urbanization, and stabilizing at points quite different from those in European countries. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).. |
| Ruiz Salguero, Magda T. 63:10098 | Mortality: vital statistics, regulation, and analysis. [La mortalidad: estadísticas vitales, reglamentación y análisis.] Desarrollo y Sociedad, Sep 1994. 53-71 pp. Bogotá, Colombia. In Spa. The author assesses the quality and coverage of death reporting in Colombia. In spite of deficiencies in vital statistics registration, the data indicate much about mortality trends in the country. Two major trends are noted: an increase in violent deaths among young adults, and a decline in mortality due to transmittable and non-transmittable diseases. Correspondence: M. T. Ruiz Salguero, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Caudal Universitaria, Apartado Aéreo 14490, Bogotá, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (PR). |
| Ruiz, Magda; Rincón, Manuel. 62:30177 | Mortality from accidents and violence in Colombia. In: Adult mortality in Latin America, edited by Ian M. Timæus, Juan Chackiel, and Lado Ruzicka. 1996. 337-58 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England; International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]: Liege, Belgium. In Eng. "By considering death as the central focus, we propose to study the impact that various forms of violence and accidents have had on some demographic indicators and on the dynamics of populations [in Colombia]. Measurement of the effect is considered, separating causes of accidents of all kinds, homicide, injuries inflicted intentionally by another person, and suicide. Those injuries for which it is not reported whether they were accidentally or intentionally inflicted, legal interventions, and war operations are included in some measures of homicide. The evolution of the problem over time, gender, and the age of the affected groups are considered." Correspondence: M. Ruiz, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Avenida el Dorado Currera 50, Apartado Aéreo 80334, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
| Sierra Medina, Wilson; Ines Gutierrez, Clara. 57:40122 | The death register, 1987-1988. [Registro de defunciones, 1987-1988.] Boletin de Estadistica, No. 447, Jun 1990. 128-66 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Detailed statistics on mortality in Colombia in 1987 and 1988 are presented, together with some retrospective data to 1970. The data are provided on deaths by sex and region, causes of death, infant and child mortality, age-specific mortality, and deaths by marital status and medical intervention. Location: New York Public Library. |
| Sierra Medina, Wilson; Ruiz Salguero, Magda. 57:40745 | Death registration and mortality statistics in Colombia. [El registro de defuncion y las estadisticas de mortalidad en Colombia.] Boletin de Estadistica, No. 447, Jun 1990. 117-27 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Vital statistics on mortality in Colombia are reviewed, with emphasis on data coverage, consistency, defects, and quality. Suggestions for improving the present system of death registration are included. Location: New York Public Library. |
| Zuluaga Gil, Francisco. 59:40732 | Death registration and mortality statistics in Colombia. IIVRS Technical Paper, No. 54, Apr 1993. 12 pp. International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics [IIVRS]: Bethesda, Maryland. In Eng. "The paper presents a brief history, an evaluation, and recommendations for improvement of death registration [in Colombia]." Correspondence: International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
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| Zamudio, Lucero; Rubiano, Norma. 59:10404 | Nuptiality in Colombia. [La nupcialidad en Colombia.] ISBN 958-616-114-5. LC 92-163614. 1991. [xviii], 182, 81 pp. Universidad Externado de Colombia: Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. Results are presented from two nuptiality studies conducted in urban Colombia in 1984 and 1985, supplemented by data from the 1985 census. The authors compare current marriage trends with those of the early 1900s. Following an examination of first marriages that took place from 1910 to 1939, Part 2 describes remarriage. Part 3 covers social aspects of current trends, including age factors, religion, mate selection, and couple relations. Correspondence: Universidad Externado de Colombia, Calle 12, Numero 1, 17 Este Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |
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| Butts, Yolanda; Bogue, Donald J. 55:30032 | International Amazonia: its human side. LC 89-61384. 1989. ix, 177 pp. Social Development Center: Chicago, Illinois. In Eng. The authors describe the economic and social development of Amazonia, the Amazon River Basin spanning several South American countries. Following a historical overview, population characteristics in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela are analyzed. Data are included on regional geography, urban and rural composition, fertility rates, educational attainment, age and sex ratios, labor force participation, marriage patterns, family and household formation, income levels, migration, and mortality rates. Future trends for each country are also discussed. Correspondence: Social Development Center, 1313 East 60th Street, Suite 145, Chicago, IL 60637. |
| Olinto Rueda, Jose. 56:20064 | Population dynamics of the rural Colombian population: 1951-1985. [Dinamica demografica de la poblacion rural colombiana: 1951-1985.] Revista de Planeacion y Desarrollo, Vol. 21, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1989. 25-46 pp. Bogota, Colombia. In Spa. The author analyzes demographic trends in rural areas of Colombia for the period 1951-1985, noting a large decline in fertility, improved life expectancy, and trends in internal migration. He also examines changes in the age and sex structure of the rural population and discusses the implications of these changes. Correspondence: J. Olinto Rueda, Departamento Nacional de Planeacion, Unidad de Desarrollo Social, Division Sociodemografica, Bogota, Colombia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). |