Global population policy database 1995
United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Population Division, New York, United Nations, 1996, 213 pages.
The purpose of this database is to provide current data on the population policies of 190 countries, drawn from the Population Policy Data Bank maintained by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis of the United Nations Secretariat. The policy topics covered are population growth, mortality, fertility, internal migration, immigration and emigration. The diskette contains not only data on population policy but information on selected demographic indicators, including current and projected population size, current levels of fertility and mortality, current population growth rates and proportions foreign born. One of the principal aims of disseminating the database is to encourage knowledgeable persons to inform the Population Division of instances where its codings of policy appear to conflict with the current situation in the particular country.
The challenge of urbanization: the world's large cities
United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Population Division, New York, 1995, 290 pages.
The present publication concentrates on city problems and special city planning issues of the world's large cities, pinpointing their demographic characteristics, economic structure, available social services and infrastructure, as well as current issues facing the city planners. The study should make a valuable contribution to the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements to be held at Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1996, and serve as a useful benchmark for follow-up actions and future research. It complements the biennial World Urbanization Prospects which provides the official United Nations estimates and projections of populations of urban and rural areas and major cities for all countries of the world.
Living arrangements of women and their children in developing countries: a demographic
profile
United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Population Division, New York, 1995, 104 pages.
This study aims to add to the understanding of the status of women with a focus on the living arrangements of women and their children. The availability of data from the 1990 round of censuses and the Demographic and Health Surveys has provided a unique opportunity to examine the linkages between the status of women and the structure of households within the overall context of changing demographic, social and economic conditions. Thus, it is possible to present a comprehensive overview of women's and children's situation in the households under a broad spectrum of conditions.
The present study is divided into six chapters. Chapter I presents a global overview of the current household forms. Chapter II examines closely the relationship between women's marital status and their living arrangements. Since changes in marital status often accompany changes in household structure and hence, the roles and responsibilities of women in the household. Chapter III assesses the prevalence of female headship of households, an increasing phenomenon of great interest worldwide. Chapter IV deals with the issues of co-residence of mothers and their children. Chapter V examines aspects of women's economic status in relation to their living arrangements, and Chapter VI gives a summary and the policy implications of the findings.
Manual for preparing population information directories, using CDS/ISIS
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, New York, 1995, 108 pages.
The aim of this manual is to provide common guidelines for producing different types of directories. Therefore, all desirable fields are included for each type of directory. For those common fields that may appear in different types of directories, an effort was made to assign the same "tags" to those fields accross the separate directories so that they can be easily identified and also to make it easy to integrate data. A tag is a code assigned to each field to identify it. When data are stored in a computer, the tag is attached in front of the data to identify the data.
In the case of Asia-Pacific POPIN members, it is the choice of the individual population information centres as to which set of fields they want to include in their directories, since this will make it possible for the members to integrate data and thus to share information in the future among members of the regional population information network.
Asia-Pacific population information network: a directory and profile of the secretariat and members
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations, 1996, 44 pages.
This directory describes the activities of the Asia-Pacific Population Information Network (Asia-Pacific POPIN). The Asia-Pacific POPIN comprises a number of population information centres and networks whose regional networking activities are coordinated by the Regional Population Information Centre of ESCAP. This profile and directory provides an idea of the scope of work carried out by the Network's individual members and by the ESCAP secretariat in fostering population information development in the Asian and Pacific region.